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Easy General Knowledge3 Trivia Quiz

25 easy general knowledge questions which progressively get more difficult. Good luck and have fun.

A multiple-choice quiz by Inquizition. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Inquizition

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
69,428

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
14 / 25

Plays
8392

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 25

1. What does the Latin word 'Aqua' mean? Hint

Blood

Alkali

Acid

Water

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Question 2 of 25

2. Name the Siberian peasant monk who gained the confidence of Tsarina Alexandra and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Grigori _______ ? Hint

Peter Nolasco

Rasputin

Camillus

Jude

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Question 3 of 25

3. Who in 1837 published a revolutionary scheme for shorthand writing. Sir Isaac _______? Hint

Miner

Pitman

Colliery

Goldsmith

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Question 4 of 25

4. What is the lowest number you CAN'T score in darts with one dart? Hint

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Question 5 of 25

5. What word links 'stitch', 'road', 'country' and 'wind'? Hint

Main

Cross

Old

Drop

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Question 6 of 25

6. Which place in Argentina, founded originally as a port, has a name meaning 'favourable winds'? Hint

Resistencia

Buenos Aires

Mendoza

Cordoba

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Question 7 of 25

7. What is the highest peak in New Zealand. Mount ____? Hint

Columbus

Cook

Nelson

Magellan

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Question 8 of 25

8. Name a member of a confederacy of North American Indian people living chiefly in Oklahoma? Hint

Pawnee

Queenie

Rookie

Nightie

9. How many of the following characters are featured in the 1939 film 'The Wizard of Oz': The Scarecrow, The Cowardly Lion, The Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda, the Good Witch of the North? Hint

All of them

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Question 10 of 25

10. Which country had the world's first woman prime minister? Hint

India

New Zealand

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

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Question 11 of 25

11. Which American poet was indicted for treason by the US government in 1945 for making pro-fascist and anti-Semitic broadcasts to the USA during World War 2 when he moved to Italy. Ezra _______? Hint

Schilling

Pound

Cent

Guinea

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Question 12 of 25

12. Which African country is the largest in area? Hint

Egypt

Algeria

Zambia

South Africa

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Question 13 of 25

13. Whose autobiography is entitled 'Learning to Fly'? Hint

Emma Bunton

Victoria Beckham

Geri Halliwell

Melanie Chisholm

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Question 14 of 25

14. Name the fashion designer born in Hamburg in 1938. Karl ________? Hint

Ginfeld

Beerfeld

Lagerfeld

Ciderfeld

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Question 15 of 25

15. Which rock group formed in Buckinghamshire, England, took their name from work by JRR Tolkien published posthumously in 1977? Hint

Marmalade

Marillion

Manfred Mann

Madness

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Question 16 of 25

16. What was the first film to be directed by Steven Spielberg? Hint

ET The Extra Terrestrial

Jaws

Duel

Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Question 17 of 25

17. How did Eva (Evita) Peron die aged just 33? Hint

Assassination

Aeroplane crash

Heart attack

Cancer

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Question 18 of 25

18. Who said, 'For me the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake'? Hint

Alfred Hitchcock

Marilyn Monroe

Woody Allen

Tony Curtis

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Question 19 of 25

19. What is the most southerly town in the world? Hint

Port Elizabeth (South Africa)

Ushuaia (Argentina)

Dunedin (New Zealand)

Hobart (Tasmania)

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Question 20 of 25

20. Nudibranch is an alternative name for a sea ______? Hint

Slug

Mouse

Horse

Perch

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Question 21 of 25

21. Which James Bond said 'This never happened to the other fellow'? Hint

George Lazenby

Roger Moore

Sean Connery

Timothy Dalton

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Question 22 of 25

22. Which Disney film featured three children called Charlie, Carrie and Paul? Hint

Mary Poppins

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

The Aristocats

Honey I Shrunk the Kids

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Question 23 of 25

23. Kelly Rowland, Beyonce Knowles and Michelle Williams are members of which all girl group? Hint

Destiny's Child

Bananarama

The Bangles

The Shirelles

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Question 24 of 25

24. Name the largely Victorian and Edwardian town on the Isle of Wight with a long pier from which runs a light electric railway? Hint

Ryde

Ventnor

Cowes

Newport

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Question 25 of 25

25. Who said, 'Actors marrying actors play a dangerous game. They're always fighting over the mirror'? Hint

Errol Flynn

Burt Reynolds

Laurence Olivier

Noel Coward

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What does the Latin word 'Aqua' mean?

