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Easy General Knowledge28 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 #
128,729

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
14 / 25

Plays
9106

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 25

1. What name comes next in the following sequence: Alan Alda, Brigitte Bardot, Chevy Chase, Doris Day, Edna Everage, Fred Flintstone, Greer Garson _________ ? Hint

Olive Oyl

Howard Hughes

Kevin Kline

Lennox Lewis

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Question 2 of 25

2. Which American state capital contains a word within its name which is the Arabic name for God? Hint

Sacramento

Providence

Indianapolis

Tallahassee

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Question 3 of 25

3. How many of the following Shakespearean plays are spelt correctly? -
(1) The Comedy of Errs
(2) The Merry Wife of Windsor
(3) Anthony and Cleopatra
(4) King Leer Hint

All

One

None

Two

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Question 4 of 25

4. Who invented volleyball in 1895? Hint

William Moboe

William Maccordian

William Mdrum

William Morgan

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Question 5 of 25

5. Which member of the cat family has the greatest geographical distribution of any wild cat? Hint

Lion

Leopard

Cheetah

Jaguar

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Question 6 of 25

6. Whose name is the odd one out of the following people: Charles Lamb, Doris Hare, Edward Gibbon, James Fox, James Whale, Peter Coyote, Sandra Bullock and Tiger Woods? Hint

Sandra Bullock

Tiger Woods

Peter Coyote

Edward Gibbon

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Question 7 of 25

7. Which country borders Iraq? Hint

Lebanon

Jordan

Israel

Pakistan

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Question 8 of 25

8. Name the English conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra (1950-57) Sir Malcolm _______ ? Hint

General

Major

Sargent

Constable

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Question 9 of 25

9. What connects all of the following people? - Buddy Holly, Elvis Costello, Harry Potter, John Lennon, Ronnie Corbett, Vic Reeves and Woody Allen. Hint

All are British born

All wear / wore glasses

All appeared on the Sergeant Pepper Album

All are left handed

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Question 10 of 25

10. Which animal uses its long neck to reach acacia leaves which are its main food? Hint

Hippopotamus

Giraffe

Rhinoceros

Thomson's Gazelle

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Question 11 of 25

11. Pepin the Short, Charles the Bald and Hugh Capet were members of which European Royal family? Hint

English

French

German

Spanish

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Question 12 of 25

12. Who coined the term 'vaccination'? Hint

Edward Jenner

Joseph Lister

Florence Nightingale

Louis Pasteur

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Question 13 of 25

13. What was the middle name of Charles Russell who established the Jehovah's Witnesses? Hint

Laze

Maze

Taze

Craze

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Question 14 of 25

14. Which solitary bird of prey inhabits grasslands of Africa, has long legs and kills snakes which it beats to death with its feet? Hint

Goshawk

Hobby

Condor

Secretary bird

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Question 15 of 25

15. How long approximately does it take Uranus to complete one orbit around the sun? Hint

44 years

84 years

14 years

4 years

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Question 16 of 25

16. Name the French manufacturer and inventor who invented a system of programming a carpet weaving loom to produce weaved patterned fabrics: Joseph Marie ________ Hint

Jacquard

Pile

Nap

Wilton

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Question 17 of 25

17. Which of the following information is INCORRECT about Percy Bysshe Shelley? Hint

He married Mary Wollstonecraft, the author of 'Frankenstein'

His poems include 'The Modern Prometheus'

