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Easy General Knowledge 8 Trivia Quiz

25 easy general knowledge questions which progressively get more difficult. Good luck and have fun.

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

Author
Inquizition

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
71,200

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
15 / 25

Plays
14829

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

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Question 1 of 25

1. Name the famous 'ghost' ship: Mary ________ ? Hint

Rose

Tudor

Celeste

Christmas

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Question 2 of 25

2. What is the capital of the Netherlands (Holland)? Hint

Rotterdam

Arnhem

Haarlem

Amsterdam

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Question 3 of 25

3. What is another name for a sunken fence bordering a garden or park allowing uninterrupted views from within? Hint

Ho ho

Ha ha

Tee hee

Guffaw

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Question 4 of 25

4. Name the large, juicy, yellow-skinned citrus fruit of the West Indies? Hint

Horrid

Pretti

Ugli

Pug

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Question 5 of 25

5. Who was the 1924 and 1928 Olympic 100m freestyle swimming champion? Hint

Johnny Weissmuller

Ron Ely

Johnny Ray

Errol Flynn

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Question 6 of 25

6. Who when asked what it was like to kiss Marilyn Monroe said, 'It's like kissing Hitler'? Hint

John Merrick

Michael Winner

Alfred Hitchcock

Tony Curtis

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Question 7 of 25

7. Whose boxing strategy was 'Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee'? Hint

Muhammad Ali

Rocky Marciano

Joe Frazier

Mike Tyson

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Question 8 of 25

8. Name the highest peak in Wales? Hint

Snowdon

Scafell Pike

Ben Nevis

Snaefell

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Question 9 of 25

9. What is Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's most famous painting? Hint

The Call

The Scream

The Yell

The Shout

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Question 10 of 25

10. Who was the first Roman Emperor? Hint

Marcus

Julius

Augustus

Septembus

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Question 11 of 25

11. Name the American insect akin to the grasshopper? Hint

Juliedid

Katydid

Maydid

Faydid

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Question 12 of 25

12. Which band took their name from the villain in the spoof sci-fi movie 'Barbarella'? Hint

Duran Duran

The The

Wet Wet Wet

Bow Wow Wow

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Question 13 of 25

13. Who said, 'It's better to be looked over than overlooked'? Hint

Mae West

Dorothy Parker

Joan Collins

Rebecca West

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Question 14 of 25

14. Which country of the following in Africa is totally land-locked? Hint

Sudan

Gabon

Botswana

Mauritania

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Question 15 of 25

15. Which book and TV heroine lived at St Mary Mead? Hint

Lord Peter Wimsey

Agatha Christie

Miss Marple

Hercule Poirot

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Question 16 of 25

16. Former 'James Bond', Timothy Dalton was born in __________ ? Hint

Wales

Ireland

Scotland

England

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Question 17 of 25

17. 'Manfred the Mammoth', 'Sid the Sloth' and 'Diego the Sabre-toothed Tiger' all appear in which film? Hint

Dinosaur

Evolution

Ice Age

Shrek

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Question 18 of 25

18. In which country would you find ancient stave churches made of horizontal logs built with vertical curved strips of wood called 'staves' without a single nail used in construction? Hint

Norway

Bhutan

China

Swaziland

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Question 19 of 25

19. Name the 1988 Olympic men's 200m butterfly swimming champion:
Michael __________ ? Hint

Score

Dozen

Brace

Gross

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Question 20 of 25

20. What was James Fixx, the man whose best-seller turned the USA on to the jogging craze, doing at the time of his death? Hint

Jogging

Driving

Skiing

Gardening

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Question 21 of 25

21. Who is the 18th century English printer after whom a style of type is named: John _________ ? Hint

Baskerville

Sherlock

Hound

Holmes

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Question 22 of 25

22. Where would you find the world's second largest barrier reef after Australia's? Hint

Chile

Namibia

Belize

Sri Lanka

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Question 23 of 25

23. Who said, 'A woman is like a teabag - only in hot water do you realize how strong she is'? Hint

Margaret Thatcher

Emily Pankhurst

Nancy Reagan

Germaine Greer

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Question 24 of 25

24. Who said, 'How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean'? Hint

Jacques Cousteau

Arthur C. Clarke

David Attenborough

Patrick Moore

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Question 25 of 25

25. Which guitar legend was a former paratrooper who made 26 jumps with the 'Screaming Eagles' the elite 101 airborne division? Hint

Jimi Hendrix

Francis Rossi

Eric Clapton

Mark Knopfler

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Name the famous 'ghost' ship: Mary ________ ?

Answer: Celeste

The brigantine 'Mary Celeste' was commanded by Captain Briggs sailing from New York to Genoa in Italy. It carried 1,700 barrels of grain alcohol while enduring strong winds and for the last 100 miles enduring a storm. On 4th Dec 1872 between the Azores and Portugal the crew of the 'Dei Gratia' boarded the 'Mary Celeste' but nobody was spotted on deck although the ship was fully provisioned and seaworthy.

It is assumed a seaquake caused the crew to abandon ship in a small yawl for the safety of Santa Maria island in the Azores 10 miles away.