Answer: Water

Aqua fortis is an obsolete name for nitric acid which means 'strong water'. Aqua vitae is an archaic name for brandy meaning 'water of life'.

2. Name the Siberian peasant monk who gained the confidence of Tsarina Alexandra and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Grigori _______ ?

Answer: Rasputin

He was notorious for his debauchery and was assassinated by a group of Russian noblemen. Peter Nolasco was the patron saint of midwives. Camillus the patron saint of nurses and Jude the patron saint of hopeless causes.

3. Who in 1837 published a revolutionary scheme for shorthand writing. Sir Isaac _______?

Answer: Pitman

4. What is the lowest number you CAN'T score in darts with one dart?

Answer: 23

A score of 21 is attained by triple 7 and a score of 22 by double 11.

5. What word links 'stitch', 'road', 'country' and 'wind'?

Answer: Cross

Cross-stitch, crossroad, cross-country and crosswind.

6. Which place in Argentina, founded originally as a port, has a name meaning 'favourable winds'?

Answer: Buenos Aires

7. What is the highest peak in New Zealand. Mount ____?

Answer: Cook

Mount Cook is on the South Island and is 3,754 metres high.

8. Name a member of a confederacy of North American Indian people living chiefly in Oklahoma?

Answer: Pawnee

9. How many of the following characters are featured in the 1939 film 'The Wizard of Oz': The Scarecrow, The Cowardly Lion, The Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda, the Good Witch of the North?

Answer: All of them

A huge tornado hits Dorothy's home in Kansas and she is whisked into a strange world where she finds her way to the Emerald City.

10. Which country had the world's first woman prime minister?

Answer: Sri Lanka

Sirimovo Bandaranaike in 1960. Her husband Solomon was assassinated in 1958.

Answer: Pound

He was judged mentally unfit to stand trial and confined to a mental hospital (1946-58) spending the rest of his life in Italy.

12. Which African country is the largest in area?

Answer: Algeria

Algeria's area is 2,381,740 sq km. South Africa is 1,127,000 sq km. Egypt's is 1,001,450 sq km and Zambia has an area of 752,613 sq km.

13. Whose autobiography is entitled 'Learning to Fly'?

Answer: Victoria Beckham

The Spice Girls were Britain's most successful female group and the first act to put its first six singles at No.1 ('Wannabe', 'Say You'll Be There', '2 Become 1', 'Mama', 'Spice Up Your Life' and 'Too Much')

14. Name the fashion designer born in Hamburg in 1938. Karl ________?

Answer: Lagerfeld

15. Which rock group formed in Buckinghamshire, England, took their name from work by JRR Tolkien published posthumously in 1977?

Answer: Marillion

From Tolkien's 'Silmarillion'.

16. What was the first film to be directed by Steven Spielberg?

Answer: Duel

IT was originally made for television and lasted 76 minutes. The video version is the expanded feature that was shown in Europe. 'Duel' (1971), 'Jaws' (1975), 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (1981) and 'ET the Extra Terrestrial' (1982)

17. How did Eva (Evita) Peron die aged just 33?

Answer: Cancer

She died in 1952.

18. Who said, 'For me the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake'?

Answer: Alfred Hitchcock

19. What is the most southerly town in the world?

Answer: Ushuaia (Argentina)

Tierra del Fuego means 'Land of Fire' and Ushuaia is its capital.

20. Nudibranch is an alternative name for a sea ______?

Answer: Slug

21. Which James Bond said 'This never happened to the other fellow'?

Answer: George Lazenby

George Lazenby in 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'. Having lost Tracy Draco (Mrs. James Bond) played by Diana Rigg in the opening sequence, this was an in-joke referring to Sean Connery.

22. Which Disney film featured three children called Charlie, Carrie and Paul?

Answer: Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Musical adventure about an apprentice witch, (Eglantine Price, played by Angela Lansbury) searching for a magic spell.

23. Kelly Rowland, Beyonce Knowles and Michelle Williams are members of which all girl group?

Answer: Destiny's Child

24. Name the largely Victorian and Edwardian town on the Isle of Wight with a long pier from which runs a light electric railway?

Answer: Ryde

25. Who said, 'Actors marrying actors play a dangerous game. They're always fighting over the mirror'?

Answer: Burt Reynolds

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