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Easy General Knowledge12 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 #
76,120

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
13 / 25

Plays
3931

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 25

1. What connects all of the following: 'Banquo' in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', 'Elvira' in Noel Coward's 'Blithe Spirit' and 'Jacob Marley' in Charles Dicken's 'A Christmas Carol'? Hint

Money lenders

Ghosts

Vegetarians

Sorcerers

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Question 2 of 25

2. Which Asian country's native name is 'Maung Thai' which means 'land of the free'? Hint

Sri Lanka

China

Thailand

India

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Question 3 of 25

3. Name India's longest river which flows within the Indian territory. Hint

Narmada

Krishna

Ganges

Godavari

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Question 4 of 25

4. Which car gets its name for its ghost-like quietness and shiny aluminium body? Hint

Bugatti Royale

Jaguar X j s

The Bentley

Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost

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Question 5 of 25

5. What was the name of the boat in Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island'? Hint

The Black Pig

Hispaniola

The Pelican

Admiral Benbow

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Question 6 of 25

6. Name Louis de Bernieres' novel which was made into a movie: Captain Corelli's ____________ ? Hint

Violin

Mandolin

French horn

Didgeridoo

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Question 7 of 25

7. In the manufacture of glass, what is the name of the person who controls the fires and loads the glass into the furnace? Hint

Enigma

Teaser

Puzzler

Iceman

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Question 8 of 25

8. Whose contentious bestseller was called 'Trainspotting': Irvine _____________ ? Hint

Irish

Scotch

Welsh

English

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Question 9 of 25

9. Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic or primary colours of light? Hint

Red

Yellow

Blue

Green

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Question 10 of 25

10. Where were tennis player John McEnroe, actor Bruce Willis and 'Fawlty Towers' star Andrew Sachs all born? Hint

Australia

Spain

Germany

USA

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Question 11 of 25

11. In the Bond movie 'Thunderball', Adolfo Celi played Emilio ________ ? Hint

Largo

Fortissimo

Pizzicato

Allegro

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Question 12 of 25

12. Who wrote 'Lost Horizon' and 'Goodbye Mr. Chips': James ___________ ? Hint

Ritz

Hilton

Harrod

Sotherby

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Question 13 of 25

13. Which of the following Cockney phrases does NOT mean a part of the human body? Hint

Boat race

Dicky dirt

Barnet Fair

North and south

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Question 14 of 25

14. What is nephology the study of? Hint

Clouds

Ancient Egypt

Wine

Mountains

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Question 15 of 25

15. Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea but what is the second largest? Hint

Corsica

Crete

Sardinia

Cyprus

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Question 16 of 25

16. What type of aeroplane was flown by German air ace Baron von Richthofen known as the 'Red Baron'? Hint

Quartroplane

Spitfire

Biplane

Monoplane

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Question 17 of 25

17. Cyril and Vyvyan Holland are the two sons of which famous person? Hint

Rock Hudson

Liberace

Oscar Wilde

Danny la Rue

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Question 18 of 25

18. Mafia island is located off the coast of _____________ ? Hint

Colombia

Sicily

Tanzania

Australia

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Question 19 of 25

19. Which of the following statements is an INCORRECT fact of Australia? Hint

Lake Eyre is Australia's biggest lake

The Nullarbor plain in southern Australia is densely populated with trees

The Murray - Darling river is Australia's longest river

The Great Barrier reef is located off the coast of Queensland

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Question 20 of 25

20. In the Palace of Versailles, the huge gardens of tree-lined terraces and ponds were landscaped by Andre le ___________ ? Hint

Notre

Pompidou

Eiffel

Triomphe

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Question 21 of 25

21. In steam locomotives, how long does it take for the crew to get up enough steam to get a locomotive moving? Hint

30 minutes

2 hours

3 hours

1 hour

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Question 22 of 25

22. Which animal of south-west Australia is like a marsupial anteater having a 10 centimetre tongue and can eat about 20,000 ants in one day? Hint

Wombat

Quokka

Numbat

Tasmanian devil

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Question 23 of 25

23. Which two Japanese islands are linked by the 'Seikan tunnel' being the longest underground tunnel in the world at almost 54 kilometres long? Hint

Honshu and Kyushu

Kyushu and Shikoku

Honshu and Shikoku

Honshu and Hokkaido

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Question 24 of 25

24. What do 'osiyas' do in Japan? Hint

Replace Tokyo's damaged neon signs

Are artists who paint on rice paper

Push and cram people onto crowded commuter trains

Work on Tokyo's stock exchange

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Question 25 of 25

25. What is represented by card number 13 in a pack of 78 tarot cards? Hint

Devil

Hanged man

Fool or jester

Death

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What connects all of the following: 'Banquo' in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', 'Elvira' in Noel Coward's 'Blithe Spirit' and 'Jacob Marley' in Charles Dicken's 'A Christmas Carol'?

Answer: Ghosts

They all appeared as ghosts.

2. Which Asian country's native name is 'Maung Thai' which means 'land of the free'?

Answer: Thailand

It is one of the only countries in Asia, along with Nepal, that has never been conquered or ruled by a foreign power.

