80% Of People Can’t Get 12/18 on This General Knowledge Quiz (feat. Charlie Chaplin) — Can You?

Charlie Chaplin was born in 1889. What famous landmark was erected that same year?

• Eiffel Tower

• Mount Rushmore

• Big Ben

• Statue of Liberty

What famous singer died 4 months before Charlie Chaplin in 1977?

• Jimi Hendrix

• Janis Joplin

• Elvis Presley

• John Lennon

Charlie Chaplin was exiled from the United States in 1952 because the FBI accused him of what perceived offense?

• Organized crime

• Owing money on his taxes

• Drug offenses

• Communist sympathies

Charlie Chaplin moved to Switzerland after being exiled from the United States. What celebrity below relinquished his or her American citizenship to become Swiss in 2013?

• Bill Murray

• Tina Turner

• Robert Downey Jr.

• Celine Dion

Charlie Chaplin is famous for his contributions to the silent film era. What famous inventor helped produce 1903's The Great Train Robbery? The film is widely credited with being the first moving picture to tell a story, kickstarting the silent film era.

• Thomas Edison

• Nikola Tesla

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Henry Ford

Charlie Chaplin fathered 11 children with 4 different wives. The following celebrities also have many children. Which of them has the most children?

• Eddie Murphy

• Dog the Bounty Hunter

• Mia Farrow

• Bob Marley

What movie directed by Charlie Chaplin in 1967 did Marlon Brando appear in?

• A Countess from Hong Kong

• Limelight

• Modern Times

• A King in New York

Charlie Chaplin passed away on December 25, 1977. Which celebrities listed below also passed away on a Christmas Day?

• George Michael

• Dean Martin

• All of the above

• James Brown

In 1978, grave robbers dug up Charlie Chaplin's body and held it for ransom. One of the most famous grave robbing stories ever took place 102 years earlier. What famous person's body was almost stolen by grave robbers in 1876?

• Beethoven

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

• Charles Darwin

In 1943, Charlie Chaplin married his 4th wife, Oona O'Neill. He was 54 and she was 18 at the time. Out of the couples below, which has the largest age disparity between them?

• Mick Jagger and Melanie Hamrick

• Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart

• Amal and George Clooney

• Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones

In 1927, Chaplin's divorce from Lita Grey was highly publicized as the largest divorce settlement ever at the time. Grey got $825,000. As of 2021, what divorced couple has had the largest divorce settlement ever?

• Mel Gibson and Robyn Moore

• Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren

• Rupert & Anna Murdoch

• Jeff & MacKenzie Bezos

Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator was released in October 1940. How many months would it be before the United States joined World War II?

• 16 months

• 10 months

• 12 months

• 14 months

Which U.S. president invited Chaplin to read a speech from The Great Dictator during the 1941 presidential inauguration?

• Harry S. Truman

• Herbert Hoover

• Calvin Coolidge

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Charlie Chaplin's famous character The Tramp debuted in April 1915. What ongoing global conflict was taking place at the time?

• Spanish-American War

• Philippine-American War

• Korean War

• The Great War

Charlie Chaplin's The Kid was released on January 21, 1921. What controversial American law went into effect the year prior in 1920?

• Revenue Act

• The Indian Removal Act

• Securities Exchange Act

• Prohibition

Charlie Chaplin was nominated for "Best Actor" in 1940. What actor would be nominated for the same award for playing Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 film Chaplin?

• Robert Downey Jr.

• Clint Eastwood

• Al Pacino

• Johnny Depp

In the 1930s, Chaplin released the films City Lights and Modern Times amongst others. What economic event characterized the 1930s in the United States and across the Western world?

• The Great American Debt Crisis

• The Energy Crisis

• The Great Depression

• The Recession of the 1930s

What was Charlie Chaplin's highest-grossing film of all time?

• The Circus

• The Great Dictator

• The Gold Rush

• The Kid