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Easy General Knowledge15 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 #
81,545

Updated
May 01 24

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
13 / 25

Plays
9207

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Luckycharm60 (20/25), Guest 165 (14/25), Guest 212 (13/25).

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Question 1 of 25

1. Which of the following countries is NOT in the continent of South America? Hint

Senegal

Paraguay

Guyana

Suriname

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Question 2 of 25

2. How many of the following musical instruments are classified as 'brass instruments': trombone, trumpet, euphonium and tuba? Hint

All

None

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Question 3 of 25

3. Which painter began his career as a porcelain painter and was generally more interested in painting people rather than landscapes until the 1890's? Hint

Pierre Auguste Renoir

Jackson Pollock

Edvard Munch

Salvador Dali

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Question 4 of 25

4. Which is NOT one of the six categories of Nobel Prizes? Hint

Mathematics

Chemistry

Physics

Literature

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Question 5 of 25

5. Which continent has the most countries? Hint

Asia

South America

Europe

Africa

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Question 6 of 25

6. Which Italian-associated food is not (allegedly) from Naples but documented in 997 AD to be from Gaeta, Italy. Hint

Meringue

Waffle

Pizza

Sponge

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Question 7 of 25

7. The 'dot' between the eyes of many Indian girls is called a _______ ? Hint

Quant

Tilak

Bindi

Kohl

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Question 8 of 25

8. What building was officially known as 'The Executive Mansion' until 1901? Hint

The White House

Palace of Versailles

Buckingham Palace

Balmoral

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Question 9 of 25

9. Which president of the USA had the longest term in office? Hint

Ronald Reagan

George Washington

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Dwight David Eisenhower

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Question 10 of 25

10. Who was Queen Victoria referring to when she said, 'He speaks to me as if I were a public meeting'? Hint

Benjamin Disraeli

Horatio Herbert Kitchener

Winston Churchill

William Gladstone

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Question 11 of 25

11. Which continent is the home of more languages than any other continent? Hint

South America

Europe

Asia

Australia

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Question 12 of 25

12. How many mysterious stone faces are put up in Easter Island in the South Pacific? Hint

600

6000

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Question 13 of 25

13. Who said 'Keep a diary and one day it'll keep you'? Hint

Samuel Pepys

Queen Victoria

Mae West

Zsa Zsa Gabor

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Question 14 of 25

14. Which perfume house produced 'Beautiful', 'Knowing' and 'Youth Dew'? Hint

Estee Lauder

Givenchy

Calvin Klein

Guy Laroche

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Question 15 of 25

15. Who was married to Mildred Harris, Lita Grey, Paulette Goddard and Oona O'Neil? Hint

Charles Dickens

Humphrey Bogart

Charlie Chaplin

James Cagney

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Question 16 of 25

16. Which thinker classified people as extrovert (outgoing) or introvert (inward-looking)? Hint

Plato

Sigmund Freud

Carl Jung

Rene Descartes

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Question 17 of 25

17. Who was the artist who found employment as a rent collector and clerk and painted in the evenings? Hint

Edouard Manet

Lawrence Stephen Lowry

George Stubbs

Vincent van Gogh

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Question 18 of 25

18. What was the name of the wise centaur who taught the Greek hero Achilles how to play music and how to hunt? Hint

Centaurus

Bellerophon

Sagittarius

Chiron

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Question 19 of 25

19. Who of the following was NOT born in India? Hint

Pete Best (Former drummer of the Beatles)

George Orwell (British novelist)

Rudyard Kipling (English writer)

Sir Alec Issigonis (Designer of the 'mini' car)

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Question 20 of 25

20. Who is the Greek goddess of magic, witchcraft and the underworld? Hint

Hera

Hecate

Nyx

Morpheus

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Question 21 of 25

21. The shortest verse in the Bible is 'Jesus wept' but in which book of the Bible did it appear? Hint

Matthew

Luke

Mark

John

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Question 22 of 25

22. Alligators are found in the United States of America, Mexico and ____________ ? Hint

China

India

Australia

Galapagos Islands

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Question 23 of 25

23. Ambergris is excreted by which mammal after feeding on cuttlefish and it is used as a base for perfumes? Hint

Blue whale

Whale shark

Humpback whale

Sperm whale

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Question 24 of 25

24. Who said, 'Never trust a man with short legs - brains too near their bottom'? Hint

Aristotle

Noel Coward

Groucho Marx

Omar Khayyam

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Question 25 of 25

25. Name the artist whose greatest interest lay in sculpture, but was also a creative architect and talented poet and was allegedly homosexual so never married? Hint

Michelangelo

Sir Henry Moore

Leonardo da Vinci

Auguste Rodin

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the following countries is NOT in the continent of South America?

Answer: Senegal

Senegal is on the north-west coast of Africa.

2. How many of the following musical instruments are classified as 'brass instruments': trombone, trumpet, euphonium and tuba?

Answer: All

In brass instruments the sound is made by the vibration of the player's lips against the mouthpiece.

