If there is one thing we can be sure of, it's that everyone loves a quiz. It's not enough to passively absorb information through books, articles or documentaries, you need to put your knowledge to the test by answering questions and solving problems. This will help you better retain that information and become a smarter, more well-rounded individual.
Put your knowledge to the test with this fun quiz! Read each question carefully and choose the answer that you feel is correct. This quiz has 24 trivia questions spanning different categories to help you test your knowledge and do some fun learning. Once you have answered all the questions, you will be given a score. This score will show how well you did on the quiz. Do you have what it takes to come away with a 75 percent or higher score? Go ahead and start this quiz when you are ready. Good luck!
Challenge Yourself in This General Knowledge Quiz — Do You Have What It Takes to Score 75%? Questions
Which of these animals is known to use echolocation?
Bat
Rattlesnake
Elephant
Leatherback turtle
This food has taken over an entire season. Which of these supports heart and eye health?
Zucchini
Eggplant
Pumpkin
Spaghetti squash
Which coffee heiress was murdered by the Manson Family on August 9, 1969?
Bianca Celine Sanka
Leanne Marie Maxwell
Rosemary Patricia Sanborn
Abigail Anne Folger
The Iranian hostage crisis began in 1979 with the siege Of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. How did the conflict end?
The hostages were released and brought back to the U.S.
U.S. Forces declared war on Iran
President Jimmy Carter resigned after failing to negotiate the hostage release
True or false: 'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in 'mt'.
False
True
What is the level of nitrogen in the atmosphere of the Earth?
59%
45%
78%
.007%
What are clouds made of?
All of these
Gases
Solids
Liquids
Who invented the electron microscope?
Ernst Mayr
Ruska and Knoll
Louis Pasteur
Marie Curie
Do you know where beignets are from?
Canada
France
Australia
Germany
This desert capital is situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Mountains in Peru. What is its name?
Sucre
Lima
Cayenne
San Juan
Which country produces about one third of the world's coffee?
Ecuador
Colombia
Venezuela
Brazil
In the nursery rhyme, what did the itsy bitsy spider do?
Climbed up the water spout.
Sheltered from the drought.
Sadly did a pout.
Spun a web all about.
This livestock species has four stomachs. Which animal are we talking about?
Chicken
Duck
Cow
Horse
What is the capital of Poland, a city which bore the brunt of Nazi occupation in World War II?
Krakow
Minsk
Warsaw
Riga
A snowcap is the top part of the mountain that is always covered in snow. What's the lowest spot of a snowcap called?
Snowline
Sound
Slough
Soil horizon
What is the name of the instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure?
Cyclotron
Electroscope
Barometer
Galvanometer
There are more than four billion mobile phone users worldwide. What are cellphone batteries made out of?
Hydrogen
Lithium
Carbon
Silicon
Now sadly extinct, what is the name of this flightless bird?
Dodo
Didi
Dada
Dudu
The Queen of England lives in a 775-room palace in London. What's its name?
Buckingham Palace
Palace of Versailles
Kensington Palace
Windsor Castle
The emperor version of this is the largest of what animal?
Butterfly
Penguin
Tiger
Finch
The home of writers like Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky and the Grand Kremlin Palace, what transcontinental nation spans Eastern Europe and Northern Asia?
Turkey
Russia
China
Ukraine
True or false: According to his official autopsy, Napoleon Bonaparte died of stomach cancer.
True
False
Stephen King's Doctor Sleep was made into a movie in 2019. This book is the sequel to which earlier novel?
It
The Mist
Pet Sematary
The Shining
In what year did the Chernobyl disaster take place??