2. What is the capital of the Netherlands (Holland)?

Answer: Amsterdam

The kingdom of the Netherlands is popularly known as Holland. Along with Belgium and Luxembourg it forms the 'Low Countries'. The Hague is not the capital but the seat of government for the Netherlands.

3. What is another name for a sunken fence bordering a garden or park allowing uninterrupted views from within?

Answer: Ha ha

It is also known as a haw-haw.

4. Name the large, juicy, yellow-skinned citrus fruit of the West Indies?

Answer: Ugli

It is a cross between a tangerine, grapefruit and orange and the name probably refers to its wrinkled skin.

5. Who was the 1924 and 1928 Olympic 100m freestyle swimming champion?

Answer: Johnny Weissmuller

Johnny Weissmuller won 5 gold medals at the 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games and played Tarzan on screen more than anyone else.

6. Who when asked what it was like to kiss Marilyn Monroe said, 'It's like kissing Hitler'?

Answer: Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis was born Bernard Schwartz. He married actress Janet Leigh of 'Psycho'(1960) fame and fathered actress Jamie Lee Curtis whose real name is Jamie Leigh Curtis.

7. Whose boxing strategy was 'Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee'?

Answer: Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 17th, 1942 as Cassius Clay. In 1964 he knocked out heavyweight champion Sonny Liston causing a great upset victory. Soon after this victory he became a Black Muslim and changed his name. In 1967 he was stripped of his world heavyweight champion title for refusing to join the American military due to religious convictions.

8. Name the highest peak in Wales?

Answer: Snowdon

Snowdon is a mountain in Gwynedd, north-west Wales which reaches 3,560 feet high and is the highest in England and Wales.

9. What is Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's most famous painting?

Answer: The Scream

His work displays his own turbulent emotions that were eventually to lead to a nervous breakdown in 1908.

10. Who was the first Roman Emperor?

Answer: Augustus

He was the first Roman emperor (27 BC - AD 14) and was also known as 'Octavian'.

11. Name the American insect akin to the grasshopper?

Answer: Katydid

A green long-horned grasshopper living among the foliage of trees in North America.

12. Which band took their name from the villain in the spoof sci-fi movie 'Barbarella'?

Answer: Duran Duran

Duran Duran had a British hit single with the theme tune to the Bond movie 'A View To A Kill' which reached number two in the British singles chart in May 1985.

13. Who said, 'It's better to be looked over than overlooked'?

Answer: Mae West

Mae West (1892-1980) was an overdressed, scandalous, blonde, American actress who wrote most of her own material. She was a comic genius whose lines of double entendre became well known. Her movie career was ended when American puritanism and censorship came into power.

14. Which country of the following in Africa is totally land-locked?

Answer: Botswana

Gabon and Mauritania are on the Atlantic coast. The Red Sea flows past Sudan.

15. Which book and TV heroine lived at St Mary Mead?

Answer: Miss Marple

Joan Hickson was a big hit on television, at the age of almost 80 years old, portraying Agatha Christie's Miss Marple stories.

16. Former 'James Bond', Timothy Dalton was born in __________ ?

Answer: Wales

This Welsh actor, born in Colwyn Bay, starred in two Bond movies, 'The Living Daylights' (1987) and 'Licence To Kill' (1989).

17. 'Manfred the Mammoth', 'Sid the Sloth' and 'Diego the Sabre-toothed Tiger' all appear in which film?

Answer: Ice Age

18. In which country would you find ancient stave churches made of horizontal logs built with vertical curved strips of wood called 'staves' without a single nail used in construction?

Answer: Norway

'No way' you should have got that one unless you are very good at general knowledge. These are powerful enough to withstand heavy winter snowfalls.

19. Name the 1988 Olympic men's 200m butterfly swimming champion: Michael __________ ?

Answer: Gross

Michael Gross was a West German swimmer who at just over 6 feet 7 inches tall had the nickname ' the albatross' due to the length of his super long arms. He won gold medals at both the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games with the freestyle and butterfly events being his speciality.

20. What was James Fixx, the man whose best-seller turned the USA on to the jogging craze, doing at the time of his death?

Answer: Jogging

21. Who is the 18th century English printer after whom a style of type is named: John _________ ?

Answer: Baskerville

John Baskerville (1706-75)

22. Where would you find the world's second largest barrier reef after Australia's?

Answer: Belize

This is home to turtles, sea anemones, spiny lobsters and many tropical fish. The chain of coral reefs run 180 miles and the clear warm water attracts divers from around the world.

23. Who said, 'A woman is like a teabag - only in hot water do you realize how strong she is'?

Answer: Nancy Reagan

American actress and wife of Ronald Reagan. Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was actually the contributer of this remark. Nancy Reagan used this famous quotation.

24. Who said, 'How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean'?

Answer: Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur Charles Clarke is a British science-fiction writer and Stanley Kubrick's film '2001: A Space Odyssey' (1969) was based on his short story 'The Sentinel' (1951).

25. Which guitar legend was a former paratrooper who made 26 jumps with the 'Screaming Eagles' the elite 101 airborne division?

Answer: Jimi Hendrix

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