General Knowledge Trivia Questions #102Printable General Knowledge Trivia Quiz
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Active from 1985 to 2006, which sport was Jerry Rice famous for playing?
a. Ice Hockey
b. Baseball
c. American Football
d. Basketball
American Football - Rice is considered by many to be the greatest wide receiver in NFL history.
Name the second largest country by area.
a. USA
b. Russia
c. China
d. Canada
Canada - At almost double the size of Canada, Russia is the largest country in the world.
This well-known Shakespearean character was married to Desdemona.
a. Hamlet
b. Macbeth
c. Romeo
d. Othello
Othello - Othello is a tragedy. It's believed to have been written in 1603.
Which of the following detectives was created by British-American novelist Raymond Chandlers?
a. Father Brown
b. Sherlock Holmes
c. Peter Wimsey
d. Phillip Marlowe
Phillip Marlowe - Chandler's first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939.
Which of the following countries is not a member of the European Union (EU)?
a. Norway
b. Finland
c. Greece
d. Netherlands
Norway - The capital of Norway is Oslo.
What is the maximum number of players on the court in a game of Olympic badminton?
a. 4
b. 8
c. 6
d. 2
4 - Badminton made its debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
This American state is located the closest to Russia.
a. Florida
b. New York
c. Alaska
d. Hawaii
Alaska - The United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867.
"New Thinking, New Possibilities" is the slogan for which automobile company?
a. BMW
b. Volvo
c. Audi
d. Hyundai
Hyundai - The Hyundai Motor Group is a South Korean company headquartered in Seoul.
Encompassing an area of 110,036 square miles, on which continent would you find the "Great Sandy Desert"?
a. Africa
b. Antarctica
c. South America
d. Australia
Australia - Great Sandy Desert is located in the North West of Western Australia.
Considered a sex symbol in the 1960s, Shirley Eaton played the role of Jill Masterson in which James Bond film?
a. Dr. No
b. Goldfinger
c. From Russia with Love
d. Goldeneye
Goldfinger - Goldfinger was released in 1964.
Pb is the symbol of which chemical element in the carbon group?
a. Flerovium
b. Silicon
c. Lead
d. Tin
Lead - Lead has the atomic number of 82.
Originating in Italy, the poetic form titled "sonnet" contains how many lines?
a. 15
b. 19
c. 22
d. 14
14 - The word Sonnet was derived from the Italian word sonetto.
The music artists Ali Campbell and Astro were members of which British reggae/pop band?
a. Blink 182
b. UB40
c. Bloodhound Gang
d. U2
UB40 - UB40 has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart.
Spending most of his life in France, what nationality was world renowned painter Pablo Picasso?
a. Spanish
b. Italian
c. French
d. Dutch
Spanish - Picasso is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century.
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