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Easy General Knowledge25 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 #
113,996

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
13 / 25

Plays
10678

Last 3 plays: shvdotr (13/25), Guest 101 (20/25), Guest 98 (16/25).

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Question 1 of 25

1. Which character was played by Basil Rathbone (1939), Peter Cushing (1959), Tom Baker (1982), Ian Richardson (1983) and Jeremy Brett (1988)? Hint

Dr. Who

Napoleon

Dr. Watson

Sherlock Holmes

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Question 2 of 25

2. Olivia and Dhani are the names of the widow and son of which Beatle? Hint

George Harrison

Paul McCartney

Ringo Starr

John Lennon

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Question 3 of 25

3. Name the industrial centre in France between Lille and Arras. Hint

Retina

Pupil

Lens

Cornea

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Question 4 of 25

4. Name the forename of Mr Dundee played by Paul Hogan in the 'Crocodile Dundee' movies. Hint

Rick

Mick

Dick

Vic

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Question 5 of 25

5. Name the author who wrote a series of novels set in the imaginary county of Barsetshire: Anthony ___________ . Hint

Hussy

Floozy

Strumpet

Trollope

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Question 6 of 25

6. Who played the character part of the 'Joker' in the 1960s' television series 'Batman'? Hint

Caesar Romeo

Cesar Romero

Cecil Roman

Caesar Romania

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Question 7 of 25

7. What was the character part of Halle Berry in the Bond Movie 'Die Another Day' (2002)? Hint

Jonah

Jinx

Jezebel

Jane

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Question 8 of 25

8. Name the 2001 movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black: Shallow ___________ Hint

Pal

Sal

Gal

Hal

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Question 9 of 25

9. Name the herb that is used for treating depression, traditionally used to ward off witches and used for fortune-telling? Hint

St Andrew's Wort

St James' Wort

St John's Wort

St Peter's Wort

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Question 10 of 25

10. Whose catchphrase is the same as the title of his autobiography 'Can You Tell What It Is Yet'? Hint

David Attenborough

Rolf Harris

Tony Hart

Jamie Oliver

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Question 11 of 25

11. Who of the following was NOT Belgian? Hint

Katharine Hepburn (actress)

Rene Magritte (Artist)

Eddy Merckx (cyclist)

Jean Claude Van Damme (actor)

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Question 12 of 25

12. In the movie 'Red Dragon', based on the first novel about the infamous Hannibal Lecter, what is the name of the featured killer of several grisly murders? Hint

The Bogeyman

The Fiend

The Jackal

The Tooth Fairy

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Question 13 of 25

13. Who played ultra violent Alex DeLarge in a long banned movie? Hint

Anthony Hopkins

Robert Englund

Anthony Perkins

Malcolm McDowell

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Question 14 of 25

14. Which famous legend was finally admitted as a giant hoax by the family of prankster Ray Wallace when he died? Hint

The Loch Ness monster

Piltdown man

The abominable snowman

Bigfoot

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Question 15 of 25

15. Which writer had an alcoholic mother who died when the novelist was 14 years old and whose daughter died of leukaemia? Hint

Stephen King

Anne Rice

Catherine Cookson

Bram Stoker

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Question 16 of 25

16. Stanley found Livingstone in 1871 on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in the town of Ujiji. What country is Ujiji located? Hint

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

Namibia

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Question 17 of 25

17. Which Bond girl of the following did NOT marry Robert Wagner, Charlie Sheen or Ringo Starr? Hint

Jill St John

Barbara Bach

Denise Richards

Diana Rigg

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Question 18 of 25

18. Whose first movie was 'Trouble In Store'? Hint

Charlie Chaplin

Harold Lloyd

Norman Wisdom

Laurel and Hardy

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Question 19 of 25

19. Which movie did NOT feature Leonardo DiCaprio? Hint

What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

Gangs Of New York (2002)

The Man In The Iron Mask (1977)

Poison Ivy (1992)

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Question 20 of 25

20. Who played the razor wielding trans-sexual psychopath who chased hapless hooker Nancy Allen around Manhattan in a thriller by Brian De Palma? Hint

Michael Caine

Michael J. Fox

Michael Douglas

Michael Hutchence

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Question 21 of 25

21. When King Edward VIII of England abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson in 1936, what relative of his became the new king? Hint

