Hardest General Knowledge Quiz

16%

What does the phrase "caveat emptor" mean?

16%

What Basque sport is sometimes called "the fastest sport in the world" because its ball can reach a speed of 300 km/h?

16%

Whose famous "last theorem" was proposed in 1637 and finally proved in 1995?

15%

What is pulchritude?

15%

What does the O stand for in HHLBBCNO?

15%

What edible root can fetch high prices in China if it is shaped like a person?

15%

What Brazilian is the FIFA World Cup's all-time scoring leader, counting both men's and women's divisions?

15%

What, according to cliché, does nature abhor?

15%

What type of animal is a teal?

15%

What capital city in Asia was named for an Italian (because his name sounded like the original Sinhala name)?

14%

Who sculpted "The Burghers of Calais"?

14%

Who is the patron saint of lost causes?

13%

Advanced question warning! Writing out numbers using Roman numerals, which number is alphabetically last?

12%

What last name did Prince Harry use during his military career?

10%

What is a chorophobe afraid of?

10%

What does the S stand for in "TTLS HIWWYA"?

10%

What brand of perfume by Calvin Klein attracts jaguars and other large cats?

8%

In the famous poem, what three words come after "She Walks in Beauty"?

7%

In seven countries, more than 10% of the population speaks Russian as a first language. What is the only one that was not a part of the Soviet Union?

7%

What machine was patented by Luigi Bezzera of Milan in 1902?