General Knowledge Trivia Questions and Answers
A broad sweep of general knowledge questions across history, science, geography, and pop culture, with a mix of easy, medium, and hard. A little of everything, and a good fit for a varied quiz round.
1 Question: How many letters are in the English alphabet?
Answer: 26
2 Question: What is the capital of Italy?
Answer: Rome
3 Question: How many seconds are in a minute?
Answer: 60
4 Question: What is the currency of Japan?
Answer: Yen
5 Question: What is the tallest animal in the world?
Answer: Giraffe
6 Question: Who wrote 'Romeo and Juliet'?
Answer: William Shakespeare
7 Question: What is the capital of Germany?
Answer: Berlin
8 Question: What is the name of the only city that spans two continents?
Answer: Istanbul
9 Question: In which country is the Taj Mahal located?
Answer: India
10 Question: What is the name of the Greek god of the sea?
Answer: Poseidon
11 Question: How many hours are in a day?
Answer: 24
12 Question: What language has the most native speakers?
Answer: Mandarin Chinese
13 Question: What is the square root of 144?
Answer: 12
14 Question: Who painted 'The Starry Night'?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
15 Question: What is the chemical symbol for iron?
Answer: Fe
16 Question: How many wives did Henry VIII have?
Answer: Six
17 Question: What is the name of the ship Charles Darwin sailed on?
Answer: HMS Beagle
18 Question: What is the name of the largest continent?
Answer: Asia
19 Question: What year did Neil Armstrong land on the moon?
Answer: 1969
20 Question: What is the name of the longest wall ever built?
Answer: Great Wall of China
21 Question: What is the capital of Canada?
Answer: Ottawa
22 Question: What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Mercury
23 Question: In what city were the 2016 Summer Olympics held?
Answer: Rio de Janeiro
24 Question: What is the most widely spoken language in the world?
Answer: English
25 Question: What is the name of the fairy tale with glass slippers?
Answer: Cinderella
26 Question: What number is represented by the Roman numeral X?
Answer: 10
27 Question: How many sides does an octagon have?
Answer: Eight
28 Question: What country is home to the Great Barrier Reef?
Answer: Australia
29 Question: What is the capital of Brazil?
Answer: BrasÃlia
30 Question: Who is the author of the Harry Potter series?
Answer: J.K. Rowling
31 Question: What is the fastest bird in the world?
Answer: Peregrine falcon
32 Question: How many colors are in a rainbow?
Answer: Seven
33 Question: What is the capital of Russia?
Answer: Moscow
34 Question: What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
Answer: 1776
35 Question: What is the largest mammal on Earth?
Answer: Blue whale
36 Question: Who invented the telephone?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
37 Question: What is the name of the largest rainforest in the world?
Answer: Amazon Rainforest
38 Question: What planet is closest to Earth?
Answer: Venus
39 Question: How many cents make a dollar?
Answer: 100
40 Question: What is the name of the world's largest ocean?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
41 Question: Who was the first US President?
Answer: George Washington
42 Question: What is the name of the Greek goddess of wisdom?
Answer: Athena
43 Question: What country invented the sport of basketball?
Answer: United States
44 Question: What is the world's longest river?
Answer: The Nile
45 Question: What is the name of the world's smallest ocean?
Answer: Arctic Ocean
46 Question: What is the name of the scientist who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system?
Answer: Nicolaus Copernicus
47 Question: How many players are on a rugby union team?
Answer: 15
48 Question: What country borders the most other countries?
Answer: China (tied with Russia at 14)
49 Question: What US state is known as the 'Sunshine State'?
Answer: Florida
50 Question: What is the collective noun for a group of crows?
Answer: A murder
51 Question: How many time zones does Russia span?
Answer: 11
52 Question: What is the world's first national park?
Answer: Yellowstone
53 Question: What element does the symbol 'Pb' represent?
Answer: Lead
54 Question: What is the name of the strait separating England from France?
Answer: Strait of Dover
55 Question: How many US presidents have been assassinated?
Answer: Four
56 Question: What country invented gunpowder?
Answer: China
57 Question: What is the name of the largest moon of Saturn?
Answer: Titan
58 Question: What Shakespeare play ends with 'Parting is such sweet sorrow'?
Answer: Romeo and Juliet
59 Question: How many teeth does an adult human have including wisdom teeth?
Answer: 32
60 Question: In what country was the game of chess invented?
Answer: India
61 Question: What is the official language of Brazil?
Answer: Portuguese
62 Question: What is the most densely populated country in the world?
Answer: Monaco
63 Question: What was the first country to use paper money?
Answer: China
64 Question: What instrument measures atmospheric pressure?
Answer: Barometer
65 Question: In what country were the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals held?
Answer: Russia
66 Question: Who wrote 'The Canterbury Tales'?
Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer
67 Question: What is the smallest bone in the human body?
Answer: Stapes
68 Question: What is the capital of Sweden?
Answer: Stockholm
69 Question: What is the process by which a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly?
Answer: Metamorphosis
70 Question: How many stars are on the Australian flag?
Answer: Six
71 Question: What is the name of the mountain range running down the spine of Italy?
Answer: Apennines
72 Question: What is the chemical symbol for tin?
Answer: Sn
73 Question: In which century did the Renaissance begin?
Answer: 14th century
74 Question: What element does the symbol 'Fe' represent?
Answer: Iron
75 Question: What is the name of the line that divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres?
Answer: Equator
76 Question: What word describes a number divisible only by itself and one?
Answer: Prime number
77 Question: What is the name of the phobia involving fear of heights?
Answer: Acrophobia
78 Question: What is the name of the ancient Greek marketplace?
Answer: Agora
79 Question: What is the only US state that begins with the letter 'P'?
Answer: Pennsylvania
80 Question: How many chambers does the human heart have?
Answer: Four
81 Question: What body of water separates the UK from mainland Europe?
Answer: English Channel
82 Question: What is the name of the world's highest waterfall?
Answer: Angel Falls
83 Question: What organ in the human body produces insulin?
Answer: Pancreas
84 Question: What country has the longest coastline in the world?
Answer: Canada
85 Question: What is the name of the ship that sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912?
Answer: RMS Titanic
86 Question: What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Answer: Au
87 Question: What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Answer: Diamond
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