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Easy General Knowledge20 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 #
92,052

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
15 / 25

Plays
4698

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 101 (19/25), Guest 47 (15/25), Guest 136 (16/25).

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Question 1 of 25

1. Which is the only bird that can fly backwards? Hint

Goldcrest

Hummingbird

Bird of paradise

Elf owl

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Question 2 of 25

2. 'New England' consists of six states in northeast USA. Which state is NOT part of 'New England'? Hint

Maryland

Rhode Island

New Hampshire

Massachusetts

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Question 3 of 25

3. 'Butchers' is an anagram of which famous musician? Hint

Schubert

Strauss

Schumann

Sibelius

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Question 4 of 25

4. Which of the following is a 1937 movie starring Laurel and Hardy? Hint

Up North

Way Out West

Exit East

Going South

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Question 5 of 25

5. Name the carnivorous mammal which is a formidable snake killer by crushing the snake's skull with its teeth? Hint

Giant panda

Anteater

Dugong

Mongoose

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Question 6 of 25

6. Who was the famous New Zealand beekeeper who climbed to the top of a famous mountain and spent 15 minutes taking photographs and eating mint cake? Hint

Sir Edmund Hillary

Sir Chris Bonnington

Edward Whymper

Rebecca Stevens

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Question 7 of 25

7. Who was the Belgian author and artist who created the cartoon character of 'Tintin'? Hint

Van der Valk

Georges Simenon

Georges Remi

Hercule Poirot

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Question 8 of 25

8. Maria Ann Smith emigrated to Australia from England and achieved fame with what variety of fruit? Hint

Apples

Plums

Pears

Cherries

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Question 9 of 25

9. Which of the following is a revolving tray on a dining table? Hint

Idle Jack

Lazy Susan

Dumb Waiter

Simple Simon

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Question 10 of 25

10. What was the first horror movie Alfred Hitchcock directed? Hint

Frenzy

The Birds

Marnie

Psycho

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Question 11 of 25

11. Which of the following is generally the INCORRECT statement about frogs and toads? Hint

All frogs and toads are tail-less

A frog has a weak backbone

Male frogs and toads make loud calls to attract females

They have strong back legs for jumping

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Question 12 of 25

12. If frogs - croak, lions - roar, owls - hoot, pigeons - coo and snakes - hiss, what animal cry do deer make? Hint

Bleat

Bell

Twitter

Gibber

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Question 13 of 25

13. Which artist initially sent picture-letters to her ex-governess's children based on her observations of her pet animals? Hint

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Barbara Hepworth

Lucian Freud

Beatrix Potter

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Question 14 of 25

14. Name the longest venomous snake in the world? Hint

Anaconda

King cobra

Rattlesnake

Reticulated python

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Question 15 of 25

15. Which movie was originally planned to star Danny Kaye and Bob Hope? Hint

Duck Soup (1933)

Singin' In The Rain (1952)

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Mash (1970)

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Question 16 of 25

16. Which name means 'double life'? Hint

Reptile

Amphibious

Insect

Omnivore

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Question 17 of 25

17. Who made history by becoming the first female science lecturer at Manchester (England) in 1904 initially specializing in fossil plants and coalmining? Hint

Marie Stopes

Florence Nightingale

Madame Curie

Amy Johnson

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Question 18 of 25

18. Who was the Italian painter whose portraits were of his friends and later of female nudes, who said he was going to drink himself dead and promptly did so? Hint

Raphael

Titian

Leonardo da Vinci

Amedeo Modigliani

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Question 19 of 25

19. Which of the following patron saints is INCORRECT? Hint

Undertakers - 'Dismas'

Domestics - 'Gertrude the Great'

Beekeepers - 'Ambrose'

Germany - 'Boniface'

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Question 20 of 25

20. Which animal has fleshy tentacles at the end of its snout, is a good swimmer and uses its spade-like front legs as paddles? Hint

Doria's tree kangaroo

Vampire bat

Star-nosed mole

Pygmy shrew

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Question 21 of 25

21. Which bird is known as 'Puffinus puffinus'? Hint

Manx shearwater

Parrot

Puffin

Albatross

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Question 22 of 25

22. Which movie was directed by Victor Fleming, George Cukor and Sam Wood? Hint

Treasure Island (1934)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Gone With The Wind (1939)

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1941)

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Question 23 of 25

23. The blue whale is the world's largest mammal but what type of animal is the world's smallest mammal? Hint

Bat

Shrew

Opossum

Monkey

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Question 24 of 25

24. Which artist had a failed attempt at an acting career, became an assistant to 'Whistler' and was a fervent admirer of Edgar Degas? Hint

Edward Lear

Walter Richard Sickert

William Blake

Thomas Gainsborough

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Question 25 of 25

25. Who was the court painter to Spanish King Philip IV who featured dwarves in many of his paintings as many were employed in Philip's royal household as entertainers? Hint

Rembrandt

Eugene Delacroix

Velazquez

Jean Antoine Watteau

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which is the only bird that can fly backwards?

Answer: Hummingbird

These small, brightly coloured birds are found in South and North America. Hummingbirds feed in flight on insects and nectar and their wings can beat between 50-75 times a second making a humming sound.

2. 'New England' consists of six states in northeast USA. Which state is NOT part of 'New England'?

Answer: Maryland

Maine, Vermont and Connecticut are the other three states.

