The Ultimate General Knowledge Quiz (100k Thank You Special) - Statistics

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This quiz has been taken 2,646 times
The average score is 94 of 200

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What is the capital of Germany?	Berlin	97%
Who was the first president of the United States?	George Washington	97%
Which word finishes the Lord's Prayer?	Amen	95%
What is the Spanish word for "friend"?	amigo/a	95%
Which leaf can you find on Canada's flag?	a maple	92%
What's the airport code of Los Angeles?	LAX	88%
Britons call it film, Americans call it?	movie	88%
Who sang Billie Jean and Thriller?	Michael Jackson	87%
Which war was the "War to end all wars"?	World War I	85%
In which year did WWII start?	1939	84%
What's the most popular soda in the U.S.?	Coca-Cola	84%
Name a U.S. state that starts with K	Kansas or Kentucky	84%
What is the biggest Canadian city?	Toronto	83%
Who is famous for E = mc2 ?	Albert Einstein	82%
Which nation hosted the first Olympic Games of modern history?	Greece	82%
Which nations have controlled Texas?	United States	81%
Which two micronations are surrounded by Italy?	Vatican City	81%
Name the three Simpsons children	Bart	80%
If a French invites you to eat Escargots, what will you eat?	Snail	80%
Which film's protagonists are Marty McFly and Doc Brown?	Back to the Future	79%
Which element has the symbol Au?	Gold	78%
What's the predominant religion in India?	Hinduism	78%
What does "YOLO" mean?	You only live once	78%
Who is also known as Bruce Wayne?	Batman	77%
From which language comes the word "Renaissance"?	French	77%
Which nations have controlled Texas?	Mexico	77%
What country is bordered by Norway, Sweden and Russia?	Finland	76%
How is the smallest finger on your hand called?	Pinky	76%
Who was the founder of Islam?	Mohammed	75%
Name the three Simpsons children	Lisa	74%
Who painted the Sistine Chapel?	Michelangelo	74%
And who led India to independence?	Mohandas Gandhi	74%
Mark Zuckerberg co-founded ... ?	Facebook	73%
Chicago is situated on Lake ...	Michigan	73%
Shintoism is the predominant religion in ... ?	Japan	71%
Are you able to name the four Major North American leagues?	National Basketball Association	71%
What is Korea's biggest company?	Samsung	71%
Which nations have controlled Texas?	Spain	71%
Which company does he lead?	Amazon	70%
Are you able to name the four Major North American leagues?	National Football League	70%
Which two micronations are surrounded by Italy?	San Marino	70%
Norse seafarers	Vikings	70%
How many cervical vertebrae does a giraffe have?	7	69%
What's its capital?	Barcelona	69%
Where is it illegal to mispronounce Arkansas?	in Arkansas itself	69%
Wrote the Communist Manifesto	Karl Marx	69%
What is the plural form of "ox"?	Oxen	69%
Which nations have controlled Texas?	France	68%
Who plays Rachel Green in Friends?	Jennifer Aniston	68%
Name the three Simpsons children	Maggie	68%
What is the only non-earthly animal represented in the Chinese zodiac?	Dragon	67%
Which country is India's teardrop?	Sri Lanka	67%
Who is currently the richest person on this planet?	Jeff Bezos	66%
The above is situated in which province?	Ontario	66%
How the universe started	Big Bang	65%
How is the baby of a kangaroo called?	Joey	65%
How many syllables form a haiku?	17	64%
Who's missing? Lennon, McCartney, Starr	Harrison	64%
Which two nations can be found on New Guinea?	Papua New Guinea	64%
What's the meaning of POTUS?	President of the United States	64%
Which Spanish region can be found in northeastern Spain?	Catalonia	63%
Who was the Greek god of the Sea?	Poseidon	63%
Are you able to name the four Major North American leagues?	National Hockey League	62%
Are you able to name the four assassinated US presidents?	John F. Kennedy	61%
Are you able to name the four assassinated US presidents?	Abraham Lincoln	59%
Shakespeare play that plays in Denmark	Hamlet	58%
Who was the Roman god of the Sea?	Neptune	58%
Largest flightless bird	Ostrich	58%
Who was the leader of North Vietnam 1945-1969?	Ho Chi Minh	57%
Which two nations can be found on New Guinea?	Indonesia	57%
And how the opposite?	the stern	56%