He fled England for Italy where he drowned

He was cremated and his ashes were buried in the same cemetery as John Keats

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Question 18 of 25

18. The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia were designed by Cesar _______ ? Hint

Welli

Palace

Pelli

Julius

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Question 19 of 25

19. What was the title of the French philosopher, Jean-Paul Sartre's first novel? Hint

Seasickness

Nausea

Revulsion

Dizziness

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Question 20 of 25

20. What comes next in the sequence: one = 1, two = 2, three = 3, four = 2, five = 2, six = ? Hint

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Question 21 of 25

21. Who was imprisoned during a naval battle against Genoa and wrote a book in prison about his travels? Hint

Christopher Columbus

Marco Polo

Garibaldi

Walter Raleigh

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Question 22 of 25

22. Who had a sister called Maria Anna who too was a child prodigy and was born four and a half years before him? Hint

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Johann Sebastian Bach

William Tell

Albert Einstein

23. Gunpowder was the only explosive available until the mid 19th century and was made up of saltpetre (potassium nitrate) charcoal and sulphur. Put these in order of the quantity present in gunpowder starting with the largest. Hint

Saltpetre, sulphur, charcoal

Charcoal, sulphur, saltpetre

Sulphur, charcoal, saltpetre

Saltpetre, charcoal, sulphur

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Question 24 of 25

24. Which Dutch painter was best known for scenes of domestic life with the 35 or 36 paintings attributed to him mostly portraying figures in interiors? Hint

Frans Hals

Vincent van Gogh

Jan Vermeer

Hieronymous Bosch

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Question 25 of 25

25. Of whom did French poet Chretien De Troyes turn fictional stories into romantic chivalrous tales? Hint

Captain Kidd

Robin Hood

King Arthur

Ned Kelly

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What name comes next in the following sequence: Alan Alda, Brigitte Bardot, Chevy Chase, Doris Day, Edna Everage, Fred Flintstone, Greer Garson _________ ?

Answer: Howard Hughes

The forenames and surnames begin with the same letter. They start with the letter 'a' and follow through to the letter 'g'. The next name is 'H.. H..' and could have been Henry Higgins or Harry Houdini.

2. Which American state capital contains a word within its name which is the Arabic name for God?

Answer: Tallahassee

tALLAHassee (Allah) is the principal Muslim name for God.

3. How many of the following Shakespearean plays are spelt correctly? - (1) The Comedy of Errs (2) The Merry Wife of Windsor (3) Anthony and Cleopatra (4) King Leer

Answer: None

(1) The Comedy of Errors, (2) The Merry Wives of Windsor, (3) Antony and Cleopatra, (4) King Lear.

4. Who invented volleyball in 1895?

Answer: William Morgan

William Morgan (1870-1942) was a YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association )physical fitness director and he hoped his game would be a welcome substitute for basketball, a sport too strenuous for many of the older men he instructed. He originally called the game 'Mintonette'.

5. Which member of the cat family has the greatest geographical distribution of any wild cat?

Answer: Leopard

They occupy most of Africa, south of the Sahara, the Middle East, India and southeast Asia. Their habitat ranges from dry grassland, scrubland, mountains and jungles. Of all the African cats, the leopard is the only species which occupies both rainforest and arid deserts.

6. Whose name is the odd one out of the following people: Charles Lamb, Doris Hare, Edward Gibbon, James Fox, James Whale, Peter Coyote, Sandra Bullock and Tiger Woods?

Answer: Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods is the only name whose forename features an animal name.

7. Which country borders Iraq?

Answer: Jordan

Jordan borders Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq and Israel and is almost landlocked except for a short coastline on the Gulf of Aqaba.

8. Name the English conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra (1950-57) Sir Malcolm _______ ?

Answer: Sargent

His full name was Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent.

9. What connects all of the following people? - Buddy Holly, Elvis Costello, Harry Potter, John Lennon, Ronnie Corbett, Vic Reeves and Woody Allen.

Answer: All wear / wore glasses

The Sergeant Pepper album is the Beatles 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' featuring tracks such as 'With A Little Help From My Friends', 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds', 'Lovely Rita' and 'She's Leaving Home'. Woody Allen was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1935.

10. Which animal uses its long neck to reach acacia leaves which are its main food?

Answer: Giraffe

Its long tongue is used to pluck leaves from acacia and mimosa trees.