3. Which painter began his career as a porcelain painter and was generally more interested in painting people rather than landscapes until the 1890's?

Answer: Pierre Auguste Renoir

With Claude Monet he was a founding member of Impressionism in 1860.

4. Which is NOT one of the six categories of Nobel Prizes?

Answer: Mathematics

The others being medicine, peace campaigning and economics.

5. Which continent has the most countries?

Answer: Africa

Although Africa is the second largest continent by area it contains 53 countries.

6. Which Italian-associated food is not (allegedly) from Naples but documented in 997 AD to be from Gaeta, Italy.

Answer: Pizza

Pizza is an Italian invention and is now one of the most popular 'fast foods' and an international favourite.

7. The 'dot' between the eyes of many Indian girls is called a _______ ?

Answer: Bindi

'Tilak' is the name of the dot between the eyes on men and symbolizes good fortune and marriage.

Bindi is also an Aboriginal name meaning little girl or butterfly. Bindi Irwin was the daughter of the late 'Crocodile Hunter' , Steve Irwin.

8. What building was officially known as 'The Executive Mansion' until 1901?

Answer: The White House

President Theodore Roosevelt made its popular name, 'The White House', official.

9. Which president of the USA had the longest term in office?

Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-45), George Washington (1789-97), Dwight David Eisenhower (1953-61) and Ronald Reagan (1981-89). The shortest term was William Henry Harrison, about a month.

10. Who was Queen Victoria referring to when she said, 'He speaks to me as if I were a public meeting'?

Answer: William Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone was British prime minister four times (1868-74, 1880-85, 1886 and 1892-94)

11. Which continent is the home of more languages than any other continent?

Answer: Asia

In Africa about there are many languages altogether are spoken by 400 million people. Most belong to the Niger-Congo family including 500 Bantu languages like 'Swahili', spoken in Kenya and 'Zulu' spoken in South Africa. However Asia supersedes Africa with about 2300 languages as opposed to Africa's 2144 languages.

12. How many mysterious stone faces are put up in Easter Island in the South Pacific?

Answer: 600

The tallest are 12 metres high and were put up more than 1000 years ago by the Polynesian settlers but nobody knows why.

13. Who said 'Keep a diary and one day it'll keep you'?

Answer: Mae West

Another one of her sayings was, 'Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you'.

14. Which perfume house produced 'Beautiful', 'Knowing' and 'Youth Dew'?

Answer: Estee Lauder

Other perfumes by Estee Lauder include 'Alliage' and 'Pleasures'.

15. Who was married to Mildred Harris, Lita Grey, Paulette Goddard and Oona O'Neil?

Answer: Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin was forced to leave America because of the House Committee on anti American activities attacking Jewish people. He left America to live in Switzerland in 1952.

16. Which thinker classified people as extrovert (outgoing) or introvert (inward-looking)?

Answer: Carl Jung

Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist who lived (1875-1961).

17. Who was the artist who found employment as a rent collector and clerk and painted in the evenings?

Answer: Lawrence Stephen Lowry

He had his first one-man exhibition in 1939 and in 1957 a television documentary sealed his fame.

18. What was the name of the wise centaur who taught the Greek hero Achilles how to play music and how to hunt?

Answer: Chiron

He taught many of the lesser gods and heroes in their youth including Jason. He was accidently killed by Hercules with a poisoned arrow and placed among the stars by Zeus.

19. Who of the following was NOT born in India?

Answer: Sir Alec Issigonis (Designer of the 'mini' car)

Sir Alec Issigonis was a British automobile designer born in Turkey. Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay (Dec 30th 1865). Randolph Peter Best was born in Madras (Nov 24th 1941). George Orwell was born in Motihari, India (June 25 1903).

20. Who is the Greek goddess of magic, witchcraft and the underworld?

Answer: Hecate

She presided over witchcraft, graveyards and cross-roads.

21. The shortest verse in the Bible is 'Jesus wept' but in which book of the Bible did it appear?

Answer: John

John 11, verse 35.

22. Alligators are found in the United States of America, Mexico and ____________ ?

Answer: China

Crocodiles differ from alligators, as the crocodile's fourth tooth of the lower jaw is clearly visible even when the mouth is shut. The almost extinct Chinese alligator is restricted to the Yangtze-Kiang river basin.

23. Ambergris is excreted by which mammal after feeding on cuttlefish and it is used as a base for perfumes?

Answer: Sperm whale

Ambergris is found floating on the Indian Ocean in oily grey lumps. It is a musky, waxy, solid and is also found in the intestine of a sperm whale.

24. Who said, 'Never trust a man with short legs - brains too near their bottom'?

Answer: Noel Coward

He also composed hundreds of songs such as 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen' and 'Mad About the Boy'.

25. Name the artist whose greatest interest lay in sculpture, but was also a creative architect and talented poet and was allegedly homosexual so never married?

Answer: Michelangelo

His crowning achievements were the series of frescos he carried out on the Sistine Chapel (1508-12). Hope you enjoyed the quiz.

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