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Twenty multi-choice questions to further improve your general knowledge. Have fun.

A multiple-choice quiz by Quizzical. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
Quizzical
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
38,613
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
10 / 20
Plays
2369
Last 3 plays: DeepHistory (19/20), Guest 194 (13/20), Puddles_08 (15/20).
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Question 1 of 20
1. Which of the following is a musical about a little orphan girl adopted by a rich man? Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. What is a line on a map connecting places of equal atmospheric pressure called? Hint


Question 3 of 20
3. Which of the Beatles wrote the hits 'Here Comes the Sun', 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' and 'Something'? Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. The Aboriginal Australians call Ayers Rock, Uluru, meaning 'Great Pebble'. What rock is it made from? Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. Who was known as the 'Great Stone Face' because no matter how funny he is, he never loses his trademark solemn face? Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. Who discovered an island in the Pacific on Easter day in 1722 and named it Easter Island? Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. What type of animal is a bandy-bandy? Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. What are the largest group of reptiles with over 3,700 known species? Hint


Question 9 of 20
9. In what year, for the first time, were women competing in athletics in the Olympics having previously been limited to sports such as swimming? Hint


Question 10 of 20
10. Which tribes of Indians trapped and killed General Custer's forces at the battle of the Little Bighorn? Hint


Question 11 of 20
11. Fourteen-year-old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci scored 10 out of 10 at which Olympic games? Hint


Question 12 of 20
12. What was the name of the dog that found the missing Football World Cup which was stolen in 1966? Hint


Question 13 of 20
13. Which of the following countries does the river Nile NOT pass through? Hint


Question 14 of 20
14. What was the name of the tall Texan who became the first black heavyweight boxing champion of the world in 1908? Hint


Question 15 of 20
15. What is the name of the largest mountain on the island of Martinique that means 'bald' in French? Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. Who invented the bikini? Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. From which stone were the American President's heads made, at Mount Rushmore? Hint


Question 18 of 20
18. Gutzon Borglum died before the Presidents' heads at Mount Rushmore were finished but were completed by his son. Name him. Hint


Question 19 of 20
19. How many people died in the surprise attack on the American Pacific Fleet berthed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7th December 1941? Hint


Question 20 of 20
20. Which of the following countries was the last to give women the right to vote? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which of the following is a musical about a little orphan girl adopted by a rich man?

Answer: Annie

2. What is a line on a map connecting places of equal atmospheric pressure called?

Answer: Isobar

All of the answers are lines on a map connecting places of equal values. Isohel is an equal period of sunshine, isohyet is equal rainfall and isotherm is equal temperature.
3. Which of the Beatles wrote the hits 'Here Comes the Sun', 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' and 'Something'?

Answer: George Harrison

4. The Aboriginal Australians call Ayers Rock, Uluru, meaning 'Great Pebble'. What rock is it made from?

Answer: red sandstone

5. Who was known as the 'Great Stone Face' because no matter how funny he is, he never loses his trademark solemn face?

Answer: Buster Keaton

6. Who discovered an island in the Pacific on Easter day in 1722 and named it Easter Island?

Answer: Jacob Roggeveen

He was a Dutch navigator and became the first European to discover the island.
7. What type of animal is a bandy-bandy?

Answer: Snake

It is a distinctive black and white snake from Australia.
8. What are the largest group of reptiles with over 3,700 known species?

Answer: Lizards

9. In what year, for the first time, were women competing in athletics in the Olympics having previously been limited to sports such as swimming?

Answer: 1928 in Amsterdam

10. Which tribes of Indians trapped and killed General Custer's forces at the battle of the Little Bighorn?

Answer: Sioux and Cheyenne

11. Fourteen-year-old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci scored 10 out of 10 at which Olympic games?

Answer: Montreal in 1976

12. What was the name of the dog that found the missing Football World Cup which was stolen in 1966?

Answer: Pickles

Pickles' owner, a London docker, saw him sniffing a bundle of newspapers which covered the famous gold trophy.
13. Which of the following countries does the river Nile NOT pass through?

Answer: Zambia

Its 4,145 miles in length and also passes through Egypt.
14. What was the name of the tall Texan who became the first black heavyweight boxing champion of the world in 1908?

Answer: Jack Johnson

15. What is the name of the largest mountain on the island of Martinique that means 'bald' in French?

Answer: Mount Pelee

Some 30,000 people were reported killed by poisonous volcanic fumes when Mount Pelee erupted in 1902.
16. Who invented the bikini?

Answer: Louis Reard

17. From which stone were the American President's heads made, at Mount Rushmore?

Answer: Granite

18. Gutzon Borglum died before the Presidents' heads at Mount Rushmore were finished but were completed by his son. Name him.

Answer: Lincoln

19. How many people died in the surprise attack on the American Pacific Fleet berthed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7th December 1941?

Answer: 2,403

20. Which of the following countries was the last to give women the right to vote?

Answer: France

Australia in 1902, Russia in 1917, Poland in 1919 and France in 1944.

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