General Knowledge Trivia Questions #112Printable General Knowledge Trivia Quiz
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A firkin of beer consists of how many "imperial" gallons?
a. 6
b. 12
c. 9
d. 3
9 - Which is 10.8 US gallons.
A murder is the collective noun for which type of bird?
a. Heron
b. Crow
c. Raven
d. Vulture
Crow - A group of ravens is called an unkindness.
Which famous figure's autobiography is entitled "My Brief History"?
a. Carl Sagan
b. Michio Kaku
c. Albert Einstein
d. Steven Hawking
Steven Hawking - My Brief History was published in September of 2013.
Which film hero has a girlfriend named "Marion Ravenwood"?
a. Harry Potter
b. Indiana Jones
c. Luke Skywalker
d. James Bond
Indiana Jones - Marion Ravenwood first appeared in the film Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981.
Which girl group had a 2005 hit with the song "Lose My Breath"?
a. Cleopatra
b. The Spice Girls
c. Destiny's Child
d. The Pussycat Dolls
Destiny's Child - Lose My Breath was the official song for the NBA playoffs in 2004 and 2005.
Who was not one of the "Big Three" Allied leaders of World War II?
a. Eisenhower
b. Churchill
c. Roosevelt
d. Stalin
Eisenhower - The first meeting between the 'Big Three' allied leaders was in Tehran on November 28, 1943.
Which English novelist and poet wrote under the pen name "Currer Bell"?
a. Jane Austen
b. Virginia Woolf
c. Charlotte Bronte
d. Emily Bronte
Charlotte Bronte - Her novels include The Green Dwarf, Jane Eyre and Shirley.
"Cetana" is a central concept of which religion?
a. Sikhism
b. Judaism
c. Hinduism
d. Buddhism
Buddhism - Cetana is considered to be the most noteworthy mental factor involved in the creation of karma.
"Cavendish" is a variety of what fruit?
a. Pear
b. Kiwi
c. Apple
d. Banana
Banana - Cavendish bananas were named after William Cavendish.
Located in Southeast Asia, Cambodia shares a border with how many other countries?
a. 4
b. 2
c. 3
d. 1
3 - Cambodia's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh.
The fictional character "Captain Ahab" appears in which novel?
a. Treasure Island
b. Robinson Crusoe
c. Gulliver's Travels
d. Moby Dick
Moby Dick - Ahab is the captain of the whaling ship Pequod.
Carbon and which other element make up steel?
a. Zinc
b. Antimony
c. Iron
d. Cobalt
Iron - Steel contains up to 2.1 percent carbon, which gives it strength.
The remote volcanic island named "Easter Island" belongs to which South American country?
a. Argentina
b. Brazil
c. Peru
d. Chile
Chile - Famous for its 887 monumental statues, Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world.
The European Union was established in which year?
a. 1997
b. 1995
c. 2001
d. 1993
1993 - The union consists of 28 member states.
Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across which body of water in 1875?
a. English Channel
b. River Thames
c. Lake Ontario
d. North Sea
English Channel - The swim took him 21 hours and 45 minutes.
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