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Quiz about General Knowledge 13
Quiz about General Knowledge 13

General Knowledge 13 Trivia Quiz


Quizzical86: Another 25 multi-choice easy general knowledge questions which increase in difficulty. A few teasers may trip you up. Good luck and 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 #
53,881
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
14 / 25
Plays
5091
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Question 1 of 25
1. Las Vegas is in which American state? Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. Who wrote 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit'? Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. In the card game 'bridge', a hand of 13 cards in which no card is higher than nine is called ... ? Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. What was the name of the first dog in space? Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. Who invented the escalator which was shown at the Paris Exhibition in 1900? Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. Who wrote 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'? Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. Which Pacific island is the home of many carved faces and statues of its earlier inhabitants? Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. What type of animal was 'Flower' in Disney's 'Bambi'? Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. What is the chief town on the island of Mull off the west coast of Scotland? Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. Which of the following is a town in County Meath in the Republic of Ireland? Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. Into which sea does the River Danube flow? Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. What was the middle name of American jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk? Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. What was the nationality of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. Which musical was based on diaries of a governess called Anna Leonowens? Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. What is the middle name of English cricket legend William Grace and English athlete Sir Roger Bannister? Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. What was the nickname of Belgian cyclist Eddie Merckx? Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. Which of the following ailments is the odd one out? Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. What is the capital of Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean. Port ... ? Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. The Geiger counter is used to measure radioactivity and was developed by German nuclear physicist Hans Geiger. The device monitors the electrical changes produced by which particles given off by radioactive substances as they decay? Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. On 16th September 1908, General Motors formed by a merger of which two companies? Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. What was the name of the English furniture maker who wrote 1791's 'Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book'. Thomas ... ? Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. During the winter of 1838, the US government forced thousands of American Indians to leave their lands near the Atlantic coast to travel west. Many died on the 2000 km journey hence it became known as the 'Trail of Tears'. Which American Indians were involved? Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. The Quetzal has a spectacular green and scarlet plumage and tail feathers up to 90 centimetres long. It is the national bird of which country which also uses the quetzal as its unit of currency? Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. Simon Bolivar was named 'The Great Liberator' as he led the revolution that freed many South American countries from Spanish control. Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador were liberated along with ... ? Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. On which country's flag would you see a lion, a dove, coconut palms, bananas and sugar cane? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Las Vegas is in which American state?

Answer: Nevada

2. Who wrote 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit'?

Answer: Beatrix Potter

3. In the card game 'bridge', a hand of 13 cards in which no card is higher than nine is called ... ?

Answer: Yarborough

4. What was the name of the first dog in space?

Answer: Laika

5. Who invented the escalator which was shown at the Paris Exhibition in 1900?

Answer: Charles Seeberger

6. Who wrote 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'?

Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle

7. Which Pacific island is the home of many carved faces and statues of its earlier inhabitants?

Answer: Easter Island

8. What type of animal was 'Flower' in Disney's 'Bambi'?

Answer: Skunk

9. What is the chief town on the island of Mull off the west coast of Scotland?

Answer: Tobermory

10. Which of the following is a town in County Meath in the Republic of Ireland?

Answer: Trim

The county town of Meath is Navan.
11. Into which sea does the River Danube flow?

Answer: Black Sea

12. What was the middle name of American jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk?

Answer: Sphere

13. What was the nationality of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

Answer: Austrian

14. Which musical was based on diaries of a governess called Anna Leonowens?

Answer: The King and I

15. What is the middle name of English cricket legend William Grace and English athlete Sir Roger Bannister?

Answer: Gilbert

16. What was the nickname of Belgian cyclist Eddie Merckx?

Answer: The Cannibal

17. Which of the following ailments is the odd one out?

Answer: Eczema

The nontechnical names for urticaria are hives or nettlerash which is a skin condition characterized by the formation of itchy red or whitish raised patches usually caused by an allergy.
18. What is the capital of Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean. Port ... ?

Answer: Louis

19. The Geiger counter is used to measure radioactivity and was developed by German nuclear physicist Hans Geiger. The device monitors the electrical changes produced by which particles given off by radioactive substances as they decay?

Answer: Alpha particles

20. On 16th September 1908, General Motors formed by a merger of which two companies?

Answer: Buick and Oldsmobile

21. What was the name of the English furniture maker who wrote 1791's 'Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book'. Thomas ... ?

Answer: Sheraton

22. During the winter of 1838, the US government forced thousands of American Indians to leave their lands near the Atlantic coast to travel west. Many died on the 2000 km journey hence it became known as the 'Trail of Tears'. Which American Indians were involved?

Answer: Cherokee

23. The Quetzal has a spectacular green and scarlet plumage and tail feathers up to 90 centimetres long. It is the national bird of which country which also uses the quetzal as its unit of currency?

Answer: Guatemala

24. Simon Bolivar was named 'The Great Liberator' as he led the revolution that freed many South American countries from Spanish control. Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador were liberated along with ... ?

Answer: Colombia

25. On which country's flag would you see a lion, a dove, coconut palms, bananas and sugar cane?

Answer: Fiji

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