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Easy General Knowledge19 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: 7 mins.

Author
Inquizition

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
87,548

Updated
Nov 25 22

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
13 / 25

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Question 1 of 25

1. Which is the next colour in the order of colours in a spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue ... ? Hint

Grey

Indigo

Violet

Ivory

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Question 2 of 25

2. The South American country of Colombia was named after which explorer? Hint

Captain James Cook

Amerigo Vespucci

Christopher Columbus

Ferdinand Magellan

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Question 3 of 25

3. Which of the following chemical elements was named after a country? Hint

Polonium

Neon

Helium

Europium

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Question 4 of 25

4. Which book features the house 'Toad Hall' and the characters 'Toad', 'Mole', 'Water Rat' and 'Badger'? Hint

Watership Down

Tarka the Otter

The Water Babies

The Wind in the Willows

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Question 5 of 25

5. Which of the following is the INCORRECT statement about komodo dragons? Hint

They are good climbers and can climb trees

They inhabit the island of Madagascar

They are the world's heaviest living lizards

Like all monitor lizards they are good swimmers

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Question 6 of 25

6. How many legs has a lobster got? Hint

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Question 7 of 25

7. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the 'elephant bird'? Hint

It grew up to 4.5metres tall and weighed as much as an ox

It was a flightless bird

It laid eggs the size of soccer balls

It lived on the Galapagos islands

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Question 8 of 25

8. Name the acid in the human stomach? Hint

Hydrochloric acid

Acetic acid

Sulphuric acid

Nitric acid

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Question 9 of 25

9. Which French scientist was the first to realize that air is a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen and water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen? Hint

Louis Pasteur

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

Blaise Pascal

Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumiere

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Question 10 of 25

10. Alfred Butts of New England devised this game, originally called 'Criss-Cross', to amuse himself and it became one of the most successful board-games ever? Hint

Othello

Scrabble

Monopoly

Backgammon

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Question 11 of 25

11. Which of the following creatures does NOT live on the sea bed? Hint

Basking shark

Carpet shark

Stonefish

Nurse shark

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Question 12 of 25

12. Which of the following is the INCORRECT statement about the koala bear? Hint

They need to drink only about a pint of water a day

They are a threatened species and are fully protected

Koalas can sleep for 20 hours and eat the remaining 4 hours of the day

The male koala has a bellowing call, heard several kilometres away

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Question 13 of 25

13. Who was the artist of the monumental (26 foot) mural of 'Guernica' who worked prolifically until his death at the age of 92. Hint

Man Ray

Pablo Picasso

Salvador Dali

Marcel Duchamp

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Question 14 of 25

14. The 'Model T Ford' car earned its nickname 'Tin Lizzie' because of ... ? Hint

Its manufacture using an alloy of tin

Its hammered by hand body-panels

Its fragile-looking chassis

Its 'coach built' appearance meaning individually built by hand

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Question 15 of 25

15. The 'Empire State Building' was completed in 1931, reaching a height of 1250 feet, but how many storeys did it have? Hint

122

102

142

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Question 16 of 25

16. What is the biggest living reptile? Hint

Nile crocodile

Saltwater crocodile

Black caiman

Gharial

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Question 17 of 25

17. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the 'roadrunner'? Hint

It is a member of the weaverbird family

Its so named because of its habit of racing along roads in front of cars

It can be found in desert scrub in Mexico and southwestern USA

It chooses the road as its a source of injured animals

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Question 18 of 25

18. Which of the following is NOT a description of the word 'sidewinder'? Hint

An air-to-air missile using infrared homing aids in seeking its target

A rattlesnake that moves forwards by a sideways looping motion

Laughing very heartily and producing great mirth

A term used in boxing for a heavy swinging blow from the side

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Question 19 of 25

19. The word 'dodo' for a tame flightless bird, was derived from the word 'doudo' meaning 'simpleton' in which language? Hint

