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Easy General Knowledge 14 Trivia Quiz

25 easy 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 #
80,191

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
14 / 25

Plays
7756

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 25

1. What do you call the offspring of an elephant, walrus or a whale? Hint

Fawn

Pup

Calf

Cub

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Question 2 of 25

2. Which of the following books begin: 'The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail'? Hint

Orca

Jaws

Moby Dick

Piranha

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Question 3 of 25

3. It is estimated that there are how many different languages spoken around the world? Hint

300

6,000

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Question 4 of 25

4. What type of animal connects 'Fiver', 'Hazel', 'Flopsy', 'Mopsy', 'Harvey' and 'Thumper'? Hint

Penguin

Deer

Rabbit

Horse

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Question 5 of 25

5. Name the member of the 'Monty Python' team: Eric _______ ? Hint

Lazy

Glutton

Sloth

Idle

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Question 6 of 25

6. Which of the following is the largest number? Hint

The maximum score attained while throwing 3 darts in a dartboard

The Roman numeral DC

The number of tarot cards in a pack.

The number in a gross

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Question 7 of 25

7. What is the collective noun for a group of camels traveling in a single file and transporting goods? Hint

Yoke

Caravan

Parliament

Knot

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Question 8 of 25

8. Which strait links the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean? Hint

Magellan

Gibraltar

Bass

Denmark

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Question 9 of 25

9. What is the favorite food of polar bears? Hint

Seals

Walrus

Penguins

Man

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Question 10 of 25

10. What was the name of the only legitimate son of Henry VIII who survived childhood? Hint

George VI

Henry VI

Edward VI

Charles VI

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Question 11 of 25

11. What was banned in England (1642-60) by the Puritans in the government because it was thought immoral? Hint

Archery

Theatre

Kissing

Windows

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Question 12 of 25

12. Which queen was known as the 'Grandmother of Europe'? Hint

Elizabeth I

Victoria

Elizabeth II

Mary Tudor

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Question 13 of 25

13. Which popular Hindu god has the head of an elephant? Hint

Ganesh

Ishtar

Brahma

Shiva

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Question 14 of 25

14. In movies, what does the 'Key Grip' look after? Hint

Finances the production

Safety and security of the entire film crew

Casting of the character parts

Film equipment and in charge of moving heavy equipment

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Question 15 of 25

15. Who wrote the best selling book called 'Gorillas In the Mist' about her work: Dr. Diane _______ ? Hint

Fossey

Cossey

Bossey

Rossey

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Question 16 of 25

16. Which of the following is the INCORRECT statement about the Wright Brothers who achieved the first powered flight? Hint

They designed their first powered plane, 'Flyer 1'

They were called Wilbur and Orville Wright

Their first flight made by Wilbur Wright lasted 13 seconds

They ran a cycle business in Ohio, USA

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Question 17 of 25

17. In Shakespeare's play, 'Measure for Measure', what is the name of the simple constable? Hint

Wrist

Bottom

Elbow

Knee

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Question 18 of 25

18. Who wrote the longest opera called 'Die Meistersinger' lasting 5 hours and 15 minutes? Hint

Richard Wagner

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Johann Sebastian Bach

Ludwig van Beethoven

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Question 19 of 25

19. Name the whale, living around 50 million years ago, with a snake-like body over 20 metres in length. Hint

Sybilosarus

Pollyosarus

Basilosarus

Manuelosarus

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Question 20 of 25

20. Which is the INCORRECT statement about African and Indian elephants? Hint

The Indian elephant is generally the smaller of the two

The Indian elephant has 5 visible toenails on each of its front feet

Female African elephants have tusks

All African elephants have three visible toenails on their front feet

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Question 21 of 25

21. Which of the following alphabets uses the most letters? Hint

Devanagari used for writing Hindi

English (from the Roman alphabet)

Cyrillic used in Russia

Greek

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Question 22 of 25

22. Who of the following has NOT got a middle name called 'Seymour'? Hint

Jane Fonda (Actress)

Hugh Walpole (Novelist)

Arthur Sullivan (Composer)

Johann Wyss (Novelist)

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Question 23 of 25

23. What was the operation called where Airborne leaflets were dropped on POW camps in the Far East announcing the Japanese surrender? Hint

Torch

Icarus

Birdcage

Mongoose

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Question 24 of 25

24. Valentia Island is off the coast of which country? Hint

Italy

Venezuela

Ireland

Spain

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Question 25 of 25

25. Who said, 'an archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have, the older she gets, the more interested he is in her'? Hint

Dorothy Parker

Benjamin Franklin

Agatha Christie

Dr. Samuel Johnson

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What do you call the offspring of an elephant, walrus or a whale?

Answer: Calf

The offspring of a cow, buffalo and giraffe are also called a calf.

2. Which of the following books begin: 'The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail'?

Answer: Jaws

Peter Benchley was the author.

3. It is estimated that there are how many different languages spoken around the world?

Answer: 6,000

From recent newspaper reports it was suggested that English is now the most widely spoken language superseding Mandarin Chinese. According to www.ethnologue.com, www.krysstal.com, and UNESCO there are over 6000 languages in the world.

