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50 General knowledge quiz questions and answers

Writer: rebecca selleckrebecca selleck

I absolutely love being a quiz master every Sunday; hosting a pub quiz at my workplace. I wanted to share with you all 50 general knowledge questions I've used in my weekly quizzes!


How many can you guess right?


1.What is the rarest blood type?

2. How many elements are in the periodic table?

3.What is the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world?

4.Compared to their body weight, what animal is the strongest - Dung Beetle, Elephant, Ant, or Cow?

5.How many dots appear on a pair of dice?

6.How many of Henry VIII's wives were called Catherine?

7. How many days are there in July?

8.What day of the year is known by fans as Star Wars Day?

9.Sapphire is the birthstone for which month?

10.How many wings does a bee have?

11.What is the highest number used in a sudoku puzzle?

12.Which swimming stroke is named after an insect?

13.Where is the smallest bone in the adult body?

14.What year did the titanic sink?

15.A caravan is the name for a group of what animal?

16.Ag is the symbol for which chemical element?

17.How many minutes are there in half a day?

18.How many train stations are there on a monopoly board?

19.What was the last letter to be added to the english alphabet?

20.In minutes, how long would it take a human to fall to the centre of the earth?

21.What is the average lifespan of an adult male mosquito?

22.What nut is in the middle of a ferrero rocher?

23.What colour is found on 75% of the world flags?

24.How many months a year does a dormouse hibernate for?

25.If you were born on the 1st of january what would your star sign be?

26.How many edges are there on a cube?

27.How many ribs does a human adult have?

28.Are avocados a fruit or vegetable?

29.What is the girl gang in the musical Grease called?

30.What are the two main ingredients in a bloody mary cocktail?

31.C is the symbol for which chemical element?

32.Which city is known as the “city of love” and is famous for its tonic eiffel tower?

33.In which children's book did a spider called Charlotte and a pig called Wilbur appear?

34.How many sides has a heptadecagon got?

35.In which century was the first grand national horse race?

36.The logo for which popular app consists of a white telephone in a white speech bubble on a green background?

37.What is the only letter in scrabble to have a value of five points?

38.Which London underground line has the most stations?

39.Who wrote the book on which the series game of thrones is based of?

40.How much is the purchase price of old kent road in the london version of monopoly?

41.What is the fastest land animal?

42.What two letters don’t appear on the periodic table?

43.What is the shortest month of the year?

44.What sport is also known as whiff-whaff?

45.Which month has the birthstone diamond?

46.What year was the first guinness world records book published in?

47.What is barbie's full name?

48.How tall in CM was the tallest man ever?

49.What is the deadliest animal in the world with the most average human kills a year?

50.What is the biggest planet in our solar system?




ANSWERS:

  1. AB-negative

  2. 118

  3. Mexico city

  4. Dung beetle

  5. 42

  6. Three

  7. 31

  8. May 4th

  9. September

  10. Four / two sets of wings

  11. Nine

  12. Butterfly

  13. The ear

  14. 1912

  15. Camels

  16. Silver

  17. 720

  18. Four

  19. J

  20. 19 minutes

  21. 10 days

  22. Hazelnut

  23. Red

  24. Six months

  25. Capricorn

  26. 12

  27. 24 or 12 pairs

  28. Fruit

  29. The pink ladies

  30. Vodka and tomato juice

  31. Carbon

  32. Paris

  33. Charlotte’s web

  34. 17

  35. 19th century

  36. Whatsapp

  37. K

  38. District line

  39. George R.R. Martin

  40. £60

  41. Cheetah

  42. J and Q

  43. February

  44. Table tennis

  45. April

  46. 1955

  47. Barbara Milliecent Roberts

  48. 272CM - which is 8 foot and 11 inches

  49. Mosquito

  50. Jupiter

 
 
 

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