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Easy General Knowledge22 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 #
100,970

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
12 / 25

Plays
3734

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: mandy2 (14/25), Guest 136 (20/25), Guest 146 (13/25).

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Question 1 of 25

1. Name the slasher who begins his killing career about 25 years ago in John Carpenter's 'Halloween' starring Jamie Lee Curtis? Hint

Michael Myers

Freddy Krueger

Jason Voorhees

Wes Craven

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Question 2 of 25

2. Which of the following ISN'T a capital of a country of the world? Hint

Male

Maputo

Wellington

El Salvador

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Question 3 of 25

3. In which country do children try to burst a hollow papier- mache 'pinata', full of sweets with a stick at Christmas? Hint

Mexico

China

Philippines

Japan

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Question 4 of 25

4. The town of 'Haddonfield' features in which horror movie? Hint

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Psycho

Halloween

The Exorcist

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Question 5 of 25

5. What was described by Karl Marx as the opiate of the people? Hint

Bread

Greed

Religion

Politics

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Question 6 of 25

6. Which of the following is the odd one out: bourree, habanera, saraband or tarantula? Hint

Tarantula

Habanera

Bourree

Saraband

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Question 7 of 25

7. What is another name for the animal called a wolverine? Hint

Glutton

Avarice

Sloth

Envy

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Question 8 of 25

8. Name the rare nocturnal primate of Madagascar with long bony fingers? Hint

Ho ho

Aye aye

Yahoo

Ha ha

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Question 9 of 25

9. What is the largest county in the Republic of Ireland? Hint

Mayo

Kerry

Cork

Limerick

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Question 10 of 25

10. What are the forenames of the author D.H. Lawrence? Hint

Donald Harry

David Herbert

Daniel Henry

Derek Horace

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Question 11 of 25

11. Which of the following mammals has an average pregnancy time longer than that of humans (266 days)? Hint

Moose

Horseshoe bat

Horse

Tiger

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Question 12 of 25

12. What is the capital of the group of islands in the Aegean Sea known as the 'Dodecanese'? Hint

Crete

Corfu

Rhodes

Cyprus

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Question 13 of 25

13. Who owns the personalised car registration plate 'MOVE 1T'? Hint

Little Richard

Wendy Richard

Sir Cliff Richard

Keith Richard

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Question 14 of 25

14. What is the most malleable and ductile metal? Hint

Silver

Copper

Platinum

Gold

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Question 15 of 25

15. What is the Roman name for Ireland? Hint

Albion

Caledonia

Hibernia

Gaul

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Question 16 of 25

16. The red colobus monkey is isolated to only which island? Hint

Zanzibar

Madagascar

Sri Lanka

Borneo

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Question 17 of 25

17. Who wrote 'The Eagle Has Landed' (1976)? Hint

Alistair Maclean

Frederick Forsyth

John Le Carre

Jack Higgins

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Question 18 of 25

18. Name the 'major' in 'Fawlty Towers' played by Ballard Berkely? Hint

Gatsby

Booth

Tibbs

Gowen

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Question 19 of 25

19. In which country was actor Richard E. Grant born? Hint

Swaziland

India

Mongolia

Chile

20. Who was the cyborg police officer from the movie 'RoboCop' (1987) who has a masters degree in art history, speaks fluent Italian, Spanish, German and French and formed a jazz band with 'Jurassic Park' star Jeff Goldblum in which he played the trumpet? Hint

Peter Weir

Peter O' Toole

Peter Ustinov

Peter Weller

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Question 21 of 25

21. Sir Alex Ferguson is the manager of successful English football club 'Manchester United' but what was the name of his racehorse he owned until it went to stud, in 2002? Hint

Rock of Gibraltar

Colosseum of Rome

Wall of China

Statue of Liberty

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Question 22 of 25

22. What is the occupation of David Furnish, the partner of Elton John? Hint

Musician

Film maker

Lawyer

Architect

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Question 23 of 25

23. What is the 'Chanoyu'? Hint

Chinese book of pray

Japanese tea ceremony

Famous stretch of nightclubs along the Kowloon Peninsula

The religious teachings of Buddhism

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Question 24 of 25

24. Which James Bond movie features a Rolls-Royce III Sedance De Ville car? Hint

Thunderball

Goldfinger

The Spy Who Loved Me

Octopussy

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Question 25 of 25

25. Madonna's movie, 'Swept Away', directed by her husband Guy Ritchie, has been called one of the biggest turkeys in movie history. It was produced by Matthew Vaughn who is the husband of which supermodel? Hint

Elle Mc Pherson

Caprice

Naomi Campbell

Claudia Schiffer

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Name the slasher who begins his killing career about 25 years ago in John Carpenter's 'Halloween' starring Jamie Lee Curtis?

Answer: Michael Myers

'Halloween'(1978) was a low budget chiller about Michael Myers the psychotic murderer who struck on Halloween as a child and 15 years later.

2. Which of the following ISN'T a capital of a country of the world?

Answer: El Salvador

The capital of El Salvador is 'San Salvador'. 'Male' is the capital of the Maldives, 'Wellington' (New Zealand) and 'Maputo' (Mozambique).

3. In which country do children try to burst a hollow papier- mache 'pinata', full of sweets with a stick at Christmas?

Answer: Mexico

Mexico is North America's third largest country.