4. What type of animal connects 'Fiver', 'Hazel', 'Flopsy', 'Mopsy', 'Harvey' and 'Thumper'?

Answer: Rabbit

'Fiver' and 'Hazel' were rabbits in the book and film 'Watership Down'. 'Flopsy' and 'Mopsy' along with 'Cottontail' and 'Peter' were a Beatrix Potter creation. 'Harvey' was a large invisible rabbit and 'Thumper' appeared in the Walt Disney movie 'Bambi'.

5. Name the member of the 'Monty Python' team: Eric _______ ?

Answer: Idle

Other cast members of 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' were John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman and Terry Gilliam. Originally the programme was to be called 'Owl Stretching Time'.

6. Which of the following is the largest number?

Answer: The Roman numeral DC

180 is the maximum score in darts, 78 tarot cards in a pack, 144 is a gross and Roman numerals DC is 600 (D = 500 + C = 100)

7. What is the collective noun for a group of camels traveling in a single file and transporting goods?

Answer: Caravan

Yoke (oxen), parliament (owls) and knot (toads). A caravan is a group of wagons, pack mules or camels traveling in single file. The collective noun for a random group of camels is a flock or herd.

8. Which strait links the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer: Gibraltar

The 'Magellan' strait links the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans between the mainland southern tip of South America and Tierra del Fuego. The 'Bass' strait separates the Tasman Sea area of the Pacific from the Indian Ocean. The 'Denmark' strait links Greenland to Iceland.

9. What is the favorite food of polar bears?

Answer: Seals

Seals live beneath the ice and make breathing holes in the ice so they can come up for air. When the seal emerges a swift swipe of the bear's claw kills the seal outright.

10. What was the name of the only legitimate son of Henry VIII who survived childhood?

Answer: Edward VI

Edward VI was king of England (1547-53). He was clever and highly educated but was frail and died aged 16. He willed the crown to the Duke of Northumberland's daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey, in an attempt to exclude his Catholic sister, Mary I.
Henry FitzRoy was an illegitimate son of Henry VIII and Elizabeth Blount, a lady in waiting to Katharine of Aragon.

11. What was banned in England (1642-60) by the Puritans in the government because it was thought immoral?

Answer: Theatre

Theatre is one of the oldest forms of entertainment and plays were staged in Ancient Greece over 2500 years ago.

12. Which queen was known as the 'Grandmother of Europe'?

Answer: Victoria

This was because so many of her descendants married into European royal families.

13. Which popular Hindu god has the head of an elephant?

Answer: Ganesh

Ganesh was the son of Shiva and Parvati. He is the patron of learning and is said to have written down the 'Mahabharata' which is important both as literature and as Hindu religious instruction.

14. In movies, what does the 'Key Grip' look after?

Answer: Film equipment and in charge of moving heavy equipment

He is the person in charge of moving and setting up camera tracks and scenery in a film or television studio.

15. Who wrote the best selling book called 'Gorillas In the Mist' about her work: Dr. Diane _______ ?

Answer: Fossey

This American conservationist was the most famous person to help the mountain gorilla by making friends with them and tried to stop them from being captured or killed. She was murdered in 1985 but her work is now being carried out by other conservationists.

16. Which of the following is the INCORRECT statement about the Wright Brothers who achieved the first powered flight?

Answer: Their first flight made by Wilbur Wright lasted 13 seconds

Orville Wright made the flight lasting for just 13 seconds.

17. In Shakespeare's play, 'Measure for Measure', what is the name of the simple constable?

Answer: Elbow

18. Who wrote the longest opera called 'Die Meistersinger' lasting 5 hours and 15 minutes?

Answer: Richard Wagner

A meistersinger was a member of various German guilds organized to compose and perform poetry and music in the 15th and 16th centuries. It is German for 'master singer'.

19. Name the whale, living around 50 million years ago, with a snake-like body over 20 metres in length.

Answer: Basilosarus

It fed on large fishes which it grabbed with its saw-edged teeth.

20. Which is the INCORRECT statement about African and Indian elephants?

Answer: All African elephants have three visible toenails on their front feet

Both male and female African elephants have tusks whereas only the male of Indian elephants has them. The African elephant can vary between having four or five visible toenails on its front feet. African elephants have bigger ears. There is also a difference in the lips at the end of the trunk. Indian elephants have just one whereas African elephants have two.

21. Which of the following alphabets uses the most letters?

Answer: Devanagari used for writing Hindi

Greek (24), English (26), Cyrillic (33) and Devanagari (46)

22. Who of the following has NOT got a middle name called 'Seymour'?

Answer: Johann Wyss (Novelist)

Johann Rudolf Wyss was a Swiss writer who wrote 'The Swiss Family Robinson'.

23. What was the operation called where Airborne leaflets were dropped on POW camps in the Far East announcing the Japanese surrender?

Answer: Birdcage

'Icarus' was the proposed German invasion of Iceland in 1940 but was not carried out. 'Mongoose' was the operation launched by President John F. Kennedy in Dec. 1961 with the aim of overthrowing Fidel Castro of Cuba. 'Torch' was the final codename for Allied landings in north-west Africa, 8th Nov. 1942.

24. Valentia Island is off the coast of which country?

Answer: Ireland

It is off the west coast of Ireland near Dingle Bay.

25. Who said, 'an archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have, the older she gets, the more interested he is in her'?

Answer: Agatha Christie

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