Most People Can’t Get More Than 10/15 on This Random Knowledge Quiz

Which ear did Vincent van Gogh famously cut off?

• Right ear

• Both

• Neither (it is a myth)

• Left ear

In what country was the first electric toaster made?

• England

• Scotland

• USA

• France

Who wrote the novel The Life of Pi?

• Yann Martel

• Mark Twain

• Elizabeth Wurtzel

• Margaret Atwood

Released in 2008, what was the first film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

• Marvel's The Avengers

• The Incredible Hulk

• Captain America: The First Avenger

• Iron Man

In the medieval period, what was the most common job that people had?

• Butcher

• Farm worker

• Carpenter

• Merchant

What Russian war began in 1917 and ended in 1922?

• Russian Civil War

• War of Attrition

• Red Army invasion of Armenia

• Invasion of Czechoslovakia

What is the most populated city in China?

• Beijing

• Tianjin

• Chongqing

• Shanghai

In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick claimed to have found the "secret to life." What had they just discovered?

• DNA

• Stem cells

• Antibiotics

• The theory of evolution

Approximately how many ants are there on Earth?

• 10 billion

• 100 billion

• 1 million billion

• 1 billion

Freddie Mercury was the singer of what famous band?

• The Doors

• Led Zeppelin

• Aerosmith

• Queen

NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars on February 18, 2021. Approximately how many months did it take to get there from Earth?

• 12 months

• 7 months

• 15 months

• 3 months

Who was the 37th president of the United States?

• John F. Kennedy

• Bill Clinton

• Richard Nixon

• Ronald Reagan

Peaches are only different from this type of fruit on the outside. They are exactly the same on the inside.

• Plums

• Mangoes

• Nectarines

• Clementines

In 1903, the first-ever World Series of baseball was played between Boston and what other team?

• The Pittsburgh Pirates

• Brooklyn Dodgers

• New York Yankees

• St. Louis Cardinals

In early 2000, Netflix offered to sell its company to Blockbuster at a cost of how much?

• $1 billion

• $500 million

• $100 million

• $50 million