Who was the first emperor of Rome?	Augustus (Octavian)	55%
WWII Quote 2: " We shall fight on the _______ "	Beaches	55%
What was Michael Jackson's famous dance move?	the moonwalk	55%
What's the top football league in Germany?	Bundesliga	54%
What is the biggest city that has the word "Town" in his name?	Cape Town	54%
How many bridges can you use to cross the mighty Amazon River?	0 (zero)	53%
Residence of Elvis Presley	Graceland	53%
Are you able to name the four Major North American leagues?	Major League Baseball	53%
Many students in the U.S. visit places like ^ during Easter vacation. How do they call it?	Spring Break	53%
What's the largest island in the Caribbean?	Cuba	52%
WWII Quote 1: " A date which will live in ______ "	Infamy	52%
What is the national animal of Scotland?	Unicorn	52%
In which 'sport' is Garry Kasparov a grandmaster?	Chess	51%
Which animal is alphabetically the first?	Aardvark	50%
Who plays Forrest Gump?	Tom Hanks	50%
And how in Germany?	Autobahn	49%
What is the capitalist counterpart to the Warsaw Pact?	NATO	49%
On which extremely famous ship died John Jacob Astor and Jack Dawson?	RMS Titanic	49%
In which state would you find Mt. Rushmore?	South Dakota	49%
Ace, Slice, Hawk-Eye, Flushing Meadows. What sport could it be?	Tennis	49%
How do Americans call crocodiles from Florida?	Alligator	48%
Which country uses a non-quadrilateral flag?	Nepal	48%
What is the official language of the USA?	none	48%
How was Zimbabwe called before its independence?	Rhodesia	48%
Intermediate state after physical death, decides about going to heaven or hell	Purgatory	47%
What does it mean? (literally)	Rebirth	47%
How is the foremost part of a ship called?	the bow	47%
Scottish lake that contains a monster	Loch Ness	46%
Which country has the largest stadium in the world?	North Korea	46%
Cancún is located on which peninsula?	Yucatán	46%
Which pivotal event happened in England in 1066?	Battle of Hastings	45%
Vancouver is located in which province?	British Columbia	45%
What's the top-level domain of Austria?	.at	44%
Germans call it Dackel and they're sometimes nicknamed Wiener Dog. What animal is it?	Dachshund	44%
Which national capital is closest to the South Pole?	Wellington	44%
The U.S. Constitution starts with which three words?	We the People	44%
Nelson Mandela was fighting against this segregation system	Apartheid	43%
What does Hershey and Lindt produce?	Chocolate	43%
Intergovernmental organization of former members of the British Empire	Commonwealth of Nations	43%
Name for the indigenous people of New Zealand	Maori	43%
And which nuclear accident happened in the same year?	Chernobyl	42%
Which sports drink was named for a Florida sports team?	Gatorade	41%
Where does the Russian government meet?	Kremlin	41%
People to climb Mt. Everest for the first time	Edmund Hillary	40%
Colloquial expression for Australia because it's "below" many other countries	The Land Down Under	40%
What is the longest river in France?	Loire	39%
How do Japanese call Japan?	Nihon / Nippon	39%
Who has the most subscribers on YouTube?	PewDiePie	39%
Which nations have controlled Texas?	Republic of Texas	39%
Who sang Highway to Hell?	AC/DC	36%
Wrote the Communist Manifesto	Friedrich Engels	36%
What number was worn by Wayne Gretzky?	the 99	36%
Rihanna is the most famous person from ... ?	Barbados	34%
Independent senator from Vermont, rival of Hillary Clinton	Bernie Sanders	34%
Who wrote Frankenstein?	Mary Shelley	34%
Biggest island of French Polynesia	Tahiti	34%
And finally, what's the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything?	42	33%
How is the highway system in the U.S. called?	Interstate	33%
Who is the current Prime Minister of India?	Narendra Modi	33%
Which space shuttle exploded in 1986?	Challenger	32%
Which "guy" planned a Gunpowder Plot?	Guy Fawkes	32%
Golda Meir was Prime Minister of which country?	Israel	32%
Name the doubly landlocked countries	Liechtenstein	32%
Almost every language uses the word "ananas", except for English. How do they call it?	Pineapple	32%
What is the capital of New South Wales?	Sydney	32%
In English, the expression "exampli gratia" is often used. What does it mean?	For example (e.g.)	31%