11. Pepin the Short, Charles the Bald and Hugh Capet were members of which European Royal family?

Answer: French

Charles the Bald (Charles II) was the King of France (843-77). Pepin the Short was the father of Charlemagne. Hugh Capet was the King of France (987-96).

12. Who coined the term 'vaccination'?

Answer: Edward Jenner

While practising medicine at Berkeley, England, Jenner noticed that dairymaids who contacted cowpox never developed smallpox. He used material from cowpox sufferers and introduced it on to the roughened skin of a healthy 8 year old boy who proved to be immune from smallpox. The word 'vaccination' is derived from the French word for cow (vache).

13. What was the middle name of Charles Russell who established the Jehovah's Witnesses?

Answer: Taze

Jehovah's witnesses now number approximately eight million members in all parts of the world.

14. Which solitary bird of prey inhabits grasslands of Africa, has long legs and kills snakes which it beats to death with its feet?

Answer: Secretary bird

It has a hawklike face and a black crest of quills behind its head giving rise to its name. It is considered related to vultures and hawks.

15. How long approximately does it take Uranus to complete one orbit around the sun?

Answer: 84 years

Uranus was discovered by William Herschel in 1781 and under good conditions it is visible to the naked eye.

16. Name the French manufacturer and inventor who invented a system of programming a carpet weaving loom to produce weaved patterned fabrics: Joseph Marie ________

Answer: Jacquard

In Jacquard weave the design is incorporated into the weave instead of being printed or dyed on.

17. Which of the following information is INCORRECT about Percy Bysshe Shelley?

Answer: His poems include 'The Modern Prometheus'

His poems include 'Prometheus Unbound' (1818-19). 'The Modern Prometheus' is the subtitle for the novel 'Frankenstein' (1818). He drowned in a sailing accident off the Italian coast. John Keats died in Rome in search of a cure for his tuberculosis and was buried at the Protestant Cemetery in Rome along with Shelley.

18. The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia were designed by Cesar _______ ?

Answer: Pelli

Cesar Pelli was an American architect who was born in Argentina. He helped design Battery Park City in New York. He earned a Diploma of Architecture from the University of Tucuman in Argentina.

19. What was the title of the French philosopher, Jean-Paul Sartre's first novel?

Answer: Nausea

He was awarded but declined the Nobel Prize in 1964.

20. What comes next in the sequence: one = 1, two = 2, three = 3, four = 2, five = 2, six = ?

Answer: 2

The answer is how many consonants (non vowels) are in the numbered word. 'one' has only 1 which is the letter 'n'. Consequently 'two' has 2 't' and 'w'. Therefore 'six' has 2 's' and 'x'.

21. Who was imprisoned during a naval battle against Genoa and wrote a book in prison about his travels?

Answer: Marco Polo

In prison he dictated an account of his experiences to Rustichello, a well known writer at the time. Marco Polo was born in Venice, Italy. 'The Travels Of Marco Polo' were first published in French and gave medieval Europe its first detailed knowledge of China.

22. Who had a sister called Maria Anna who too was a child prodigy and was born four and a half years before him?

Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

He did not receive respect or financial reward for his virtuosity at composing and was forced to teach and perform for money. He died a pauper in 1791 aged 35 and was buried in an unmarked grave at St Marx Cemetery.

Answer: Saltpetre, charcoal, sulphur

Gunpowder was generally thought to have originated in China where explosive bombs and grenades were used by AD 1000. Saltpetre, charcoal and sulphur were mixed in the proportions of 15 : 3 : 2

24. Which Dutch painter was best known for scenes of domestic life with the 35 or 36 paintings attributed to him mostly portraying figures in interiors?

Answer: Jan Vermeer

He achieved little recognition for his own art leaving a widow and 11 children when he died in poverty at the age of 43.

25. Of whom did French poet Chretien De Troyes turn fictional stories into romantic chivalrous tales?

Answer: King Arthur

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