Stats: 100 General Knowledge Questions

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
In which European city would you find a gondola?	Venice	93%
'Old Trafford' is owned by which english football team?	Manchester United	77%
What canal connects the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean?	Panama Canal	73%
Maize is another name for which vegetable?	Corn	69%
How many counties are there in Northern Ireland?	Six	68%
Adele wrote the theme tune for which James Bond film?	Skyfall	68%
Isosceles and Scalene are both types of what?	Triangle	66%
What country does the dog breed 'Chow Chow' originally come from?	China	65%
Earl Grey and Oolong are types of which beverage?	Tea	63%
What is the largest organ in the human body?	Skin	61%
What is the name of the largest desert in Asia?	Gobi Desert	60%
Des Moines is the capital of which american state?	Iowa	58%
Siamese cats are native to which country?	Thailand	58%
Prince Philip is also known as the 'Duke Of _________'	Edinburgh	56%
Who plays David Brent in 'The Office (UK)'?	Ricky Gervais	56%
The Marvel superhero 'Doctor Strange' is portrayed by which British actor?	Benedict Cumberbatch	53%
In which country was the element Gallium discovered in 1875?	France	51%
Khmer is one of the official languages of which country?	Cambodia	48%
What colour is the mineral malachite?	Green	48%
What Indonesian island is the capital city Jakarta located on?	Java	44%
What was the name of the dragon in the book 'The Hobbit'	Smaug	44%
Which african country has the longest coastline?	Somalia	44%
What island was Napoleon Bonaparte exiled to?	Elba	43%
In what year was the video game 'Tetris' released?	1984	41%
Limestone and Sandstone are example of which type of rock?	Sedimentary	41%
Which tapestry depicts the Battle of Hastings?	Bayeux	39%
The capital city of which state can be translated into english as 'Red Stick'	Louisiana	38%
What is the name of the rat in 'Ratatouille'?	Remy	38%
Name one of the three main ingredients of the Senegalese dish 'Thieboudienne'	Fish/Rice/Tomato	36%
'Ovis Aries' is the scientific name for which animal?	Sheep	36%
What is the english translation of the dessert 'Crème Brûlée'?	Burnt Cream	35%
What is the name of the artist who sang '99 Red Balloons'?	Nena	35%
Artemis is the Greek equivalent of which Roman goddess?	Diana	34%
The biggest city in Myanmar, Yangon, was formerly known by what name?	Rangoon	34%
Tanzania is a portmanteau between Tanganyika and where?	Zanzibar	33%
What is the capital city of Belize?	Belmopan	32%
What name is given in group 7 on the periodic table?	Halogens	32%
What type of liquor is made from molasses?	Rum	31%
What compound of nitrogen and hydrogen has the formula NH3	Ammonia	29%
Which mountain range separates the mediterranean sea from the sahara desert?	Atlas Mountains	27%
What is the english translation of the french word 'la grenouille'?	Frog	27%
What breed of dog is Cujo in the Stephen King book 'Cujo'?	Saint Bernard	27%
Which chocolate bar consists of a flake covered in a layer of milk chocolate?	Twirl	27%
What is the word for 'U' in the NATO phonetic alphabet?	Uniform	27%
Who shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand?	Gavrilo Princip	26%
Peter Ustinov is most famous for playing which TV detective?	Hercule Poirot	26%
What is the actual name of the current north star/pole star?	Polaris	26%
In which country was coffee discovered?	Ethiopia	25%
Which dwarf planet can be found between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt?	Ceres	24%
Which country is also knows as 'the land of the long white cloud'	New Zealand	24%
What name is given to the greek symbol 'Ψ"?	Psi	24%
In what year was Yugoslavia first formed?	1918	23%
What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?	Spiral	22%