The three main types of rock	Igneous	31%
The Congo was formerly a colony of ... ?	Belgium	30%
What did the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution repeal?	Prohibition on alcohol	30%
People to climb Mt. Everest for the first time	Tenzing Norgay	30%
How are the French high-speed trains called?	TGV	30%
Which space probe is the farthest human-made object from Earth?	Voyager 1	30%
Main artery in the human body	Aorta	28%
Are you able to name the four assassinated US presidents?	James A. Garfield	28%
Which French physician is known for his worrying prophecies?	Nostradamus	28%
Vast regions of Eastern Russia	Siberia	28%
Which two bones form the forearm?	Ulna	28%
Name the doubly landlocked countries	Uzbekistan	28%
Are you able to name the four assassinated US presidents?	William McKinley	28%
Which singer won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016?	Bob Dylan	27%
The three main types of rock	Sedimentary	27%
In which country can you find the longest railway tunnel?	Switzerland	27%
Westernmost city in Russia	Kaliningrad	26%
Which city hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics?	Los Angeles	26%
Which animal represents freedom in the Christian belief?	Dove	25%
Traditional New Zealand war dance, famous since the Rugby games of the All Blacks	Haka	25%
Who said: "it is better to be feared than loved"?	Niccolò Machiavelli	25%
Which two bones form the forearm?	Radius	25%
Which "mania" led to the first economic bubble?	Tulipmania	25%
Which city did the Medici rule?	Florence	24%
Smallest independent island nation	Nauru	24%
What type of household device is Dyson mainly producing?	Vacuum cleaner	24%
Sparsely populated region shared by Argentina and Chile, contains deserts	Patagonia	23%
Which French painter died in French Polynesia?	Paul Gauguin	23%
Americans call it Native Americans, Canadians call it ...	First Nations	22%
The three main types of rock	Metamorphic	22%
Paris is to Seine as Warsaw is to ...	Vistula	22%
What is Canada's oldest national park?	Banff	21%
What word can mean a bird or a lifting machine?	Crane	21%
Ali vs. Frazier, October 1975	Thrilla in Manila	21%
What does BMW mean?	Bayerische Motorenwerke	20%
Which nations have controlled Texas?	Confederate States of America	20%
What does "Nevada" mean in Spanish?	snowy	20%
Which Indian city was formerly known as Madras?	Chennai	19%
In Andean countries, Cuy is a popular food. What is Cuy ?	Guinea pig	19%
What's the Italian name for Mt. Blanc?	Monte Bianco	19%
The only country to be named after a woman	Saint Lucia	19%
What is the national anthem of France?	La Marseillaise	18%
The bridge of this Bosnian city was bombed in 1993, now a tourist attraction	Mostar	18%
What do Trappist monks famously make?	Beer	17%
The short break in the Panamericana where you can't drive from North to South America	Darién Gap	17%
Who was the FBI director 2013-2017?	James Comey	16%
Which Pacific island will have an independence referendum in 2018?	New Caledonia	16%
If you visit a Cubs homegame, which stadium are you visiting?	Wrigley Field	16%
Roman name for modern-day Scotland	Caledonia	15%
What is the most watched video on YouTube?	Despacito	15%
Who is called the father of New France? (there's a NY lake named for him)	Samuel Champlain	15%
And how the Japanese ones?	Shinkansen	15%
And who directed the film?	Robert Zemeckis	13%
When can you celebrate Australia Day?	26 January	12%
What is the most-visited national park in the United States?	Great Smoky Mountains	12%
Swedish botanist, "father of modern taxonomy"	Carl Linnaeus	11%
The untouchables in India's caste system	Dalits	11%
What are Axel Heiberg, Ellef Ringnes and Prince of Wales?	Islands	11%
In ice hockey, how do you call the situation if you have one man more on the ice?	Power Play	11%
What is the largest settlement on Tristan da Cunha?	Edinburgh of the Seven Seas	8%
Which Copenhagen restaurant is the "Best Restaurant in the World"?	Noma	8%
The abbreviation S.P.Q.R. stands for?	Senatus populusque romanus	8%
Which volcano can be seen from Mexico City (the higher one)?	Popocatépetl	3%

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