Portuguese

English

French

Italian

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Question 20 of 25

20. Which of the following is the INCORRECT statement about the duck-billed platypus? Hint

The male platypus has a poison spur hidden in its fur on each hind leg

Each of its dives can last up to 10 minutes

The female lays eggs, like a bird or reptile

It catches frogs, fish, worms and insect grubs

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Question 21 of 25

21. Which famous scientist started work as an apprentice bookbinder but became an assistant to Humphrey Davy after taking brilliant notes at one of Davy's lectures Hint

Robert Wilhelm Bunsen

Robert Boyle

Michael Faraday

Edmund Halley

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Question 22 of 25

22. How many of the following statements are CORRECT about the word garibaldi: (1) type of damselfish, (2) Italian patriot, (3) type of biscuit (4) a woman's loose blouse? Hint

All

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Question 23 of 25

23. Which of the following facts is INCORRECT about Sir Isaac Newton? Hint

He wrote the book 'The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy'

He married twice, both times to sisters

He discovered that sunlight was a mixture of all colours via a spectrum

He invented a new branch of mathematics called calculus

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Question 24 of 25

24. Which country was a former Belgian colony and exports copper, cobalt, coffee, petroleum and is one of the world's leading industrial diamond producers? Hint

South Africa

Congo

Vietnam

India

25. Here is the stinker! (well it is about paint) Who in 1508 was summoned to Rome by the pope to decorate the private Papal rooms of the Sistine Chapel while Michelangelo worked on the chapel ceiling? Hint

Leonardo da Vinci

Titian

Donatello

Raphael

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which is the next colour in the order of colours in a spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue ... ?

Answer: Indigo

Here a mnemonic helps which is an aid to one's memory. 'Richard of York gained battles in vain' The initial letter of the word corresponds to a colour. (R)ichard = red, (o)f = orange, (Y)ork = yellow, (g)ained = green, (b)attles = blue, (i)n = indigo and (v)ain = violet.

2. The South American country of Colombia was named after which explorer?

Answer: Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus never set foot on Colombia but having visited much of the Caribbean it is generally accepted that Colombia was named after him.

3. Which of the following chemical elements was named after a country?

Answer: Polonium

Pierre and Marie Curie discovered polonium and Marie named it after her native Poland. Helium was named after the Greek 'helios' meaning 'sun'. Neon was named after the Greek 'neos' meaning 'new'. Europium was named after the continent of Europe. Hope nobody thought europe was a country. Pierre Curie was killed by a tram and Marie died later from the effects of her exposure to radioactive materials.

4. Which book features the house 'Toad Hall' and the characters 'Toad', 'Mole', 'Water Rat' and 'Badger'?

Answer: The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame wrote that book.

5. Which of the following is the INCORRECT statement about komodo dragons?

Answer: They inhabit the island of Madagascar

They are restricted to the Lesser Sunda Islands of Rinca, Komodo, Flores, Gili, Montang and Padar. They live in trees to avoid getting eaten by their elders and are excellent swimmers so they can swim from one island to another.

6. How many legs has a lobster got?

Answer: 10

The first pair of limbs are modified as large pincers. There are known as large marine decapod crustaceans therefore have 10 legs.

7. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the 'elephant bird'?

Answer: It lived on the Galapagos islands

They lived on the island of Madagascar. They were known only from fossil bones and eggs found in Madagascar.

8. Name the acid in the human stomach?

Answer: Hydrochloric acid

The capacity of the stomach is 2.5 pints. Few bacteria can survive the acidic conditions in the stomach and pepsin is inactive unless a considerate amount of hydrochloric acid is present.

9. Which French scientist was the first to realize that air is a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen and water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen?

Answer: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

Lavoisier had a wall built around Paris to reduce smuggling and he worked as a 'tax farmer', working for a private company collecting taxes. He was guillotined in 1794. Lumiere invented a process of colour photography and was a cinema pioneer. Pascal with Fermat discovered the theory of probability. Pasteur introduced pasteurization, the process of heating milk, beer, wine etc to destroy harmful microorganisms.

