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You Know More Than You Think: 50 General Knowledge Questions To Prove It
Raquel Teixeira BoredPanda staff
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Are you ready for a brain workout? This general knowledge challenge is designed to unleash your trivia master. With topics ranging from pop culture to geography, from culture to science, from languages to art, you’ll find a wide range of challenging & fun questions to put your knowledge to the test and see if you truly are the genius you claim to be.
Will you rise to the occasion and show off your brilliance? We have a feeling you’ll feel even sharper and smarter by the end! So, what are you waiting for? Let’s see if you can claim the title of General Knowledge Genius! 🧠✨
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Trivia • 50 general knowledge questions
1. How many hardworking letters team up to make up the English alphabet?
26
27
18
29
2. What is the largest organ in the human body?
Intestine
Brain
Lungs
Skin
3. What is the hardest natural substance on earth?
Graphene
Moissanite
Carbyne
Diamond
4. How many continents are there in the world?
5
3
4
7
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5. Which US State is known as the "Sunshine State"?
California
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
6. Who officially discovered America in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo
Vasco da Gama
The Vikings
7. What is the Capital of Australia?
Sydney
Brisbane
Melbourne
Canberra
8. Who is the founder of Microsoft?
Larry Page
Bill Gates
Elon Musk
Steve Ballmer
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9. Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?
Jane Austen
J.K. Rowling
Virginia Woolf
Emily Dickinson
10. How many players are on a soccer team on the field?
10
13
14
11
11. Which colour mixed with blue gives purple?
Red
Black
Yellow
Pink
12. Mount Everest is located in which 2 countries?
Nepal and China
India and China
Mongolia and China
Bhutan and China
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13. What is the smallest country in the world?
Monaco
Vatican
San Marino
Liechtenstein
14. Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
15. Which singer released the song "I'm Still Standing" (1983)?
Elton John
George Michael
Michael Jackson
Paul McCartney
16. What is the highest-grossing movie of all time?
The Lion King (2019)
Avatar (2009)
Titanic (1997)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
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17. What is the name of the first artificial satellite?
Sputnik 1
Apollo 11
Voyager 1
Hubble Telescope
18. What was the most sold album of all time?
"Thriller" by Michael Jackson
"Back in Black" by AC/DC
"The Bodyguard" by Whitney Houston
"The Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd
19. What is the biggest country in Africa?
Algeria
Libya
Sudan
Mauritania
20. Which genius came up with the mind-bending idea that time and space are basically playing tag with each other?
Galileo Galilei
Nikola Tesla
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
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21. What is the symbol for the compound that makes up over 60% of your body?
H₂O
O₂
NaCl
CO₂
22. Which legendary writer turned teenage drama into a timeless tragedy with "Romeo and Juliet"?
Charles Dickens
Jane Austen
William Shakespeare
Homer
23. The capital of Canada is:
Ottawa
Montreal
Vancouver
Toronto
24. What is the most spoken language in the world (by total speakers)?
Mandarin
English
Hindi
Spanish
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25. Which ocean contains around 50% of all the world's oceanic water?
The Pacific Ocean
The Arctic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean
The Indian Ocean
26. How many rings are there in the Olympic logo?
4
5
6
7
27. What is the freezing point of water in Celsius?
0°C
1°C
-1°C
-2°C
28. Which author brought to us a dystopian science fiction book, where everyone's being watched by an all-seeing authority?
Ernest Hemingway
George Orwell
Aldous Huxley
J.R.R. Tolkien
29. Who painted Starry Night?
Pablo Picasso
Paul Gauguin
Vincent Van Gogh
Matisse
30. What is the name of the longest bone in the human body?
Humerus
Femur
Tibia
Clavicle
31. What's the tiniest structure that makes up everything around you, and still manages to stay invisible to the human eye?
Subatomic cells
Molecules
Atoms
Viruses
32. When your perfectionist brain enters the action, remember what the Romans told us: "Rome wasn't built_______ ."
In a week
In one month
In one day
33. We now take more selfies than we write notes because "A picture is worth a thousand _______."
Notes
Words
Letter
Albums
34. When in doubt, remember that "You can't have your cake and _______ it too."
Share
Sell
Eat
Save
35. Which Italian car is known for stylish and compact models like the 500, bringing a little Dolce Vita to the roads?
Lancia
Fiat
Alfa Romeo
Maserati
36. The official name of the American National Anthem is:
The Star-Spangled Banner
The National Anthem
The Official Anthem
O Say Can You See
37. What does "Au" stand for in the periodic table? (Spoiler alert: It's shiny!)
Silver
Aluminum
Uranium
Gold
38. What year did the Titanic hit the seas with a big dream, only to drop the most dramatic one-hit wonder in history?
1910
1911
1912
1913
39. Which Hollywood superstar played a mischievous fairy with iconic horns in Disney's Maleficent?
Emma Watson
Anne Hathaway
Meryl Streep
Angelina Jolie
40. In what year did World War II end?
1939
1940
1943
1945
41. Which French figure went from military genius to full-blown emperor in 1804, proving that even history loves a good glow-up?
