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Easy General Knowledge11 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: 7 mins.

Author
Inquizition

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
74,845

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
11 / 25

Plays
8363

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 25

1. What connects Charles VI (France), George III (England), King Lear (Shakespeare), Ludwig (Bavaria) and Saul (Bible)? Hint

Alcoholic kings

Unmarried kings

Mad kings

Jewish kings

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Question 2 of 25

2. What word comes from Greek meaning 'green' and 'leaf'? Hint

Chlorophyll

Variegated

Photosynthesis

Chlorine

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Question 3 of 25

3. What are the main components of steel: iron and _________ ? Hint

Carbon

Chromium

Vanadium

Nickel

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Question 4 of 25

4. In the movie 'Pale Rider' (1985) what is the name of the brooding stranger played by Clint Eastwood? Hint

Calvin

Luther

Preacher

Wesley

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Question 5 of 25

5. What place name is Malay for 'muddy meeting place'? Hint

Vientiane

Phnom Penh

Kuala Lumpur

Mandalay

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Question 6 of 25

6. Who lives at 62 West Wallaby Street? Hint

Dame Edna Everage

Popeye the sailor man

Skippy, the bush kangaroo

Wallace and Gromit

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Question 7 of 25

7. What connects 'Billy Budd', 'Long Tom Coffin', 'Captain Cuttle', 'Dick Deadeye', 'Lemuel Gulliver', 'Lieutenant Pinkerton' and 'Salvation Yeo': all are ________ ? Hint

Philosophers

Escapologists

Messengers

Sailors

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Question 8 of 25

8. Which artist moved to Auvers in 1880 to be near his brother, Theo, who supported him financially all his life? Hint

Claude Monet

Salvador Dali

Vincent van Gogh

Pablo Picasso

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Question 9 of 25

9. Who is the film director of the movie 'The War of the Roses'? Hint

Marty Feldman

Danny DeVito

Ron Howard

Clint Eastwood

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Question 10 of 25

10. What was the highest point called in Zaire at 16,765 feet: Mount _____? Hint

Hardy

Laurel

Stanley

Oliver

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Question 11 of 25

11. The first five books of the Bible are called 'Pentateuch' from the Greek meaning 'five __________ ? Hint

Stories

Parables

Gospels

Scrolls

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Question 12 of 25

12. In Greek mythology who were the three aged sea deities having the bodies of swans, having one eye and one tooth between them and guardians of their sisters, the Gorgons? Hint

Sirens

Muses

Graeae

Harpies

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Question 13 of 25

13. In Norse mythology what was the name of Odin's eight-legged horse? Hint

Frigg

Aegir

Asgard

Sleipnir

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Question 14 of 25

14. Trudie Styler is the wife of which pop star? Hint

Phil Collins

Bono

Sting

Midge Ure

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Question 15 of 25

15. The River Amazon rises high in the snow-capped Andes and flows 4,001 miles to its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean. Which two countries does it pass through: Brazil and ________ ? Hint

Argentina

Venezuela

Peru

Paraguay

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Question 16 of 25

16. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the bird the 'kiwi'? Hint

It is the national symbol of New Zealand

It is covered in broad feathers

It lays an egg a quarter its own weight

It digs with its long curved bill

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Question 17 of 25

17. Who stabbed herself on a funeral pyre rather than marry the Libyan king, Iarbas? Hint

Sibyl

Dido

Aphrodite

Artemis

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Question 18 of 25

18. Who wrote the novel 'The Chimes'? Hint

Anne Bronte

Agatha Christie

Henry James

Charles Dickens

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Question 19 of 25

19. The 'Cramp twins' are being hailed as the UK's answer to 'The Simpsons'. What are the names of the ten year old twin brothers? Hint

Frankie and Spencer

Kenton and Jolyon

Timothy and Hubert

Lucien and Wayne

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Question 20 of 25

20. What is known as 'The Blue Eye of Siberia'? Hint

The Caspian Sea

Lake Baikal

The Sea of Azov

The Dead Sea

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Question 21 of 25

21. Which sign of the zodiac ISN'T regarded as a 'fire' sign? Hint

Scorpio

Leo

Aries

Sagittarius

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Question 22 of 25

22. Who killed the monster 'Chimera', a fire-breathing monster with the head of a lion, body of a goat and tail of a serpent? Hint

Hercules

Bellerophon

Perseus

Jason

23. The 'Lascaux Cave Paintings' were rediscovered completely unintentionally by a group of young boys who were out walking with a dog. As the dog disappeared, the caves were uncovered while searching for the missing animal in what year? Hint

1910

1830

1870

1940

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Question 24 of 25

24. What is the name of the Scottish artist whose controversial nude paintings of Madonna, the 'Queen of Pop', caused a furor? Hint

Peter Howson

Paul Howson

Phil Howson

Patrick Howson

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Question 25 of 25

25. The Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole on 14 Dec. 1912. How long was Robert Falcon Scott behind him before he reached the South Pole? Hint

A day

3 days

A month

A week

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What connects Charles VI (France), George III (England), King Lear (Shakespeare), Ludwig (Bavaria) and Saul (Bible)?

Answer: Mad kings

Charles VI was the King of France (1380-1422). After ruling effectively for four years he suffered recurrent bouts of insanity. In 1765 George III suffered his first attack of apparent insanity and his son, George IV was made prince regent. King Lear was a mad king who had three daughters, Cordelia, Goneril and Regan. King Ludwig was a mad king who lived in the world famous fairy-tale like Neuschwanstein castle in Bavaria. Saul in the Bible was the first king of Israel who became afflicted with madness and died by his own hand and was succeeded by David.

