60 general knowledge questions with answers (2023)

4 min readNov 16, 2023

General knowledge is a common way to gain general information, but it can also be learned through the informal methods, like such as reading, watching the news, or talking with people’s.

60 general knowledge questions with answers

here are some fun and interesting general knowledge questions

1. What was the first capital of the United States?

Ans:- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2. What was the name of the first person to walk on the moon?

Ans:- Neil Armstrong

3. What year did World War II end?

Ans:- 1945

4. Who was the first president of the United States?

Ans:- George Washington

5. What was the name of the ship that sank the Titanic?

Ans:- The RMS Lusitania

6. What was the name of the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Ans:- Bertha von Suttner

7. What was the name of the first black president of South Africa?

Ans:- Nelson Mandela

8. What was the name of the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

Ans:- Charles Lindbergh

9. What was the name of the first country to drop an atomic bomb?

Ans:- The United States

10. What was the name of the first person to win a Nobel Prize in six different categories?

Ans:- Marie Curie

11. What was the name of the first woman to be elected prime minister of the United Kingdom?

Ans:- Margaret Thatcher

12. What was the name of the first person to climb Mount Everest?

Ans:- Edmund Hillary

13. What was the name of the first person to swim the English Channel?

Captain Matthew Webb

14. What was the name of the first person to walk on the moon and back?

Ans:- Buzz Aldrin

15. What was the first year that the Super Bowl was played?

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Ans:- 1967

16. What was the name of the first person to be elected president of the United States four times?

Ans:- Franklin D. Roosevelt

17. What was the name of the first country to legalize same-sex marriage?

Ans:- The Netherlands

18. What was the name of the first person to win an Oscar for best actor and best actress?

Ans:- Cher

19. What was the name of the first person to be convicted of a crime against humanity?

Ans:- Slobodan Milosevic

20. What was the first year that the Berlin Wall fell?

Ans:- 1989

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21. What was the name of the first person to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Ans:- Sully Prudhomme

22. What was the name of the first person to win the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in nuclear disarmament?

Mikhail Gorbachev

23. What was the name of the first person to be elected president of the United States after serving as vice president under two different presidents?

Ans:- Theodore Roosevelt

24. What was the name of the first person to win the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on the theory of relativity?

Albert Einstein

25. What was the name of the first person to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their work on the discovery of penicillin?

Ans:- Alexander Fleming