10. Alfred Butts of New England devised this game, originally called 'Criss-Cross', to amuse himself and it became one of the most successful board-games ever?

Answer: Scrabble

The boardgame was devised by the unemployed American in 1931. The game was later renamed and patented as 'Scrabble'.

11. Which of the following creatures does NOT live on the sea bed?

Answer: Basking shark

The basking shark gathers its food by swimming through the sea with its jaws open, filtering water through its gills. The stonefish is covered with poisonous spines and if you trod on this fish the poison could kill you. The carpet shark has a murky colouring which makes it look like a weed-covered rock.

12. Which of the following is the INCORRECT statement about the koala bear?

Answer: They need to drink only about a pint of water a day

They never drink. They only eat eucalyptus leaves which provide all the moisture they need. Although they look peaceful and quiet, they can defend themselves with their sharp claws.

13. Who was the artist of the monumental (26 foot) mural of 'Guernica' who worked prolifically until his death at the age of 92.

Answer: Pablo Picasso

'Guernica' was the Basque town which was bombed by the Nazis and the mural was a powerful political statement representing art's condemnation of Fascism.

14. The 'Model T Ford' car earned its nickname 'Tin Lizzie' because of ... ?

Answer: Its fragile-looking chassis

Although the chassis did look fragile it was made from a tough vanadium steel. Previously built-by-hand cars were costly toys for the rich only, but the 'Tin Lizzie' was the first mass-produced car.

15. The 'Empire State Building' was completed in 1931, reaching a height of 1250 feet, but how many storeys did it have?

Answer: 102

It was nicknamed the 'Empty State Building' because only a few of its floors had been let by the time it opened.

16. What is the biggest living reptile?

Answer: Saltwater crocodile

It is also called the 'estuarine crocodile' of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It grows up to 7 metres long and about 1000 kilograms in weight.

17. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the 'roadrunner'?

Answer: It is a member of the weaverbird family

Its another type of ground cuckoo.

18. Which of the following is NOT a description of the word 'sidewinder'?

Answer: Laughing very heartily and producing great mirth

Laughing very loudly is side-splitting.

19. The word 'dodo' for a tame flightless bird, was derived from the word 'doudo' meaning 'simpleton' in which language?

Answer: Portuguese

Some schools of thought say the word is derived from the Dutch word 'dodoor' meaning sluggish.

20. Which of the following is the INCORRECT statement about the duck-billed platypus?

Answer: Each of its dives can last up to 10 minutes

Each dive only lasts up to one minute. The platypus has a wide beak like a duck, flattened tail like a beaver and webbed feet like an otter.

21. Which famous scientist started work as an apprentice bookbinder but became an assistant to Humphrey Davy after taking brilliant notes at one of Davy's lectures

Answer: Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday drew huge crowds to his Christmas lectures on science at the Royal Institution in London as these were brilliant and entertaining.

22. How many of the following statements are CORRECT about the word garibaldi: (1) type of damselfish, (2) Italian patriot, (3) type of biscuit (4) a woman's loose blouse?

Answer: All

It is a type of biscuit having a layer of currants in the centre. It is also the name of a woman's loose blouse with long sleeves popular in the 1860's. The 'Garibaldi Damsel' comes from the East Pacific, is aggressive and territorial and is about ten to twelve inches long.

23. Which of the following facts is INCORRECT about Sir Isaac Newton?

Answer: He married twice, both times to sisters

He never married and at times was almost a total recluse. He developed calculus independantly of German mathematician Leibnitz.

24. Which country was a former Belgian colony and exports copper, cobalt, coffee, petroleum and is one of the world's leading industrial diamond producers?

Answer: Congo

The 'former Belgian colony' gave the question away. It was known as Belgian Congo (1885-1971) and as Zaire (1971-1997)

Answer: Raphael

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