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Easy General Knowledge27 Trivia Quiz

25 general knowledge questions which progressively increase in difficulty. Good luck and have fun.

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

Author
Inquizition

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
125,030

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
12 / 25

Plays
7994

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Question 1 of 25

1. Which animal is named because it has a child-like face with large eyes and wails at night similar to a human baby crying? Hint

Orang-utan

Howler monkey

Bushbaby

Baboon

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Question 2 of 25

2. Which colour is associated with all of the following: carnation, elephants, flamingo, panther, salmon, snooker ball? Hint

Red

Pink

White

Black

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Question 3 of 25

3. Who was known as Michel de Nostredame? Hint

Nostradamus

Alexandre Dumas

Quasimodo

D'Artagnan

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Question 4 of 25

4. What word links a spiral-horned antelope with a musical instrument? Hint

Impala

Cymbal

Bongo

Dik-dik

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Question 5 of 25

5. Which of the following is not a mathematical term? Hint

Scalene

Equilateral

Isosceles

Unilateral

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Question 6 of 25

6. Which of the following countries is located in Africa? Hint

Surinam

Burundi

Bhutan

Vanuatu

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Question 7 of 25

7. Which television show features the character Shirley Brahms? Hint

It Ain't Half Hot, Mum

Are You Being Served?

Coronation Street

Fawlty Towers

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Question 8 of 25

8. In which city would you find Sculptures Park, Gorky Park and Lenin's tomb? Hint

Berlin

London

Moscow

Dublin

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Question 9 of 25

9. Name the boat in Herman Melville's novel 'Moby Dick'? Hint

The Paquin

The Pequot

The Pequod

The Pequin

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Question 10 of 25

10. Which is the CORRECT title of a novel by J.M. Barrie? Hint

Dear Brutus

Hey Jude

Dear Prudence

Hail Caesar

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Question 11 of 25

11. The fifth book of the Bible is? Hint

Deuteronomy

Numbers

Deuterium

Acts

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Question 12 of 25

12. Which former President of the United States of America has the same name as a city of England? Hint

Washington

Ford

Cleveland

Lincoln

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Question 13 of 25

13. Azoth is the alchemical name for which element? Hint

Silver

Mercury

Gold

Antimony

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Question 14 of 25

14. The title of a William Claude Dukinfield (W.C. Fields) movie featured which bird? Hint

Sparrow

Chickadee

Goose

Lyrebird

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Question 15 of 25

15. By way of word formation, which of the following is the odd word out: gypsy, gypsum, myth, myrrh, lymph, sylph, sty, why? Hint

Myth

Gypsum

Lymph

Sty

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Question 16 of 25

16. Name the hybrid produced by crossing only a tangerine tree with a grapefruit tree? Hint

Ugli fruit

Tangelo

Clementine

Pomegranate

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Question 17 of 25

17. Who has tattoos of an angel on his back, his wife's name in Hindi and a number seven in Roman numerals? Hint

Robbie Williams

Vinnie Jones

Ozzie Osborne

David Beckham

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Question 18 of 25

18. Name the bird which has distinctive red legs and a red beak which lives in rocky mountainous areas along remote coasts of Europe? Hint

Frigate bird

Ruff

Albatross

Chough

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Question 19 of 25

19. Which television programme was filmed at Waratah Park near Sydney, Australia? Hint

Champion The Wonder Horse

Flipper

Skippy The Bush Kangaroo

Lassie

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Question 20 of 25

20. Which number comes next in the sequence: 1,2,5,14,41,122 ? Hint

340

365

240

265

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Question 21 of 25

21. Name the connection of all the forenames of the following people: Carson, Graham, Lake, Murdoch, Potter, Savage, Valance? Hint

Colours

Plants

Parts of the human body

Geographical features

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Question 22 of 25

22. Who said, "Words are, of course, the most powerful drugs used by mankind"? Hint

Rudyard Kipling

Dr Samuel Johnson

Oscar Wilde

Charles Dickens

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Question 23 of 25

23. These four answers couple a person with a thing or place. Which one of these people gave their name to that which is named afterwards? Hint

Alfred Sax (The Saxophone)

Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (The Lonsdale Belt)

Sir Charles Everest (Mount Everest)

Jean Nicotine (Nicotine)

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Question 24 of 25

24. What featured on the first British Christmas card? Hint

People sleeping

A Nativity Scene

Father Christmas

People drinking

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Question 25 of 25

25. Name an everyday used word that ends in the last two letters of -mt?

Answer: (6 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which animal is named because it has a child-like face with large eyes and wails at night similar to a human baby crying?

Answer: Bushbaby

Bushbabies are agile, nocturnal, tree-dwelling primates which can be found in Africa, south of the Sahara. The howler monkey inhabits tropical forests of South America.

2. Which colour is associated with all of the following: carnation, elephants, flamingo, panther, salmon, snooker ball?

Answer: Pink

Carnations can be cultivated in many varieties for its white, pink or red flowers. Pink elephants is a facetious name applied to hallucinations caused by drunkenness. Pink salmon is any salmon having pale pink flesh.

3. Who was known as Michel de Nostredame?

Answer: Nostradamus

Nostradamus (1503-66) was a French seer and astrologer who, after practising as a doctor, began making astrological predictions in 1547.

4. What word links a spiral-horned antelope with a musical instrument?

Answer: Bongo

A bongo is a rare antelope inhabiting forests of central Africa. It can also be a small bucket-shaped drum, usually one of a pair, played by beating with the fingers.

5. Which of the following is not a mathematical term?

Answer: Unilateral

An isosceles triangle has two sides of equal length. An equilateral triangle has all sides of equal length. A scalene triangle has all sides of unequal length. The scalene is also a muscle in the neck.

