How many famous people trivia questions can you answer? Check out the following questions about people we know by name.
15 Famous People Trivia Questions
- Q: Which physicist wrote the book ‘A Brief History of Time’?
- Q: Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)?
- Q: Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome?
- Q: Which British nurse was known as ‘The Lady with the Lamp’ during the Crimean War?
- Q: Who is known as the ‘Father of Computers’?
- Q: Which American president was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?
- Q: Who was the first person to step on the moon?
- Q: Which famous leader was assassinated on the Ides of March?
- Q: Who was the legendary Benedictine monk who invented champagne?
- Q: Who wrote the plays ‘Macbeth’, ‘Hamlet’, and ‘Othello’?
- Q: Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
- Q: Which famous scientist introduced the idea of natural selection?
- Q: Who is known as the ‘King of Rock and Roll’?
- Q: Which female pilot was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
- Q: Who was the first American female self-made millionaire?
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15 Famous People Trivia Questions and Answers
- Q: Which physicist wrote the book ‘A Brief History of Time’?
A: Stephen Hawking. - Q: Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)?
A: Marie Curie. - Q: Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome?
A: Michelangelo Buonarroti. - Q: Which British nurse was known as ‘The Lady with the Lamp’ during the Crimean War?
A: Florence Nightingale. - Q: Who is known as the ‘Father of Computers’?
A: Charles Babbage. - Q: Which American president was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?
A: Thomas Jefferson. - Q: Who was the first person to step on the moon?
A: Neil Armstrong. - Q: Which famous leader was assassinated on the Ides of March?
A: Julius Caesar. - Q: Who was the legendary Benedictine monk who invented champagne?
A: Dom Pérignon. - Q: Who wrote the plays ‘Macbeth’, ‘Hamlet’, and ‘Othello’?
A: William Shakespeare. - Q: Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
A: Margaret Thatcher. - Q: Which famous scientist introduced the idea of natural selection?
A: Charles Darwin. - Q: Who is known as the ‘King of Rock and Roll’?
A: Elvis Presley. - Q: Which female pilot was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
A: Amelia Earhart. - Q: Who was the first American female self-made millionaire?
A: Madam C.J. Walker.
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