Louis XVI
Charles de Gaulle
Napoleon Bonaparte
Henri IV
42. Which gas do plants happily inhale during photosynthesis, while they exhale the oxygen we all need to survive?
Oxygen (O₂)
Carbon Dioxide (CO₂)
Nitrogen (N₂)
Hydrogen (H₂)
43. Which vital organ, roughly the size of your fist, works nonstop to pump blood through a network of vessels?
Brain
Heart
Lungs
Liver
44. What force keeps you grounded and stops you from floating away like a helium balloon?
Magnetism
Gravity
Centrifugal force
Friction
45. Which Marvel superhero is known as the "God of Thunder"?
Captain America
Iron Man
Thor
Hulk
46. Which social media app, famous for disappearing messages, has a ghost for its logo - because like your texts, it's here one moment and gone the next?
Snapchat
47. What official language is spoken in Brazil?
Brazilian
Portuguese
Spanish
French
48. What written language proves that not everything needs to follow the left-to-right rule?
Hindi
Spanish
Swahili
Arabic
49. Which made-up language, created in 1887, was supposed to unite the world - but mostly just unites a few dedicated fans?
English
Esperanto
Klingon
Elvish (Sindarin)
50. What is the only known object in the universe that can bend space, slow down time, and trap even light itself?
A black hole
The sun
A magnet
A diamond
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What do you think ?
Gavin Johnson 2 months ago
America wasn’t discovered, it wasn’t lost, it already had custodians.
XenoMurph 2 months ago
People had been stumbling on that continent for 50,000 yrs. The fact Europeans bumped into it in 1492 is irrelevant, apart from small pox.
st4x2gt974 2 months ago
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So the most powerful nation in the world is irrelevant? Got it. You must be a time-traveler for it to affect you so marginally!
CP 2 months ago (edited)
Places are discovered all the time that already have people in them. According to the definition Columbus did discover America, because it was unknown to Europeans before that. Just like the inverse would be true if Native Americans had sailed to Europe. I just don't understand why people make this point every time this is brought up.
Starfish63 2 months ago
No 12 is incorrect. Mount Everest stands in both Nepal and Tibet. Free Tibet!
Hassel Davidhoff 2 months ago
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Matteic 2 months ago
I'm French and I was taught 5 continents in school - Europe, Africa, Asia, America and Oceania.
Remi (He/Him) 2 months ago
Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Africa, Australia and Antarctis was the Finnish school system's opinion
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Winnie the Moo 2 months ago
Australia is a country, the continent is called Oceania and contains (among others) Polynesia, New Zealand and Australia.
Huddo's sister 2 months ago
In Australia we are taught Australia is the only island continent. Oceana is a region/zone.
CP 2 months ago
What is interesting is North and South America have a clear defining point where as Asia and Europe just kind of run and almost blend into each other.
ElfVibratorGlitter 2 months ago
There's a North American and South American Tectonic Plate, but a Eurasian Plate!
Moonie Pinkslip 2 months ago
Australia is a continent. It's not all about bl00dy America or Europe....
Winnie the Moo 2 months ago
Dutch here and was taught 7. The answer is wrong btw, because Australia isn’t a continent; it’s a country. The continent is called Oceania. But of course they forget New Zealand exists 😉
Jan Willem ten Dam 2 months ago
There is even a subdivision with only 4 continents: America; Africa-Eurasia; Australia; and Antarctica. So, the answer could have been either: 4, 5, 6 or 7, depending on your definition/division.
Agamemnon O'Neill 1 month ago
I remember it as : Africa, Eurasia, the Americas, Australia and Antarctica!
Gavin Johnson 2 months ago
America wasn’t discovered, it wasn’t lost, it already had custodians.
XenoMurph 2 months ago
People had been stumbling on that continent for 50,000 yrs. The fact Europeans bumped into it in 1492 is irrelevant, apart from small pox.
st4x2gt974 2 months ago
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So the most powerful nation in the world is irrelevant? Got it. You must be a time-traveler for it to affect you so marginally!
CP 2 months ago (edited)
Places are discovered all the time that already have people in them. According to the definition Columbus did discover America, because it was unknown to Europeans before that. Just like the inverse would be true if Native Americans had sailed to Europe. I just don't understand why people make this point every time this is brought up.
Starfish63 2 months ago
No 12 is incorrect. Mount Everest stands in both Nepal and Tibet. Free Tibet!
Hassel Davidhoff 2 months ago
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Absolutely!
Load More Replies... Matteic 2 months ago
I'm French and I was taught 5 continents in school - Europe, Africa, Asia, America and Oceania.
Remi (He/Him) 2 months ago
Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Africa, Australia and Antarctis was the Finnish school system's opinion
Load More Replies... Winnie the Moo 2 months ago
Australia is a country, the continent is called Oceania and contains (among others) Polynesia, New Zealand and Australia.
Huddo's sister 2 months ago
In Australia we are taught Australia is the only island continent. Oceana is a region/zone.
CP 2 months ago
What is interesting is North and South America have a clear defining point where as Asia and Europe just kind of run and almost blend into each other.
ElfVibratorGlitter 2 months ago
There's a North American and South American Tectonic Plate, but a Eurasian Plate!
Moonie Pinkslip 2 months ago
Australia is a continent. It's not all about bl00dy America or Europe....
Winnie the Moo 2 months ago
Dutch here and was taught 7. The answer is wrong btw, because Australia isn’t a continent; it’s a country. The continent is called Oceania. But of course they forget New Zealand exists 😉
Jan Willem ten Dam 2 months ago
There is even a subdivision with only 4 continents: America; Africa-Eurasia; Australia; and Antarctica. So, the answer could have been either: 4, 5, 6 or 7, depending on your definition/division.
Agamemnon O'Neill 1 month ago
I remember it as : Africa, Eurasia, the Americas, Australia and Antarctica!
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