New GK Questions with Answers – Learn GK Online

 

 

1) Who was the author of the book The Divine Comedy?

Answer: Dante Alighieri.

 

2) What is the oldest Catholic university in the U.S.?

Answer: Georgetown.

 

3) Which of these garments is commonly worn atop other clothing for warmth?

Answer: Overcoat.

 

4) What country singer was the first baseball player cut from the Angels in 1961?

Answer: Charlie Pride.

 

5) When was the world’s first computer turned on?

Answer: 1946.

 

6) The equator passes through many countries; which one bears its Spanish name?

Answer: Ecuador.

 

7) The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for which Egyptian ruler?

Answer: Cheops.

 

8) Whose tomb on the Isle of Mull is administered by the National Trust of Australia?

Answer: Lachlan Macquarie’s.

 

9) Who was the God of the Dawn?

Answer: Eos.

 

10) In which decade was the Empire State Building completed: 1920s, 1930s or 1940s?

Answer: In the 1930s (1931).