His father

His uncle

His brother

His son

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Question 22 of 25

22. Professor Stephen Hawking has motor neurone disease and has been confined to a wheelchair for the past 35 years. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? Hint

He married Jane Wilde with whom he has three children

He married Marjorie Wilde and they are childless

He never married

He married Marjorie Wallace and have a son

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Question 23 of 25

23. Who of the following came from the largest family? Hint

Charles Bronson

Celine Dion

Mel Gibson

Dolly Parton

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Question 24 of 25

24. How old was Aled Jones when he topped the UK charts with 'Walking In The Air', the theme tune to the animated cartoon 'The Snowman'? Hint

12 years old

8 years old

10 years old

6 years old

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Question 25 of 25

25. Which Bond girl had bit parts in movies such as 'Sleepless in Seattle' (1993) and 'Leaving Las Vegas' (1995) and has a son by Richard Gere? Hint

Britt Ekland (The Man With The Golden Gun) 1974

Carey Lowell (Licence To Kill) 1989

Jane Seymour (Live And Let Die) 1973

Famke Janssen (GoldenEye) 1995

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which character was played by Basil Rathbone (1939), Peter Cushing (1959), Tom Baker (1982), Ian Richardson (1983) and Jeremy Brett (1988)?

Answer: Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes was Conan Doyle's classic fictional detective. In 1978 comedy kings Peter Cook and Dudley Moore did a comedy version where Cook played Sherlock Holmes and Moore played both Watson's and Holmes' mother.

2. Olivia and Dhani are the names of the widow and son of which Beatle?

Answer: George Harrison

George Harrison was the former Beatles guitarist who was inspired by Eastern musicians and died of lung cancer on 29 Nov 2001 in Los Angeles. He was a film producer to 'Monty Python's Life Of Brian' (1979).

3. Name the industrial centre in France between Lille and Arras.

Answer: Lens

4. Name the forename of Mr Dundee played by Paul Hogan in the 'Crocodile Dundee' movies.

Answer: Mick

He featured with his future wife, Linda Kozlowski, as the bloke who carried a large knife. Paul was formerly married to Noelene Hogan, with whom he had four sons and a daughter. His thirty-year marriage ended in 1981. Linda Kozlowski became his wife in 1991.

5. Name the author who wrote a series of novels set in the imaginary county of Barsetshire: Anthony ___________ .

Answer: Trollope

This British novelist worked for the General Post Office from 1834 until he retired in 1867.

6. Who played the character part of the 'Joker' in the 1960s' television series 'Batman'?

Answer: Cesar Romero

Batman's 'arch enemies' included Frank Gorshin as 'The Riddler' and Burgess Meredith as 'The Penguin'.

7. What was the character part of Halle Berry in the Bond Movie 'Die Another Day' (2002)?

Answer: Jinx

Modelling led to her first TV part in 1989 but she became the attention of Hollywood playing a crack addict in Spike Lee's 'Jungle Fever'(1991).

8. Name the 2001 movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black: Shallow ___________

Answer: Hal

After an impromptu hypnosis session, Hal Larsen sees the true inner beauty of women and his former pursuit of only supermodels and beauty queens ceases when he meets overweight Peace Corps volunteer Rosemary Shanahan, played by Gwyneth Paltrow.

9. Name the herb that is used for treating depression, traditionally used to ward off witches and used for fortune-telling?

Answer: St John's Wort

It was hung outside homes to ward off evil spirits and placed near the evidence box during witch trials so that the witch couldn't lie. In fortune-telling, a woman meeting a new man would pick a stem and leave it overnight. If the flowers were fresh in the morning the relationship would last.

10. Whose catchphrase is the same as the title of his autobiography 'Can You Tell What It Is Yet'?

Answer: Rolf Harris

Rolf Harris met his artist wife Alwen at City and Guilds Art School at Kennington, south London during the 1950's. They have a daughter called Bindi who was named after the town of Bindi Bindi in Western Australia. Aged 16, Rolf was junior backstroke champion of Australia.

11. Who of the following was NOT Belgian?

Answer: Katharine Hepburn (actress)

Katharine Hepburn is American whereas actress Audrey Hepburn was born in Belgium. Other famous Belgians include writer Georges Simenon and saxophone inventor Adolphe Sax.

12. In the movie 'Red Dragon', based on the first novel about the infamous Hannibal Lecter, what is the name of the featured killer of several grisly murders?

