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Easy General Knowledge 40 Trivia Quiz


Another 25 general knowledge questions to broaden your mind.

A multiple-choice quiz by Inquizition. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
Inquizition
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
193,006
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
14 / 25
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Top 10% Quiz
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Question 1 of 25
1. Who was the former manager of the Beatles?
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Question 2 of 25
2. Name the saint who was tortured for refusing to give up her Christian beliefs. Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. Khaki is the Urdu word for which of the following? Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. Rearrange the letters in 'name for ship' to form a Gilbert and Sullivan opera. Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) kept his diary from 1st January 1660 to 31st May 1669 but why did he end writing his diary? Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. Which can be a symptom of Tourette Syndrome? Hint


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7. I learnt to play the cornet when sent to an orphanage in New Orleans as punishment for firing a revolver in the street. It was alleged that my mother was a prostitute but who am I? Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. According to some scientific theories, what would wooden planks called stompers be used for? Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. Name the next number in the following sequence: 5, 9, 25, 89 _____ ? Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. Whose first book was 'Down and Out in Paris and London'? Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. Which of the following creatures has a carapace and have been known to live to a hundred years old? Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. Mick Jagger is the lead singer of the group The Rolling Stones but what is his middle name? Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. Sweeney Todd was a fictional 'Demon Barber' of Fleet Street who provided fillings for whose meat pies? Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. What connects novelist Evelyn Waugh and Elvis Presley as regard to the place they both died? Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. Who was the author of 'Lassie Come Home'? Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. What is the Birkenhead Drill? Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. Which cartoon featured Vince and Muskie? Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. Who said, "America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow"? Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. The common 'sun star' starfish is said to have a voracious appetite but how many arms does it have? Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. Who was first to say, "The female of the species is more deadly than the male"? Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. The three Bronte sisters were all noted as famous novelists. Which of the following Bronte family was the last to die? Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. What is contained in a tantalus? Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. Complete the title of this 1941 movie: 'The _____ and Miss Jones'? Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. Who said, 'I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.'? Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. Rearrange the letters in 'Woman Hitler' to give a female relative.

Answer: (Three Words (6,2,3) (no hyphens))

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1. Who was the former manager of the Beatles?

Answer: Brian Epstein

Brian Epstein was born into an orthodox Jewish family and was the person who discovered the Beatles and made them famous internationally. Alas he became easily bored and was depressed over his turmoil of his homosexuality. On 27th August 1967, he died of a drug overdose, aged 32 years old.
2. Name the saint who was tortured for refusing to give up her Christian beliefs.

Answer: St Catherine

St Catherine of Alexandria was tortured on a spiked wheel (Catherine wheel) which was designed to maim and kill. Emperor Maxentius was anti-Christianity and challenged her to debate over her faith with his best fifty philosophers but they failed to make her change her mind.

It was alleged that when Catherine was strapped on the Catherine wheel, it flew apart killing several bystanders. According to legend, Catherine was then beheaded and milk flowed from her veins. The Catherine wheel firework is named after her as a reminder of her persecution and death.
3. Khaki is the Urdu word for which of the following?

Answer: Dusty

Khaki is a yellowish-brown colour and is also a material used for 20th-century military uniforms. British troops in India first used khaki uniforms in a battle in the late 19th century utilising their camouflage effect because of increasing accuracy and range of rifles.
4. Rearrange the letters in 'name for ship' to form a Gilbert and Sullivan opera.

Answer: HMS Pinafore

HMS Pinafore had the subtitle 'The Lass that Loved a Sailor'.
5. Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) kept his diary from 1st January 1660 to 31st May 1669 but why did he end writing his diary?

Answer: His eyesight got too bad

Samuel Pepys was a naval administrator who kept a diary for nine years about life in the 1660s until his eyesight got too bad. He mentioned the Plague in 1663 and the Great Fire of London in 1666. His diary was written in a system of shorthand and not until 1826 was a deciphered version published by the Rev. John Smith. Having held an important post in the Navy Office, his diary shows him to be cultivated and ambitious as well as lecherous. Scriveners' Palsy is a technical term for writer's cramp.
6. Which can be a symptom of Tourette Syndrome?

