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How Good Are You? Trivia Quiz

Collection of out of the ordinary questions. Think you've got what it takes?

A multiple-choice quiz by neisonis. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
neisonis

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
60,163

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
11 / 25

Plays
1935

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 25

1. What is the capital city of Greenland? Hint

Reykjavik

Nuuk

Djibouti

Praia

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Question 2 of 25

2. Now for some politics, in the USA, who became the first 'first lady' to be elected to the Senate in her own right?

Answer: (Last name or full name)

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Question 3 of 25

3. Who was the first actor to win two best actor Oscars? Hint

Spencer Tracy

Gary Cooper

Marlon Brando

Tom Hanks

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Question 4 of 25

4. What is the correct romanization for the Japanese word for food? Hint

nominono

tabemono

nomimono

tegami

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Question 5 of 25

5. What is the term given when words that sound like actual sounds are used (eg. Crash! and Bang!)? Hint

Assonance

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Metaphor

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Question 6 of 25

6. Now for a maths question, how many degrees do supplementry angles equal? Hint

240

1080

360

180

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Question 7 of 25

7. What is the general form for the double displacement reaction in chemistry? Hint

ab+cd=ad+cb

ac+bd=dc+ba

ab+cd=abcd

ab+cd=ef+gh

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Question 8 of 25

8. Which of these events did not occur in 1789? Hint

Washington's Inauguration

French Revolution

Arrival of Australia's Second Fleet

Mutiny on the Bounty

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Question 9 of 25

9. How many balls are on the table at the START of a snooker frame? Hint

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Question 10 of 25

10. In which sport do players compete for the Ryder Cup?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 11 of 25

11. Who has the honour of having composed the MOST music? Hint

Telemann

Beethoven

Mozart

Mendolsohn

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Question 12 of 25

12. Who wrote the stories of Peter Rabbit?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 13 of 25

13. How many keys are there on a clarinet? Hint

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Question 14 of 25

14. At what (approximate) temperature (degrees farenheit) does oxygen become a liquid? Hint

-240

320

-200

200

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Question 15 of 25

15. What is the horn of a rhino made of? Hint

bone

amber

ivory

hair

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Question 16 of 25

16. What is the chemical name for H2O? Hint

water

hydrogen hydroxide

hydrogen oxygen

dihydrogen oxide

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Question 17 of 25

17. In the T.V. series "The Simpsons", who said "Are you hungry? Sleepy? Gassy? Gassy? Is it gas? It's gas, isn't it?" Hint

Lisa

Homer

Bart

Otto

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Question 18 of 25

18. Of these, the country to first celebrate New Year's Day is... Hint

Australia

Christmas Island

New Zealand

Kiribati

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Question 19 of 25

19. Which of these is not a British Christian festival? Hint

Christian Friends

Spring Harvest

New Wine

Easter People

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Question 20 of 25

20. What did the first contestant on the American 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' win? Hint

Nothing

$8,000

$1,000

$64,000

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Question 21 of 25

21. Who lived to a ripe 969 years of age?

Answer: (One Word (10 letters))

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Question 22 of 25

22. What is a surdo? Hint

A maths problem

Type of drum

Foreign word for idiot

No such thing exists

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Question 23 of 25

23. According to the 2002 edition of the 'Guinness Book of World Records', What Destiny's Child single spent eleven weeks at the US number 1 spot? Hint

Bug a Boo

Say my name

Independent Woman

Jumpin' Jumpin'

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Question 24 of 25

24. Which company used to use the most silver in the world?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 25 of 25

25. Finally, how many cherubs are on a Trivial Pursuit Genus I board? Hint

None!

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the capital city of Greenland?

Answer: Nuuk

Djibouti is the capital of Djibouti while Reykjavik is the capital of Iceland and Praia is the capital of Cape Verde.

2. Now for some politics, in the USA, who became the first 'first lady' to be elected to the Senate in her own right?

Answer: Hillary Clinton

She was elected in the year 2000.

3. Who was the first actor to win two best actor Oscars?

Answer: Spencer Tracy

4. What is the correct romanization for the Japanese word for food?

Answer: tabemono

Nomimono means drinks, tegami means letter and nominono dosen't mean anything.

5. What is the term given when words that sound like actual sounds are used (eg. Crash! and Bang!)?

Answer: Onomatopoeia

6. Now for a maths question, how many degrees do supplementry angles equal?

Answer: 180

7. What is the general form for the double displacement reaction in chemistry?

Answer: ab+cd=ad+cb

If a and c are positive and b and d are negative, the negatives swap with each other to produce something new.

8. Which of these events did not occur in 1789?

Answer: Arrival of Australia's Second Fleet

Australia's Second Fleet arrived one year later in 1790.

9. How many balls are on the table at the START of a snooker frame?

Answer: 22

15 reds, 1 white and 6 colours!

10. In which sport do players compete for the Ryder Cup?

Answer: Golf

11. Who has the honour of having composed the MOST music?

Answer: Telemann

Amazing, yet true.

12. Who wrote the stories of Peter Rabbit?

Answer: Beatrix Potter

13. How many keys are there on a clarinet?

Answer: 23

There are only keys on two of the five parts of a clarinet.

14. At what (approximate) temperature (degrees farenheit) does oxygen become a liquid?

Answer: -240

15. What is the horn of a rhino made of?

Answer: hair

Most people would think ivory but it is actually hair.

16. What is the chemical name for H2O?

Answer: dihydrogen oxide

Water is the common name while dihydrogen oxide is the scientific name.

17. In the T.V. series "The Simpsons", who said "Are you hungry? Sleepy? Gassy? Gassy? Is it gas? It's gas, isn't it?"

Answer: Homer

This quote was said in the "Fear of Flying" episode when Marge wants to get off the plane.

18. Of these, the country to first celebrate New Year's Day is...

Answer: Kiribati

Kiribati (pronounced Kiribas) is made up of lots of little islands, and sits within a little kink in the dateline.

19. Which of these is not a British Christian festival?

Answer: Christian Friends

Some of these festivals have played host to over 12,000 people of all ages for a week, while others are much smaller. New Wine is an international festival.

20. What did the first contestant on the American 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' win?

Answer: $1,000

21. Who lived to a ripe 969 years of age?

Answer: Methusalah

Oldest man in the Bible!

22. What is a surdo?

Answer: Type of drum

A Surd is a maths problem not a surdo.

23. According to the 2002 edition of the 'Guinness Book of World Records', What Destiny's Child single spent eleven weeks at the US number 1 spot?

Answer: Independent Woman

It has the record for having spent the most weeks on the US charts by a girl band.

24. Which company used to use the most silver in the world?

Answer: Kodak

For the tonnes of film that were produced!

25. Finally, how many cherubs are on a Trivial Pursuit Genus I board?

Answer: 19

How observant were YOU when you played Trivial Pursuit?

Source: Author neisonis

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