Answer: The Tooth Fairy

Will Graham, an ex-FBI agent, realizes that the best way to catch the Tooth Fairy is to get into his mind. He contacts the imprisoned Hannibal Lecter whose mind is as twisted as the Tooth Fairy's.

13. Who played ultra violent Alex DeLarge in a long banned movie?

Answer: Malcolm McDowell

'A Clockwork Orange' (1971) was based on a novel by Anthony Burgess where gangs of young punks run amok while peaceful citizens are imprisoned in their own homes.

14. Which famous legend was finally admitted as a giant hoax by the family of prankster Ray Wallace when he died?

Answer: Bigfoot

Famous movie footage proving the existence of Bigfoot was really Ray Wallace's wife in fancy dress. His son Michael confessed that the film showing grainy images of an upright, apelike creature in woodland was nothing more than his mother joining in the fun.

The legend started in 1958 when Wallace had a friend carve 16 inch long false feet which his brother wore to create mysterious huge footprints in woods near his California home. Wallace died at the age of 84 along with his huge hairy monster legend.

15. Which writer had an alcoholic mother who died when the novelist was 14 years old and whose daughter died of leukaemia?

Answer: Anne Rice

Anne Rice initially turned to drink because of her traumatic childhood and personal tragedy. She later used writing as a way to deal with her grief. Her first novel, 'Interview With The Vampire' was published in 1976 and turned into a movie starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.

16. Stanley found Livingstone in 1871 on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in the town of Ujiji. What country is Ujiji located?

Answer: Tanzania

17. Which Bond girl of the following did NOT marry Robert Wagner, Charlie Sheen or Ringo Starr?

Answer: Diana Rigg

Jill St John married Robert Wagner in 1990, Denise Richards married Charlie Sheen and Barbara Bach married Ringo Starr.

18. Whose first movie was 'Trouble In Store'?

Answer: Norman Wisdom

He featured as a naive department store worker in this 1953 comedy with Dame Margaret Rutherford.

19. Which movie did NOT feature Leonardo DiCaprio?

Answer: The Man In The Iron Mask (1977)

I'm sure the date gave the game away. He starred in the 1998 version along with Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich and Gerard Depardieu and not the 1977 movie which featured Patrick McGoohan, Richard Chamberlain, Jenny Agutter and Ralph Richardson.

20. Who played the razor wielding trans-sexual psychopath who chased hapless hooker Nancy Allen around Manhattan in a thriller by Brian De Palma?

Answer: Michael Caine

The movie 'Dressed To Kill' was thought to be a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho'. Other Brian De Palma movies include 'Carrie' (1976), 'The Untouchables' (1987) and 'Snake Eyes' (1998).

21. When King Edward VIII of England abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson in 1936, what relative of his became the new king?

Answer: His brother

His brother, the Duke of York, became King George VI.

22. Professor Stephen Hawking has motor neurone disease and has been confined to a wheelchair for the past 35 years. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Answer: He married Jane Wilde with whom he has three children

Stephen William Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th Jan 1942 and has a grandchild.

23. Who of the following came from the largest family?

Answer: Charles Bronson

Actor Mel Gibson was born one of eleven children as was cricketer Brian Lara. Rocker Little Richard and Dolly Parton both came from large families and were one of 12 children. Celine Dion was one of fourteen children but Charles Bronson was one of 15 children born to Lithuanian immigrants. Because of his craggy and unconventional features, Charles Bronson once said that he looked like a rock quarry that someone had dynamited.

24. How old was Aled Jones when he topped the UK charts with 'Walking In The Air', the theme tune to the animated cartoon 'The Snowman'?

Answer: 12 years old

The former choirboy from Wales sang at Bob Geldof and Paula Yates' wedding in 1986.

25. Which Bond girl had bit parts in movies such as 'Sleepless in Seattle' (1993) and 'Leaving Las Vegas' (1995) and has a son by Richard Gere?

Answer: Carey Lowell (Licence To Kill) 1989

She played 'Pam Bouvier' who was 007's ally in the fight against evil drug baron 'Franz Sanchez'. She had a son with Richard Gere called Homer James Jigme Gere born 6 February 2000 in New York City. 'Jigme' means 'fearless' in Tibetan. Hope you enjoyed the challenge.

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