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'?
Silver
Gold
Iron
Tin
In what year did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon?
1973
1966
1965
1969
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?
Santiago
Buenos Aires
Lima
Montevideo
Which American president appears on a one dollar bill?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Franklin
True or false: Joseph Stalin's real name was Ioseb Bessarionis dze Dzugashvili.
False
True
What does a funambulist walk on?
Balls
The Moon
A tightrope
Broken glass
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?
1492
1962
1987
1963
Which of the following passenger jets is the longest?
Boeing 747-8
Airbus A350-1000
Boeing 787-10
Airbus A330-200
Which item of clothing is usually worn by a Scotsman at a wedding?
Skirt
Trench coat
Kilt
Cassock
Which of these countries drives on the left side of the road?
Russia
Germany
Japan
China
Which country does Austria not border?
Slovenia
France
Slovakia
Switzerland
Spanish flu, also known as the 1918 influenza pandemic, killed off what percentage of the human world population at the time?
less than 1 percent
3 to 6 percent
6 to 10 percent
1 to 3 percent
How many stars are on the flag of New Zealand?
2
0
50
4
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
Luigi Galvani
Alessandro Volta
Benjamin Franklin
What direction does the Statue of Liberty face?
Northwest
Southwest
Northeast
Southeast
True or false: An average human can go two weeks without water.
True
False
How many provinces are in the Netherlands?
14
12
10
13
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