3. Name India's longest river which flows within the Indian territory.

Answer: Ganges

It is 1,560 miles long. It rises in the Himalayas and empties into the Bay of Bengal. It is the earthly form of the Goddess Ganga and pilgrims purify themselves in its waters. Godavari (900 miles), Narmada (801 miles) and Krishna (800 miles). The Indus is the longest river that flows through India although most of it lies in Pakistan.

4. Which car gets its name for its ghost-like quietness and shiny aluminium body?

Answer: Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost

5. What was the name of the boat in Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island'?

Answer: Hispaniola

The 'Admiral Benbow' was the inn in 'Treasure Island'. The 'Pelican' was the former name of Drake's ship 'The Golden Hind'. The 'Black Pig' was the boat in TV's 'Captain Pugwash'.

6. Name Louis de Bernieres' novel which was made into a movie: Captain Corelli's ____________ ?

Answer: Mandolin

The movie, 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' starred Nicolas Cage (Captain Corelli) and Penelope Cruz (Pelagia) set on the gorgeous Greek island of Cephalonia.

7. In the manufacture of glass, what is the name of the person who controls the fires and loads the glass into the furnace?

Answer: Teaser

Glass is made of silica (from ordinary sand), soda ash (sodium carbonate) and limestone (calcium carbonate).

8. Whose contentious bestseller was called 'Trainspotting': Irvine _____________ ?

Answer: Welsh

The movie version was filmed by director Danny Boyle and starred Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle.

9. Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic or primary colours of light?

Answer: Yellow

Mixing the three primary colours produces white light. Red and green light gives the colour yellow.

10. Where were tennis player John McEnroe, actor Bruce Willis and 'Fawlty Towers' star Andrew Sachs all born?

Answer: Germany

John McEnroe (Weisbaden, West Germany), Bruce Willis (Idar - Oberstein, West Germany) and Andrew Sachs (Berlin).

11. In the Bond movie 'Thunderball', Adolfo Celi played Emilio ________ ?

Answer: Largo

'Largo' is posing as a millionaire playboy in Nassau although really a brilliant number two agent for SPECTRE. He is entrusted by 'Blofeld' to hijack two NATO atomic bombs and hold the USA and England to ransom.

12. Who wrote 'Lost Horizon' and 'Goodbye Mr. Chips': James ___________ ?

Answer: Hilton

He also wrote 'Random Harvest' which was made into a movie starring Ronald Colman and Greer Garson in 1942.

13. Which of the following Cockney phrases does NOT mean a part of the human body?

Answer: Dicky dirt

A Cockney is a native of the East End of London, England and is someone born within the sound of the bells of St. Mary-le-Bow church. Cockney tends to be rhyming slang. 'Dicky dirt' is shirt, 'boat race' is face, 'Barnet Fair' is hair and 'north and south' is mouth. Other phrases include 'plates of meat' (feet), 'mince pies' (eyes) and 'loaf of bread (head).

14. What is nephology the study of?

Answer: Clouds

Mountains (Orology), wine (oenology) and Ancient Egypt (Egyptology)

15. Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea but what is the second largest?

Answer: Sardinia

Sardinia is 9,300 square miles and Corsica is 3,352 square miles. Crete (3,218 square miles) and Cyprus (3,571 square miles).

16. What type of aeroplane was flown by German air ace Baron von Richthofen known as the 'Red Baron'?

Answer: Biplane

Manfred von Richthofen gained gained most of his kills in the Albatros D.11 and D.111 which were biplanes. His Fokker triplane was said to be 'fearsome to look at and climbed like a lift'.

17. Cyril and Vyvyan Holland are the two sons of which famous person?

Answer: Oscar Wilde

In 1884 he married Constance Lloyd to adopt a life of Victorian respectability and fathered two sons, Cyril (1885) and Vyvyan (1886).

18. Mafia island is located off the coast of _____________ ?

Answer: Tanzania

It is located in the Indian Ocean about 200 miles south of Zanzibar.

19. Which of the following statements is an INCORRECT fact of Australia?

Answer: The Nullarbor plain in southern Australia is densely populated with trees

'Nulla arbor' is Latin for 'no tree'.

20. In the Palace of Versailles, the huge gardens of tree-lined terraces and ponds were landscaped by Andre le ___________ ?

Answer: Notre

The magnificent palace was built for king Louis XIV and its huge gardens contains 1,400 fountains, 400 sculptures and an estimated four million tulips.

21. In steam locomotives, how long does it take for the crew to get up enough steam to get a locomotive moving?

Answer: 3 hours

22. Which animal of south-west Australia is like a marsupial anteater having a 10 centimetre tongue and can eat about 20,000 ants in one day?

Answer: Numbat

The quokka is a small wallaby found in south-west Australia and eats plants.

23. Which two Japanese islands are linked by the 'Seikan tunnel' being the longest underground tunnel in the world at almost 54 kilometres long?

Answer: Honshu and Hokkaido

24. What do 'osiyas' do in Japan?

Answer: Push and cram people onto crowded commuter trains

25. What is represented by card number 13 in a pack of 78 tarot cards?

Answer: Death

The fool or jester is card (0), the devil (15) and the hanged man (12). Hope you enjoyed the quiz.

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