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Easy General Knowledge7 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 #
70,788

Updated
Aug 16 22

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
13 / 25

Plays
8526

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Luckycharm60 (20/25), bradez (15/25), Guest 101 (17/25).

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Question 1 of 25

1. Name the bulldog in the 'Tom and Jerry' cartoons. Hint

Scat

Spike

Scud

Stench

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Question 2 of 25

2. Which 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film quickly became one of the largest grossing black and white films ever made? Hint

Marnie

Frenzy

Psycho

The Birds

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Question 3 of 25

3. Which animal group are all the following associated with: Squirrels, gophers, lemmings, gerbils, guinea-pigs, chinchillas and porcupines? Hint

Rodents

Insectivores

Carnivores

Pinnipeds

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Question 4 of 25

4. Which singer appears in 'Nutty Professor II : The Klumps'? Hint

Britney Spears

Kylie Minogue

Janet Jackson

Patsy Kensit

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Question 5 of 25

5. How many steps are there in the famous novel by John Buchan? Hint

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Question 6 of 25

6. What are the Agent names of Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in the film 'Men in Black'? Agents... Hint

Q and Z

X and Y

J and K

A and B

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Question 7 of 25

7. Which is the odd animal out of the following: 'Black Beauty', 'Black Bess', 'Black Nell', 'Babar', 'Pegasus', 'Scout' and 'Silver'? Hint

Black Bess

Black Nell

Babar

Scout

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Question 8 of 25

8. Name the common currency used during the reign of English King Edward III (1327-1377) which was minted until 1856. Hint

The gloat

The croat

The great

The groat

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Question 9 of 25

9. Who wrote 'Mary Poppins' in 1934? Hint

Dodie Smith

Enid Blyton

Edith Nesbit

P.L. Travers

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Question 10 of 25

10. Who was the first actor to play 'Dracula' in a talking movie? Hint

Klaus Kinski

Lon Chaney

Bela Lugosi

Christopher Lee

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Question 11 of 25

11. Mulligatawny is a thick curry-flavoured meat soup, originally made in East India. Its 'Tamil' name means? Hint

Pepper water

Mustard water

Salt water

Acidified water

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Question 12 of 25

12. Nelson Mandela was a South African lawyer who spent how many years in jail? Hint

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Question 13 of 25

13. What is the smallest country in Central America? Hint

Belize

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Panama

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Question 14 of 25

14. Which of the following is NOT one of Australia's four major deserts? Hint

Simpson

Great Victoria

Gibson

Kimberley

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Question 15 of 25

15. Disappointment Island is in which ocean? Hint

Arctic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

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Question 16 of 25

16. Which town in Arizona is famous as the scene of the gunfight at the OK Corral? Hint

Dodge City

Tombstone

Dead wood

Calumet

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Question 17 of 25

17. Which of the following countries is NOT associated with Lake Victoria? Hint

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

Kenya

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Question 18 of 25

18. How is the popular houseplant 'Monstera deliciosa' better known? Hint

African violet

Swiss - cheese plant

Indian rubber plant

Aspidistra

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Question 19 of 25

19. Which star of the silver screen once earned a living working as a steel mill labourer, a petrol station attendant, a prize fighter and a card sharp? Hint

Dean Martin

James Cagney

Charlie Sheen

Omar Sharif

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Question 20 of 25

20. In the film 'The Edge', bookworm billionaire Anthony Hopkins and his young wife's lover Alec Baldwin are stalked by which ferocious animal? Hint

Polar bear

Kodiak bear

Grizzly bear

Giant panda

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Question 21 of 25

21. In the film 'Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid', Robert Redford and Paul Newman get shot by soldiers of which army? Hint

Peruvian

Bolivian

Mexican

Colombian

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Question 22 of 25

22. Who was the original blonde bombshell who adored pink so much that she lived in a suitably coloured mansion called the 'Pink Palace'? Hint

Jean Harlow

Jayne Mansfield

Veronica Lake

Betty Grable

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Question 23 of 25

23. What was the address of the childhood home of John Lennon in Liverpool? Hint

51 Ladysmith Avenue

151 Letsby Avenue

251 Menlove Avenue

351 Royson Avenue

24. Which country's flag has a green stripe representing fertile land, a black stripe standing for Africa and a yellow stripe for mineral wealth. The badge on the red triangle contains a rifle, a hoe, a cogwheel and a book? Hint

Jordan

Egypt

Mozambique

Zimbabwe

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Question 25 of 25

25. Which bird appears on the flag of Zambia? Hint

Fish eagle

Buzzard

Roc

Phoenix

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Name the bulldog in the 'Tom and Jerry' cartoons.