4. The town of 'Haddonfield' features in which horror movie?

Answer: Halloween

Haddonfield is a little midwestern town of Illinois but the tree-lined residential streets which featured in the movie were in sunny California (Orange Grove Avenue, Hollywood and the city of South Pasadena). There is also a place called Haddonfield in New Jersey. Ask 'Jeeves' for 'Halloween filming locations'.

5. What was described by Karl Marx as the opiate of the people?

Answer: Religion

Karl Heinrich Marx was a German social philosopher and founder of international 'Communism' with Friedrich Engels. He took his revolutionary ideas to London in (1849) where he lived until his death in (1883).

6. Which of the following is the odd one out: bourree, habanera, saraband or tarantula?

Answer: Tarantula

The 'bourree' is a traditional French dance in fast duple time. The 'habanera' is a slow Cuban dance in duple time. The 'saraband' is a decorous 17th century courtly dance. A 'tarantella' is a peasant dance from southern Italy whereas the 'tarantula' is a large hairy tropical spider.

7. What is another name for the animal called a wolverine?

Answer: Glutton

The glutton is the largest member of the 'weasel' family and is a ferocious, solitary mammal native to pine forests of Eurasia and the USA.

8. Name the rare nocturnal primate of Madagascar with long bony fingers?

Answer: Aye aye

This tree-dwelling, squirrel-like lemur uses its elongated third finger to scrape insects and pulp from bamboo canes.

9. What is the largest county in the Republic of Ireland?

Answer: Cork

Cork City is the county town of County Cork, in the province of Munster whose many castles include Blarney Castle, famous for the Blarney Stone.

10. What are the forenames of the author D.H. Lawrence?

Answer: David Herbert

This British novelist's famous novels include 'Sons and Lovers' (1913), 'Women in Love' (1920) and 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' which was privately published in Florence in (1928) although not published in Britain until (1961) after a long trial due to its explicit detail.

11. Which of the following mammals has an average pregnancy time longer than that of humans (266 days)?

Answer: Horse

Horse (333 days), moose (245 days), tiger (103 days) and horseshoe bat (45 days). Other mammals include the blue whale (350 days) and the Asian elephant (660 days)

12. What is the capital of the group of islands in the Aegean Sea known as the 'Dodecanese'?

Answer: Rhodes

The group consists of about 20 islands between Turkey and Crete.

13. Who owns the personalised car registration plate 'MOVE 1T'?

Answer: Sir Cliff Richard

'Move It' was his first hit single in the British music chart reaching 'number 2' in September 1958.

14. What is the most malleable and ductile metal?

Answer: Gold

Gold is a dense, inert, bright yellow element which is used as a monetary standard and in jewellery, plating and dentistry. Although gold is unreactive it can be dissolved in aqua regia, a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids.

15. What is the Roman name for Ireland?

Answer: Hibernia

'Hibernia' was also used as a poetic term for Ireland in later times. 'Caledonia' is the Roman name for Scotland. 'Gaul' was an ancient region of western Europe and 'Albion' was an archaic or poetic name for Britain or England. Other interesting European Roman place names were 'Gallia' (France), 'Germania' (Germany), 'Lusitania' (Portugal), 'Hispania' (Spain) and 'Helvetia' (Switzerland).

16. The red colobus monkey is isolated to only which island?

Answer: Zanzibar

The red colobus monkey, unlike other monkeys, doesn't eat ripe fruit as they cannot digest sugar. They are highly sociable creatures and live in groups of between 30 to 50 individuals.

17. Who wrote 'The Eagle Has Landed' (1976)?

Answer: Jack Higgins

Alistair Maclean wrote 'Where Eagles Dare'(1969).

18. Name the 'major' in 'Fawlty Towers' played by Ballard Berkely?

Answer: Gowen

Miss Tibbs and Miss Gatsby were the two old ladies in this comedy show co-wrote by John Cleese and Connie Booth.

19. In which country was actor Richard E. Grant born?

Answer: Swaziland

He was born R.G. Esterhuysen on 5th May 1957 in the capital of Swaziland, Mbabane. He played 'Clifford' in the movie 'Spice World' (1997), a so-called musical comedy starring the 'Spice Girls'.

Answer: Peter Weller

'RoboCop' was about a murdered policeman who is transformed into a robotic crimefighter and is set in Detroit in the near future.

21. Sir Alex Ferguson is the manager of successful English football club 'Manchester United' but what was the name of his racehorse he owned until it went to stud, in 2002?

Answer: Rock of Gibraltar

22. What is the occupation of David Furnish, the partner of Elton John?

Answer: Film maker

He made the documentary 'Tantrums And Tiaras', a portrait of Elton John which was nominated for a BAFTA award.

23. What is the 'Chanoyu'?

Answer: Japanese tea ceremony

The Japanese tea ceremony can last up to 4 hours and originated in China.

24. Which James Bond movie features a Rolls-Royce III Sedance De Ville car?

Answer: Goldfinger

The 'Aston Martin DB5' with ejector seat and retractable front-mounted machine guns featured in 'Thunderball'. The 'Lotus Esprit' underwater car, nicknamed 'Wet Nellie', whose wheel arches turned into fins and propellers extended from the back of the car, featured in 'The Spy Who Loved Me'.

Answer: Claudia Schiffer

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