3. 'Butchers' is an anagram of which famous musician?

Answer: Schubert

Austrian composer Franz Peter Schubert.

4. Which of the following is a 1937 movie starring Laurel and Hardy?

Answer: Way Out West

The movie in which Stan and Ollie sang 'Trail of the Lonesome Pine'.

5. Name the carnivorous mammal which is a formidable snake killer by crushing the snake's skull with its teeth?

Answer: Mongoose

Using its speed and agility it evades the poisonous fangs of the cobra, its arch enemy, and is immune to ingested snake venom.

6. Who was the famous New Zealand beekeeper who climbed to the top of a famous mountain and spent 15 minutes taking photographs and eating mint cake?

Answer: Sir Edmund Hillary

He left the Union Jack, United Nations flag and the Nepalese national flag on the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. His colleague, Tenzing Norgay, left sweets and biscuits as a Buddhist offering and was awarded the George Medal.

7. Who was the Belgian author and artist who created the cartoon character of 'Tintin'?

Answer: Georges Remi

Georges Remi reversed his initials to make up the pseudonym 'Herge' (R.G.) Georges Simenon was the French novelist of the Parisian police inspector, 'Maigret'.

8. Maria Ann Smith emigrated to Australia from England and achieved fame with what variety of fruit?

Answer: Apples

She was born in Sussex, England and her apples were known as 'Granny Smith's'.

9. Which of the following is a revolving tray on a dining table?

Answer: Lazy Susan

Often divided into sections for holding condiments.

10. What was the first horror movie Alfred Hitchcock directed?

Answer: Psycho

Anthony Perkins played the character 'Norman Bates' who was a maniac with a mother fixation. The skeleton of 'mother' was put in Janet Leigh's dressing room by Hitchcock to see how loudly she screamed. Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963), Marnie (1964) and Frenzy (1972).

11. Which of the following is generally the INCORRECT statement about frogs and toads?

Answer: A frog has a weak backbone

A strong backbone is required to cope with the physical stresses of jumping. Special thanks go to player 'pennygg' who states that the turtle frog of Western Australia is the exception to the rule. The turtle frog has very broad toes and its limbs stick out from either side of its body. With its humped back it resembles a turtle without its shell hence its name.

12. If frogs - croak, lions - roar, owls - hoot, pigeons - coo and snakes - hiss, what animal cry do deer make?

Answer: Bell

Sheep (bleat), Swallows (twitter) and apes (gibber).

13. Which artist initially sent picture-letters to her ex-governess's children based on her observations of her pet animals?

Answer: Beatrix Potter

Her pen-and-ink illustrations were published with the 'Tale of Peter Rabbit' published initially in 1901.

14. Name the longest venomous snake in the world?

Answer: King cobra

It grows up to more than 5 metres in length.

15. Which movie was originally planned to star Danny Kaye and Bob Hope?

Answer: Some Like It Hot (1959)

Tony Curtis played Joe/Josephine and Jack Lemmon played Jerry/Daphne. Tony Curtis claims to have based 'Josephine' on Grace Kelly.

16. Which name means 'double life'?

Answer: Amphibious

Its derived from the Greek words 'amphi' (double) and 'bios' (life).

17. Who made history by becoming the first female science lecturer at Manchester (England) in 1904 initially specializing in fossil plants and coalmining?

Answer: Marie Stopes

After her marital unhappiness caused by ignorance, she spear-headed her crusade about contraception and opened the first British birth control clinic in London in 1921.

18. Who was the Italian painter whose portraits were of his friends and later of female nudes, who said he was going to drink himself dead and promptly did so?

Answer: Amedeo Modigliani

His mistress, who was pregnant with his second child, committed suicide in 1920, on the day of his funeral.

19. Which of the following patron saints is INCORRECT?

Answer: Domestics - 'Gertrude the Great'

Gertrude the Great is the patron saint of the West Indies. Zita is the patron saint of domestics.

20. Which animal has fleshy tentacles at the end of its snout, is a good swimmer and uses its spade-like front legs as paddles?

Answer: Star-nosed mole

This North American mole spends less time burrowing than other moles and swims to hunt for prey.

21. Which bird is known as 'Puffinus puffinus'?

Answer: Manx shearwater

This European oceanic bird has long slender wings and black-and-white plumage.

22. Which movie was directed by Victor Fleming, George Cukor and Sam Wood?

Answer: Gone With The Wind (1939)

Clark Gable was unhappy with George Cukor's directions so Victor Fleming was taken off 'The Wizard of Oz' to direct but had a nervous breakdown. Sam Wood took over from him. Victor Fleming is credited as the director.

23. The blue whale is the world's largest mammal but what type of animal is the world's smallest mammal?

Answer: Bat

Kitti's hog-nosed bat is found in the limestone caves in southwest Thailand and is approximately one inch long.

24. Which artist had a failed attempt at an acting career, became an assistant to 'Whistler' and was a fervent admirer of Edgar Degas?

Answer: Walter Richard Sickert

His works include 'La Hollandaise' (1906) and 'Ennui, Off To The Pub' (1912). That sounds like a good idea but first see if you answered Q25 correct.

25. Who was the court painter to Spanish King Philip IV who featured dwarves in many of his paintings as many were employed in Philip's royal household as entertainers?

Answer: Velazquez

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