Sanna Marin is the current prime minister of which country?	Finland	21%
Who replaced Mary Berry as a judge on 'The Great British Bake Off' in 2017?	Prue Leith	21%
Which snooker player has been given the nickname 'The Rocket'	Ronnie O'Sullivan	21%
A 'kettle drum' is an alternative name for which instrument?	Timpani	21%
In Roman mythology, who the the goddess of dawn?	Aurora	19%
In Greek and Roman Mythology, what is the name of the ferryman who carries souls of the deceased across the river Styx in the underworld?	Charon/Kharon	19%
In which city was Anne Frank born?	Frankfurt	19%
The biggest volcano in Asia, Mount Damavand, can be found in which country?	Iran	19%
What is the biggest dwarf planet in our solar system?	Eris	18%
Who plays Basil Fawlty's wife, Sybil Fawlty, in 'Fawlty Towers'?	Prunella Scales	18%
Ribazuba is the name for ivory from which animal?	Walrus	18%
Who plays Maurice Moss in 'The IT Crowd'?	Richard Ayoade	17%
According to the advert, what do they drink 'way down deep in the middle of the Congo'?	Um Bongo	15%
Which olympic swimmer took part in 'I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!' in 2013?	Rebecca Adlington	14%
Google Meet used to be known by what name?	Hangouts	12%
What is the name of the oldest child in 'The Sound of Music'?	Liesl von Trapp	12%
Which god/goddess makes up the 'Capitoline Triad' along with Jupiter and Juno?	Minerva	12%
Where in our solar system are long period comets thought to originate?	Oort Cloud	12%
Michelle Mallon and Orla McCool are characters from which sitcom?	Derry Girls	11%
Who wrote the children's poem 'On the Ning Nang Nong'?	Spike Milligan	11%
Henry Ian Cusick played which character in the TV programme 'Lost'?	Desmond Hume	10%
Who wrote the novel 'The Bourne Identity'?	Robert Ludlum	10%
What is the name of the village druid in the 'Asterix' comic series?	Getafix/Panoramix	9%
Which author wrote the 'Beast Quest' book series?	Adam Blade	8%
Who restored a 19th century chateau alongside his wife, Angel, in the TV programme 'Escape to the Chateau'?	Dick Strawbridge	8%
A 'tzompantli' was a wooden rack which typically displayed what?	Human Skulls	8%
Which state of America contains the self-proclaimed asparagus capital of the world?	Michigan	8%
An Ophiotaurus is half bull and half what?	Serpent	8%
What is the most commonly used name for the dot on a lowercase i?	Tittle	8%
What element is named after Earth?	Tellurium	7%
What year was known as 'The Year of Four Emperors'?	69 AD	6%
What's the name of the largest Somali province?	Bari	6%
Which Roman Emperor was given the nickname 'Caligula'?	Gaius	6%
The latin word 'pilum' translates into which english word?	Javelin	6%
Who has an autobiography called 'Just a Mo'?	Laila Morse	6%
Vega is the brightest star in which constellation?	Lyra	6%
Which comedian wrote the sitcom 'GameFace'?	Roisin Conaty	6%
'Lachanophobia' is the irrational fear of what?	Vegetables	6%
Which constellation is given its name from the latin word for 'Hare' or 'Rabbit'?	Lepus	5%
Who was named 'Sole Survivor' in 'Survivor: Ghost Island'	Wendell Holland	5%
What was the name of the youngest child in the children's TV programme 'The Flumps'	Pootle	4%
The practice of regularly staying away from work or school without good reason is also known as what?	Absenteeism	3%
What was Meredith Palmers job in 'The Office (US)'?	Head of Supplier Relations	3%
What is the name of the first book in the 'Children on the Famine' book trilogy?	Under the Hawthorn Tree	3%
In which city would you find Scrabo Tower?	Belfast	2%
Which concept does 'yin and yang' represent in Chinese philosophy	Dualism	2%
Which Turkish-Cypriot chef got their dessert course to the Wimbledon banquet on 'The Great British Menu' in 2017	Selin Kiazim	2%

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