This general knowledge quiz gets harder with every question. On question one you might be thinking to yourself ‘well this is a particularly easy quiz, I’m going to get perfect!’ But by question number 15 you will be singing a different tune. The more questions you can answer, the smarter you clearly are. If you can get all the way to number 15 and are still finding these questions easy, then you are a certified genius.
The questions here will test your knowledge on a wide range of subjects, these include history, pop culture, geography, and many others. It’s not possible to just study up on a few subjects and expect to do well on a quiz like this. If you think you have what it takes to do well on this gradually increasing in difficulty quiz then go ahead and give it your best shot, answer the questions as best you can, and we will see just how well you do.
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Can You Pass This General Knowledge Quiz That Gets Progressively Harder With Each Question? Questions
What is the capital city of France?
Bordeaux
Lyon
Paris
Marseille
What field of entertainment do the Grammys give out awards for?
Dance
Film
Television
Music
What is the main language spoken in the country of the Netherlands?
English
German
Dutch
French
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
Claude Monet
Pablo Picasso
Vincent van Gogh
What type of stone is the Taj Mahal made out of?
Granite
Limestone
Marble
Brick
What war did the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand initiate?
World War I
World War II
The Gulf War
The Vietnam War
People with what blood type are considered universal donors?
B
O+
O-
AB
In what year was the wreckage of the Titanic discovered?
1985
1913
1974
1957
What sense is the olfactory cortex part of the brain associated with?
Sight
Touch
Hearing
Smell
What famous book by Rachel Carson is credited with increasing our understanding of ecology by detailing how bird populations are impacted by pesticides?
The Lorax
Silent Spring
The End of Nature
An Inconvenient Pesticide
What did throwing an apple at someone mean in ancient Greece?
A person was rude
A person looks hungry
A marriage proposal
You are hungry
What did Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov's dogs do every time they heard a metronome?
Salivated
Barked
Peed
Ran in circles
What is the official name of Earth's moon?
Ganymede
Luna
Moon
Titan
What condition do you have if you have a fear of long words?
Onomatophobia
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Nephophobia
Word Length Discomfort
When license plates first came out in New York (and several other places), what did the letters on them signify?
The city in which the vehicle was permitted to drive in
The name of the car
The vehicle owner's initials
The company that manufactured the vehicle
5 Comments
86 % (13 out of 15)
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6/15……….
15/15 I got!!I think the moon question was trick question, because it could either be moon or luna for its latin origin.I think the answer has to be fixed!!
I got it