Answer: Spike

2. Which 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film quickly became one of the largest grossing black and white films ever made?

Answer: Psycho

The blood in the shower scene was chocolate sauce and the sound of a blade slashing flesh was the recording of a knife being plunged into a melon.

3. Which animal group are all the following associated with: Squirrels, gophers, lemmings, gerbils, guinea-pigs, chinchillas and porcupines?

Answer: Rodents

Carnivores include cats, dogs, wolves, bears and foxes. Insectivores include moles, shrews and hedgehogs. Pinnipeds include seals, sea-lions and walrus.

4. Which singer appears in 'Nutty Professor II : The Klumps'?

Answer: Janet Jackson

5. How many steps are there in the famous novel by John Buchan?

Answer: 39

He wrote biographies of 'Julius Caesar', 'Walter Scott' and 'Oliver Cromwell'. He was the governor-general of Canada (1935-40)

6. What are the Agent names of Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in the film 'Men in Black'? Agents...

Answer: J and K

Will Smith is agent 'J' and Tommy Lee Jones is agent 'K'.

7. Which is the odd animal out of the following: 'Black Beauty', 'Black Bess', 'Black Nell', 'Babar', 'Pegasus', 'Scout' and 'Silver'?

Answer: Babar

All of these are horses except 'Babar' who was an elephant in a story by Jean de Brunhoff. 'Black Beauty' was written by Anna Sewell. 'Black Bess' was Dick Turpin's horse. 'Black Nell' (Wild Bill Hickok), 'Pegasus' was a winged horse of Bellerophon, 'Scout' (Tonto) and 'Silver' (Lone Ranger).

8. Name the common currency used during the reign of English King Edward III (1327-1377) which was minted until 1856.

Answer: The groat

This fourpenny British coin was used during various monarch's reign until 1856.

9. Who wrote 'Mary Poppins' in 1934?

Answer: P.L. Travers

Pamela Lyndon Travers.

10. Who was the first actor to play 'Dracula' in a talking movie?

Answer: Bela Lugosi

Max Schreck played him in the silent movie 'Nosferatu' (1923)

11. Mulligatawny is a thick curry-flavoured meat soup, originally made in East India. Its 'Tamil' name means?

Answer: Pepper water

12. Nelson Mandela was a South African lawyer who spent how many years in jail?

Answer: 27

He joined the black nationalist party called the 'African National Congress' which opposed apartheid. In 1962 he was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment and finally released aged 71.

13. What is the smallest country in Central America?

Answer: El Salvador

14. Which of the following is NOT one of Australia's four major deserts?

Answer: Kimberley

The Great Sandy desert is the fourth.

15. Disappointment Island is in which ocean?

Answer: Pacific Ocean

It is situated in the South Pacific Ocean in the French Polynesia region about 500 miles north-east of Tahiti.

16. Which town in Arizona is famous as the scene of the gunfight at the OK Corral?

Answer: Tombstone

17. Which of the following countries is NOT associated with Lake Victoria?

Answer: Zambia

It is the second-largest freshwater lake in the world and the chief reservoir of the River Nile.

18. How is the popular houseplant 'Monstera deliciosa' better known?

Answer: Swiss - cheese plant

19. Which star of the silver screen once earned a living working as a steel mill labourer, a petrol station attendant, a prize fighter and a card sharp?

Answer: Dean Martin

He played the straight man to Jerry Lewis, a partnership lasting from 1946 to 1957.

20. In the film 'The Edge', bookworm billionaire Anthony Hopkins and his young wife's lover Alec Baldwin are stalked by which ferocious animal?

Answer: Kodiak bear

21. In the film 'Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid', Robert Redford and Paul Newman get shot by soldiers of which army?

Answer: Bolivian

22. Who was the original blonde bombshell who adored pink so much that she lived in a suitably coloured mansion called the 'Pink Palace'?

Answer: Jayne Mansfield

She was killed in a horrific car crash in 1967.

23. What was the address of the childhood home of John Lennon in Liverpool?

Answer: 251 Menlove Avenue

Answer: Mozambique

Mozambique is one of the world's poorest countries with agriculture employing 85 percent of the workforce.

25. Which bird appears on the flag of Zambia?

Answer: Fish eagle

The fish eagle is Zambia's national symbol. Hope you enjoyed the quiz.

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