Answer: Uncontrollable swearing

One symptom of Tourette Syndrome is the use of uncontrollable words or phrases which are socially inappropriate and unacceptable words. I have no problem with this as many of our politicians have been using these for years! Unsophisticated optimism is to be starry-eyed or gullible.
Tourette's syndrome can give rise to tics and sometimes noises which are not necessarily swear words.

The main symptom of Tourette Syndrome is uncontrollable ticks/movement with only 10% of Tourette's sufferers having uncontrollable swearing.
7. I learnt to play the cornet when sent to an orphanage in New Orleans as punishment for firing a revolver in the street. It was alleged that my mother was a prostitute but who am I?

Answer: Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong (1900-71) was a black American jazz trumpeter who began to make records around 1925. He became one of the most popular entertainers in the world and was well remembered for his improvisation and his gravelly voice. His records include 'Hello Dolly', 'What A Wonderful World' and 'We Have All The Time In The World' which was the theme tune to the Bond Movie 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' (1969).
8. According to some scientific theories, what would wooden planks called stompers be used for?

Answer: Used to flatten crops to form corn circles

Often called stalk stompers these are mechanical means by which human hoaxers have tried to fool the public into thinking time travellers or extraterrestrial life form may have already landed. People have suggested using stalk stompers, marking posts, surveyor's tapes and construction diagrams that corn circles can be constructed.

However as more corn circles appear and become more elaborate and more complicated, one has to have an open mind about such matters. In time someone will definitely separate the wheat from the chaff.
9. Name the next number in the following sequence: 5, 9, 25, 89 _____ ?

Answer: 345

The code is 4 times the previous number then take 11 away (4x - 11)
For example: 4 x 5 (first number in sequence) (- 11) = 20 - 11 = 9
4 x 9 (second number in sequence)(- 11) = 36 - 11 = 25
4 x 25 (third number in sequence)(- 11) = 100 - 11 = 89
therefore 4 x 89 (- 11) = 356 - 11 = 345
10. Whose first book was 'Down and Out in Paris and London'?

Answer: George Orwell

George Orwell (1903-50) was born in India and his real name was Eric Blair. 'Down and Out in Paris and London'(1933) was a book about poverty he experienced after leaving Burma. His more noted novels were 'Animal Farm' (1945) and 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' (1949).
11. Which of the following creatures has a carapace and have been known to live to a hundred years old?

Answer: African spurred tortoise

A carapace is a bony, hard shield that covers part of the body of tortoises, crabs or lobsters. This variety of tortoise is said to grow up to three feet in length and weigh the size of a small fridge. The African Spurred tortoise is the largest tortoise in mainland Africa.

The females can grow up to 26 inches in length whereas the males can grow up to a massive 35 inches in length. Although they are inactive when temperatures are very hot or very cold they are able to run a bit especially when they sense it is going to rain.

The shoebill is a large wading bird, the Arabian Oryx is a large African antelope and the bushmaster is a large, highly venomous snake.
12. Mick Jagger is the lead singer of the group The Rolling Stones but what is his middle name?

Answer: Philip

He was born on 26th July 1943 in Dartford, Kent in England and named Michael Philip Jagger. He was knighted on 4th June 2002 for his vast contribution to the music industry much to the annoyance of his fellow bandmember, Keith Richard, who thought he had lost his rebellious tendency.
13. Sweeney Todd was a fictional 'Demon Barber' of Fleet Street who provided fillings for whose meat pies?

Answer: Mrs Lovett

Mrs Lovett is a fictional character and partner in crime to Sweeney Todd, who bakes his victims into her meat pies. Sweeney Todd first appeared in an issue of a Penny Dreadful which was a cheap and often sensational book or magazine. The story goes that London barber, Sweeney Todd, was sent to prison in Australia by unethical Judge Turpin who rapes Todd's wife whilst he is away. Years later Todd returns to London but fails to kill the judge. Using a flat above Mrs Lovett's pie shop his frustration and insanity boils over and cuts client's throats at random.
14. What connects novelist Evelyn Waugh and Elvis Presley as regard to the place they both died?

Answer: Both died in the toilet

Elvis Presley died on 16th August 1977, aged 42, of a heart attack due to drug abuse and passed out on the seat of Graceland toilet. Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) stumbled whilst drunk and smashed his head against the toilet bowl. His novels include 'Decline and Fall' (1928), 'Vile Bodies' (1930) and 'Scoop' (1938).
15. Who was the author of 'Lassie Come Home'?

