Whether it's one with your friends or testing your other half over a bottle of wine on the sofa, a quiz is the perfect way to spend the evening. Whatever your area of expertise is, you're likely to be challenged by some of the questions in this general knowledge quiz.
Do you know that the Japanese term for a shotgun wedding is "dekichatta kekkon", which literally translates to "oops-we-did-it-marriage"? Or the fact that in 1992, a shipping crate containing 28,000 rubber duckies fell overboard? They washed up around the world for the next 20 years. Here's another factoid you may not know: Pitbulls rank high among the most affectionate and least aggressive dogs. They are only aggressive when forcibly trained as such; usually for illegal dogfighting.
If learning bits of random trivia interests you, you are likely the kind of person who can do really well on this quiz. This is the quiz to help you brush up on the everyday trivia knowledge most people take for granted. Without any further ado, get ready to challenge yourself and put your trivia knowledge to the test.
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This General Knowledge Quiz Is Not That Hard, So to Impress Me, You'll Need to Score 16 Questions
Which element has the chemical symbol 'Fe'?
Iron
Gold
Silver
Tin
In what year did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon?
1966
1973
1969
1965
True or false: The axolotl is an amphibian that can spend its whole life in a larval state.
False
True
What is the capital of Peru?
Lima
Montevideo
Santiago
Buenos Aires
Which American president appears on a one dollar bill?
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
True or false: Joseph Stalin's real name was Ioseb Bessarionis dze Dzugashvili.
False
True
What does a funambulist walk on?
The Moon
Broken glass
Balls
A tightrope
True or false: The very first recorded computer "bug" was a moth found inside a Harvard Mark II computer.
False
True
When did Jamaica receive its independence from England?
1987
1963
1492
1962
Which of the following passenger jets is the longest?
Boeing 747-8
Airbus A350-1000
Airbus A330-200
Boeing 787-10
Which item of clothing is usually worn by a Scotsman at a wedding?
Cassock
Skirt
Kilt
Trench coat
Which of these countries drives on the left side of the road?
China
Germany
Russia
Japan
Which country does Austria not border?
Slovenia
Switzerland
Slovakia
France
Spanish flu, also known as the 1918 influenza pandemic, killed off what percentage of the human world population at the time?
6 to 10 percent
3 to 6 percent
less than 1 percent
1 to 3 percent
How many stars are on the flag of New Zealand?
2
4
0
50
True or false: An eggplant is a vegetable by botanical definition.
True
False
The term "battery" to describe an electrical storage device was coined by?
Nikola Tesla
Alessandro Volta
Luigi Galvani
Benjamin Franklin
What direction does the Statue of Liberty face?
Southwest
Northwest
Southeast
Northeast
True or false: An average human can go two weeks without water.
False
True
How many provinces are in the Netherlands?
12
10
13
14
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