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15 Famous People Trivia Questions and Answers

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

  1. Q: Which physicist wrote the book ‘A Brief History of Time’?
  2. Q: Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)?
  3. Q: Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome?
  4. Q: Which British nurse was known as ‘The Lady with the Lamp’ during the Crimean War?
  5. Q: Who is known as the ‘Father of Computers’?
  6. Q: Which American president was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?
  7. Q: Who was the first person to step on the moon?
  8. Q: Which famous leader was assassinated on the Ides of March?
  9. Q: Who was the legendary Benedictine monk who invented champagne?
  10. Q: Who wrote the plays ‘Macbeth’, ‘Hamlet’, and ‘Othello’?
  11. Q: Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
  12. Q: Which famous scientist introduced the idea of natural selection?
  13. Q: Who is known as the ‘King of Rock and Roll’?
  14. Q: Which female pilot was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
  15. Q: Who was the first American female self-made millionaire?

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15 Famous People Trivia Questions and Answers

  1. Q: Which physicist wrote the book ‘A Brief History of Time’?
    A: Stephen Hawking.
  2. Q: Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)?
    A: Marie Curie.
  3. Q: Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome?
    A: Michelangelo Buonarroti.
  4. Q: Which British nurse was known as ‘The Lady with the Lamp’ during the Crimean War?
    A: Florence Nightingale.
  5. Q: Who is known as the ‘Father of Computers’?
    A: Charles Babbage.
  6. Q: Which American president was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?
    A: Thomas Jefferson.
  7. Q: Who was the first person to step on the moon?
    A: Neil Armstrong.
  8. Q: Which famous leader was assassinated on the Ides of March?
    A: Julius Caesar.
  9. Q: Who was the legendary Benedictine monk who invented champagne?
    A: Dom Pérignon.
  10. Q: Who wrote the plays ‘Macbeth’, ‘Hamlet’, and ‘Othello’?
    A: William Shakespeare.
  11. Q: Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
    A: Margaret Thatcher.
  12. Q: Which famous scientist introduced the idea of natural selection?
    A: Charles Darwin.
  13. Q: Who is known as the ‘King of Rock and Roll’?
    A: Elvis Presley.
  14. Q: Which female pilot was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
    A: Amelia Earhart.
  15. Q: Who was the first American female self-made millionaire?
    A: Madam C.J. Walker.

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