2. What word comes from Greek meaning 'green' and 'leaf'?

Answer: Chlorophyll

It is the substance that gives leaves their colour.

3. What are the main components of steel: iron and _________ ?

Answer: Carbon

Usually 0.1 to 1.7 percent of carbon is used and often small quantities of phosphorus, sulphur, manganese, chromium and nickel.

4. In the movie 'Pale Rider' (1985) what is the name of the brooding stranger played by Clint Eastwood?

Answer: Preacher

A mining camp settlement is beset by attacks from ruthless land-grabbers. Young Sydney Penny prays for help and a brooding stranger called 'Preacher' rides into town.

5. What place name is Malay for 'muddy meeting place'?

Answer: Kuala Lumpur

Founded in 1857 it grew in size and became important as a centre of tin mining and rubber industries. Today it is a modern commercial centre with one of the world's tallest buildings, the twin Petronas Towers at 1,483 feet tall.

6. Who lives at 62 West Wallaby Street?

Answer: Wallace and Gromit

Nick Park was the Oscar-winning creator of the plasticene duo who starred in the animated films 'A Grand Day Out', 'The Wrong Trousers' and 'A Close Shave'.

7. What connects 'Billy Budd', 'Long Tom Coffin', 'Captain Cuttle', 'Dick Deadeye', 'Lemuel Gulliver', 'Lieutenant Pinkerton' and 'Salvation Yeo': all are ________ ?

Answer: Sailors

'Billy Budd' was a Herman Melville book, 'Long Tom Coffin' was a sailor of noble daring by Fenimore Cooper. 'Captain Cuttle' appeared in Dickens 'Dombey and Son'. 'Dick Deadeye' was the scurrilous villain of 'H.M.S. Pinafore' by Gilbert and Sullivan. 'Lemuel Gulliver' was a sailor in 'Gulliver's Travels' by Jonathan Swift. 'Lieutenant Pinkerton' was a sailor of the US navy in 'Madame Butterfly' by Puccini and 'Salvation Yeo' appeared in the novel 'Westward Ho!' by Charles Kingsley.

8. Which artist moved to Auvers in 1880 to be near his brother, Theo, who supported him financially all his life?

Answer: Vincent van Gogh

9. Who is the film director of the movie 'The War of the Roses'?

Answer: Danny DeVito

10. What was the highest point called in Zaire at 16,765 feet: Mount _____?

Answer: Stanley

Special thanks to player bbethany7 who informs me that Zaire is now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Funtrivia player, Humanist, correctly informs me that Mount Stanley is now called Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema.

11. The first five books of the Bible are called 'Pentateuch' from the Greek meaning 'five __________ ?

Answer: Scrolls

12. In Greek mythology who were the three aged sea deities having the bodies of swans, having one eye and one tooth between them and guardians of their sisters, the Gorgons?

Answer: Graeae

Perseus consulted them in his quest for Medusa.

13. In Norse mythology what was the name of Odin's eight-legged horse?

Answer: Sleipnir

'Frigg' was Odin's wife and the supreme goddess, 'Asgard' was the home of the gods and 'Aegir' was the god of the sea.

14. Trudie Styler is the wife of which pop star?

Answer: Sting

'The Sting and Trudie Styler Award' is an award for Human Rights and the Enviroment in particular to support indigenous peoples and traditional populations of the world's rainforests.

15. The River Amazon rises high in the snow-capped Andes and flows 4,001 miles to its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean. Which two countries does it pass through: Brazil and ________ ?

Answer: Peru

It is the longest river in South America.

16. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the bird the 'kiwi'?

Answer: It is covered in broad feathers

It is a nocturnal, flightless, fast-running New Zealand bird covered with hair-like feathers which gives it a shaggy brown appearance.

17. Who stabbed herself on a funeral pyre rather than marry the Libyan king, Iarbas?

Answer: Dido

She was princess of Tyre who founded Carthage and became its queen and was the sister of the King of Cyprus, Pygmalion.

18. Who wrote the novel 'The Chimes'?

Answer: Charles Dickens

In 1836 Charles Dickens married Catherine Hogarth who bore him ten children. Short novels and stories he wrote include 'The Chimes' and 'The Cricket on the Hearth'.

19. The 'Cramp twins' are being hailed as the UK's answer to 'The Simpsons'. What are the names of the ten year old twin brothers?

Answer: Lucien and Wayne

20. What is known as 'The Blue Eye of Siberia'?

Answer: Lake Baikal

It is in southeastern Siberia covering 12,150 square miles and up to 6,367 feet deep. It is the deepest lake in the world and the largest freshwater lake.

21. Which sign of the zodiac ISN'T regarded as a 'fire' sign?

Answer: Scorpio

'Earth' signs are 'Taurus', 'Virgo' and 'Capricorn'. 'Air' signs are 'Gemini', 'Libra' and 'Aquarius'. 'Water' signs are 'Cancer', 'Scorpio' and 'Pisces'.

22. Who killed the monster 'Chimera', a fire-breathing monster with the head of a lion, body of a goat and tail of a serpent?

Answer: Bellerophon

He was the hero of Corinth who performed many deeds with the help of the winged horse Pegasus.

Answer: 1940

The underground network of caves in the Dordogne, south-west France, depict animals including horses, bison, cattle and deer.

24. What is the name of the Scottish artist whose controversial nude paintings of Madonna, the 'Queen of Pop', caused a furor?

Answer: Peter Howson

Many believe that recovering alcoholic Howson is piggy-backing on Madonna's superstardom to promote his own oddball works of art.

25. The Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole on 14 Dec. 1912. How long was Robert Falcon Scott behind him before he reached the South Pole?

Answer: A month

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