Answer: Eric Knight

In the original movie version of 1943, the male collie was called Pal. The movie 'Lassie Come Home'(1943) had Elizabeth Taylor and Roddy McDowall among its cast list and was a tearjerker penned by Eric Mowbray Knight about a poor family having to sell their beloved dog.
16. What is the Birkenhead Drill?

Answer: Women and children go first

HM Troopship Birkenhead struck a sunken rock off the coast of South Africa on 26th February 1852 and was a wreck within twenty minutes. Procedures that women and children leave safely first on lifeboats as a means of escape was called the Birkenhead Drill.
17. Which cartoon featured Vince and Muskie?

Answer: Deputy Dawg

Vincent Van Gopher (Vince) and Muskie the Muskrat appeared with the dimwitted canine law officer called Deputy Dawg out in the old West. 'Just a cotton picking moment' was one of Deputy Dawg's catchphrases.
18. Who said, "America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow"?

Answer: Eugene Cernan

Eugene Cernan was the Commander of Apollo 17 which was the last manned mission to land on the moon. These were the words spoken on the moon by Eugene Cernan on 11th December 1972.
19. The common 'sun star' starfish is said to have a voracious appetite but how many arms does it have?

Answer: Between 8 and 13

This variety of starfish, like all starfish, has the ability to push their stomach outside their body and use their stomach acid to digest their prey whilst holding onto their intended victim with their many arms.
20. Who was first to say, "The female of the species is more deadly than the male"?

Answer: Rudyard Kipling

The quotation comes from the 1911 poem by Rudyard Kipling called 'The Female of the Species' and has 13 verses.
When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride,
He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside.
But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail.
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
21. The three Bronte sisters were all noted as famous novelists. Which of the following Bronte family was the last to die?

Answer: Patrick Bronte

Patrick Bronte was the curate at Haworth, a village on the wild Yorkshire moors in England, and outlived all his children. His son, Branwell, was a writer and painter who became an alcoholic and opium addict and died in 1848. Patrick Bronte's wife, Maria, died in 1821 when her six children were very young. Charlotte Bronte married in 1854 but died during pregnancy. Her elder sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, died of tuberculosis.
Charlotte lived between 1816-55, Emily 1818-48 and Anne 1820-49.
22. What is contained in a tantalus?

Answer: Alcoholic drinks

A tantalus is a type of locked case holding bottles whose contents are tantalizingly visible. It was probably derived from king Tantalus in Greek mythology who was punished by Hades by standing in water that lowered when he tried to drink it and standing under fruit which moved away whilst he tried to reach for it.
23. Complete the title of this 1941 movie: 'The _____ and Miss Jones'?

Answer: Devil

The movie, 'The Devil and Miss Jones', is a classic comedy about a tycoon who takes a job in his own department store as he masquerades as a clerk to investigate employee grievances and starred Robert Cummings (1908-1990) who was an ever-smiling American actor. Being a great admirer of the comedy show 'Rising Damp' starring Leonard Rossiter as conniving landlord, Rigsby, I couldn't resist a mention of spinster Miss (Ruth) Jones played by Frances de la Tour who was forever lusted after by sleeveless cardigan wearer, Rupert Rigsby. One of the tenants, Alan, played by Richard Beckinsale, had very long hair.

When Rigsby had a go at him about his long hair he defended himself saying, 'Jesus had long hair' to which Rigsby replied 'Yes, but I bet he never had a hairdrier.'
24. Who said, 'I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.'?

Answer: George Best

George Best was born in 1946 in Northern Ireland and played football for Manchester United and Fulham in the English League. He was the European footballer of the year in 1968 and played internationally for Northern Ireland.
25. Rearrange the letters in 'Woman Hitler' to give a female relative.

Answer: mother in law

My mother-in-law is marvellous for her age. She doesn't need glasses, drinks straight from the bottle. I was going to ask a question about Larry Laprise, the man who composed the Hokey Cokey (aka Hokey Pokey), who died peacefully in his sleep. The upsetting part for his family was getting him in the coffin. First they put his left leg in, left leg out .... and then the fun started. Hope you enjoyed the challenge and learnt something new.
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