The Hardest General Knowledge Quiz - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
What name is given to the tissue making-up the visible part of a healthy tooth and which covers its crown? Enamel
79%
Which branch of mathematics deals with angles, triangles and functions such as sine, cosine and tangent? Trigonometry
78%
Which city's nicknames include 'Crossroads of the Pacific' and 'The Big Pineapple'? Honolulu
54%
On stage collecting his Oscar for Best Director in 1998, which Canadian filmmaker and deep-sea explorer raised his statuette aloft and shouted "I’m the king of the world!"? James Cameron
50%
When teenage model, Maggie Graham, didn't show up for work in 1871, who did James McNeill Whistler paint instead? His Mother
36%
The Winter Palace in which city was totally destroyed by fire in 1837 - except for The Hermitage? St Petersberg
19%
Invented in Holyoke, Massachusetts, in 1895, by YMCA phys-ed director William Morgan, which game was originally called Mintonette? Volleyball
12%
According to a W.B. Yeats poem, of what wood should a magician’s wand be made? It is supposedly attuned to earth energies - hence shamans use it in dowsing and divining. Hazel
5%
Also called white asbestos, which mineral is the most commonly encountered form of asbestos and can be spun and woven into fabric? Chrysotile
2%
Which Nobel Prize winner once wrote lyrics for French pop star Françoise Hardy, contributing to the songs ‘Etonnez moi, Benoit’ and ‘San Salvador’? Patrick Modiano
1%
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