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Worldwide General Knowledge Trivia Quiz

A general knowledge quiz that is very random in subject, a little bit of this and a little bit of that. See how you go with it.

A multiple-choice quiz by gearloose. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
gearloose

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
22,348

Updated
Mar 29 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Many calculators have a raised point or defining mound on a number on their keypad, what number? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. If you ' short ' a stock on the stock market what is the general understanding of what you have done? Hint

Sold a stock for less than you paid

Own a stock that has a small downside

Bought a stock for immediate resale

Sold a stock you don't actually have

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Question 3 of 10

3. When you fall in love , the main chemical that your body releases to give you that love feeling is? Hint

DNA

Progesterone

HRT

PEA

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Question 4 of 10

4. High blood pressure is known as? Hint

Hypertension

Kesans Disease

LDL

Crohn's Disease

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Question 5 of 10

5. Ray Kroc built the McDonalds chain across America. He got the idea after visiting a restaurant in LA, who owned the restaurant? Hint

Thomas McDonald and his son Benny

Colonel Sanders

Alan Skinner ( McDonalds was a business name they concocted )

The McDonald brothers

6. A terrible student who got poor grades at school. No good at sports, he quit school at 15. When he was 30 years of age he had a triumph with his first invention, metal wheel spokes. His smaller, lower fuel consumption vehicles were ten years ahead of the giant US car manufacturers who were ill equipped to deal with the oil crisis of the 1970s. Who was he? Hint

Soichiro Honda

Kim Hyundai

Edino Toyota

William Vanderbilt

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Question 7 of 10

7. They tortured and murdered thousands upon thousands of people. They did so with the full consent of their leaders. They became hugely rich from confiscating the spoils of their victims. One of them stated 'We must remember that the main purpose of the trial and execution is not to save the soul of the accused but to achieve the public good and put fear into others'. Who were these terrible evil men? Hint

The leaders of the Hun army .

Inquisitors of the Catholic church.

The Nazi youth movement .

Cortez and his army .

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Question 8 of 10

8. He was one of the greatest boxers ever, he only ever lost one fight, the fight that he lost is considered to be the first heavy weight championship of the world. Despite a florid earlier life he later became an evangelist and toured, preaching against the evils of drink, who was he ? Hint

James J Corbett

John L Sullivan

Jack Dempsey

Jack Johnson

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Question 9 of 10

9. She was the pride of the Ward Line of America, in 1934 she was only 4 years old a stately and beautiful ship. The repeal of prohibition the year before had not affected the ship, her spirits, wines and liquors were all imported and were the real thing. On Friday Sept 7th 1934, the last night out a terrible tragedy occured and this beautiful ship caught fire, the confusion and lack of leadership from crew members caused the deaths of 90 persons. What was the ship's name? Hint

The Morro Castle

The Monarch Of Bermuda

The Tampa Bay Princess

City Of Savannah

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Question 10 of 10

10. He established the first American company to make gasoline automobiles, who was he? Hint

Frank Duryea

Elwood Haynes

Henry Ford

Gordon Buehrig

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Many calculators have a raised point or defining mound on a number on their keypad, what number?

Answer: 5

2. If you ' short ' a stock on the stock market what is the general understanding of what you have done?

Answer: Sold a stock you don't actually have

3. When you fall in love , the main chemical that your body releases to give you that love feeling is?

Answer: PEA

PEA (phenylethylamine) is released by your body to give you a high elated feeling. This is related to amphetamines and is found in chocolate, it makes your heart a little racy, hands sweaty, pupils dilate .

4. High blood pressure is known as?

Answer: Hypertension

5. Ray Kroc built the McDonalds chain across America. He got the idea after visiting a restaurant in LA, who owned the restaurant?

Answer: The McDonald brothers

Maurice and Richard McDonald were ex prop men who worked in Hollywood for a number of years. They first bought a movie theatre which did not go well. In 1937 they built a drive - in restaurant, Ray Kroc was actually in the Multi Mixer business and after seeing how the brothers ran their restaurant he went into an agreement with them to franchise the business.

Answer: Soichiro Honda

His father owned a bicycle repair shop. The story of Honda is well worth reading if you admire the truly self made icons who have changed our world forever.

Answer: Inquisitors of the Catholic church.

The inquisition lasted from around 1250 - 1800. Pope Innocent III declared 'Anyone who attempts to construe a personal view of God which conflicts with church dogma is to burned without pity'. The inquisition took countless human lives in Europe and around the world as it followed in the wake of missionaries.

Answer: John L Sullivan

Born Massachusetts 1858, began prize fighting as 'The Boston Strong Boy'. He was a braggart and a larger than life figure who loved drink and was a womaniser, he was much loved by his fans. Later, he joined a travelling theatrical group giving boxing exihibitions, a suggestion was made that his opponents were paid to make him look good.

He then offered to pay {$100} to any man who could stand up to him for 4 rounds without being knocked out, he later increased this to {$500}. Only once did he pay out, to an English boxer named Tug Wilson who avoided Sullivan's best punches by taking a count at every chance.

Answer: The Morro Castle

The subsequent enquiry found that acting commander Warms (the captain had died of a heart attack just before the fire began) was acting like a madman and was unable to cope. It turned out later that in the first 6 lifeboats with a total capacity of more than 400 there were only 85 persons of which 80 were members of the crew. Among them was one, Eben Abbot, the ship's chief engineer whose immediate responsibility should have been to see the fire fighting pumps were working properly, instead he was away in the very first boat.

The Morro Castle was scrapped in Baltimore not long afterwards. She had cost 5 million dollars and was sold as scrap for less than {$34,000}. Her name passes into history as a ghastly sea tragedy of near modern times .

10. He established the first American company to make gasoline automobiles, who was he?

Answer: Frank Duryea

Frank and Charles Duryea had tested their first car in 1893 at Springfield Massachusetts. Two years after this Frank established the first company to make gasoline automobiles.

Source: Author gearloose

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