6. Which of the following countries is located in Africa?

Answer: Burundi

Burundi is a small country on the mainland of Africa and the second most densely populated African country after its neighbour Rwanda. Surinam is located in South America, Bhutan (Asia) and Vanuatu (southwest Pacific Ocean, 1430 miles east of Australia).

7. Which television show features the character Shirley Brahms?

Answer: Are You Being Served?

Miss Brahms was played by Wendy Richard and worked for Grace Brothers department store.

8. In which city would you find Sculptures Park, Gorky Park and Lenin's tomb?

Answer: Moscow

Moscow's Sculptures Park contains statues of Soviet leaders that once occupied prominent city squares. Gorky Park stretches three kilometres along the Moskva River and is Moscow's amusement park. Its slow moving Ferris wheel provides excellent views out over the park, attracting both foreign and local visitors.

9. Name the boat in Herman Melville's novel 'Moby Dick'?

Answer: The Pequod

American novelist Herman Melville (1819-91) became a sailor in 1839 and actually joined a whaling ship in 1841.

10. Which is the CORRECT title of a novel by J.M. Barrie?

Answer: Dear Brutus

Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) was a Scottish novelist chiefly remembered as the writer of 'Peter Pan' (1904). He wrote 'Dear Brutus' in (1917).

11. The fifth book of the Bible is?

Answer: Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy is the fifth and last book of the Pentateuch or Torah (Hebrew, law). It is written in the style of a farewell address by Moses to the Israelites before they enter the Promised Land of Canaan. Deuteronomy means 'copy' in Greek and 'words' in Hebrew.

12. Which former President of the United States of America has the same name as a city of England?

Answer: Lincoln

Washington is a town in the county of Tyne and Wear in England. Cleveland is a former county in England, having been split into various components, in a government reshuffle. Lincoln is a city in east England and was founded by the Romans as Lindum Colonia. Lincoln Cathedral has one of the original copies of the Magna Carta.

13. Azoth is the alchemical name for which element?

Answer: Mercury

The name azoth is derived from the Arabic 'az-za uq' meaning the mercury.

14. The title of a William Claude Dukinfield (W.C. Fields) movie featured which bird?

Answer: Chickadee

'My Little Chickadee' (1940) also starred Mae West who with Fields wrote the screenplay in order to deliver ample laughs.

15. By way of word formation, which of the following is the odd word out: gypsy, gypsum, myth, myrrh, lymph, sylph, sty, why?

Answer: Gypsum

Gypsum is the only word to contain a vowel. A sylph is a slender, graceful young woman.

16. Name the hybrid produced by crossing only a tangerine tree with a grapefruit tree?

Answer: Tangelo

The fruit of this hybrid has orange, acid-tasting flesh. Its name is derived from tang(erine) and (pom)elo. A pomelo is a large yellow grapefruit-like edible fruit. An ugli fruit is a cross between a tangerine, grapefruit and ORANGE.

17. Who has tattoos of an angel on his back, his wife's name in Hindi and a number seven in Roman numerals?

Answer: David Beckham

David Beckham (England and Manchester United footballer) has tattoos of the names of his sons (Brooklyn and Romeo), his wife's name (Victoria) in Hindi and VII (seven) his football shirt number. David and Victoria Beckham have two additional children: a son called Cruz, born 2005 in Madrid, Spain, and a daughter called Harper Seven who was born in Los Angeles, in 2011.

18. Name the bird which has distinctive red legs and a red beak which lives in rocky mountainous areas along remote coasts of Europe?

Answer: Chough

Due to the loss of natural meadows where they fed on soil animals, the chough is becoming a rare sight. The male frigate bird has a red balloon-like pouch on his neck.

19. Which television programme was filmed at Waratah Park near Sydney, Australia?

Answer: Skippy The Bush Kangaroo

Skippy was the pet of Sonny who was alerted to the weekly crime/accident with a memorable 'tut tutting'. Liza Goddard made her television debut as Clancy Merrick.

20. Which number comes next in the sequence: 1,2,5,14,41,122 ?

Answer: 365

Multiply the number by three and minus one. For example: (1x3)-1 = 2, (2x3)-1 = 5. Hence (122 x 3) - 1 = 365

21. Name the connection of all the forenames of the following people: Carson, Graham, Lake, Murdoch, Potter, Savage, Valance?

Answer: Plants

'Violet' Carson (Ena Sharples in Coronation street), actress 'Heather' Graham (Austin Powers movie), actress 'Veronica' Lake, novelist 'Iris' Murdoch, 'Pansy' Potter (comic strip in the beano), 'Lily' Savage (British comedian and presenter) and singer 'Holly' Valance. A violet is a plant similar to wild pansy and veronica is a speedwell plant having small blue, or pinkish white flowers.

22. Who said, "Words are, of course, the most powerful drugs used by mankind"?

Answer: Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was a British author who was born in India.

23. These four answers couple a person with a thing or place. Which one of these people gave their name to that which is named afterwards?

Answer: Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (The Lonsdale Belt)

The Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944) was a keen boxing fan for many years and was patron of the National Sporting Club. Heavyweight Henry Cooper was the first person to win 3 Lonsdale belts outright. Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone. Sir George Everest who was British surveyor-general of India named Mount Everest in 1865. Jean Nicot (1530-1600) was a French diplomat who introduced tobacco into France.

24. What featured on the first British Christmas card?

Answer: People drinking

John Callcott Horsley (1817-1903) designed the first British Christmas card. It showed a family raising their glasses to toast Christmas which caused controversy among Puritans. The idea became a hit and the Christmas card became very popular.

25. Name an everyday used word that ends in the last two letters of -mt?

Answer: Dreamt

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