This quiz features questions that increase in difficulty as you progress. Being able to get the correct answer to each and every one of these general knowledge questions is something very few people are able to do. There are precious few people who are able to score well on a quiz that covers such a wide variety of subjects.
To do well on a quiz like this you will have to be knowledgeable in such areas as literature, television, and film, pop culture, geography, business, astronomy and more. This isn't the type of quiz where you can just study up on one or two subjects and consider yourself as having above-average knowledge. You really need to know your stuff in a bunch of different areas to answer the questions correctly. If you are confident in your abilities, however, then go ahead and give this quiz your best shot. Don't be disappointed if you don’t do as well as you hope, however.
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This Random Knowledge Quiz Keeps Getting Harder. Can You Get 10? Questions
What painter created this self-portrait?
Leonardo da Vinci
Pablo Picasso
Andy Warhol
Vincent van Gogh
What song won "Song of the Year" at the 61st annual Grammy awards in 2019?
This Is America - Childish Gambino
Rockstar - Post Malone
God's Plan - Drake
Shallow - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
What is a group of penguins walking on land called?
A tuxedo
A raft
A chapter
A waddle
What kitchen appliance was created by accident when an engineer named Percy Spencer melted his snack while testing military-grade magnetron?
Microwave
Toaster
George Foreman Grill
Hot pot
Who has served the longest amount of time as the prime minister of the United Kingdom?
Winston Churchill
William Pitt the Younger
Margaret Thatcher
Sir Robert Walpole
What type of food was the first to be genetically modified?
Tomatoes
Bananas
Potatoes
Wheat
Out of the options below, which is the oldest company? This company was founded in 1997.
Facebook
MySpace
Netflix
Google
Which country won the gold medal in men's ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics?
Canada
USA
Czech Republic
Sweden
What is the name of this dinosaur that is thought to be the only dinosaur that spent most of its life swimming?
Spinosaurus
Titanosaurus
Plateosaurus
Nyasasaurus
Who directed the 2018 Best Picture award-winning film, The Shape of Water?
Kathryn Bigelow
Guillermo del Toro
Steven Spielberg
Christopher Nolan
What author pictured here is famous for novels such as Mrs. Dalloway, A Room of One's Own, and To the Lighthouse?
Jane Austin
Margaret Atwood
Virginia Woolf
Toni Morrison
What country has celebrated "Obama Day" on November 6th every year since 2008?
Indonesia
USA
Kenya
Canada
Germany unconditionally surrendered in World War II on May 7th, 1945. What day of the week was that?
Tuesday
Monday
Friday
Wednesday
What planet spins the fastest in our Solar System?
Mercury
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
In what century did the Norman conquest of England take place?
10th century
12th century
11th century
9th century
3 Comments
I got 4 out of 15!
You flunked! Don’t feel too bad, there were some difficult questions towards the end.
3/15, terrible score!
You flunked! Don’t feel too bad, there were some difficult questions towards the end.
I knew that it was the year 1066, but got the wrong century because I can never keep straight whether to count up or down. Frustrating!