Quizzes with Answers

Quiz I

What word can mean either a storyline or a parcel of land?
ANSWER: Plot
Which continent does Greenland belong to?
ANSWER: North America
Band Aid was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and which other musician?
ANSWER: Midge Ure
Humans have 32 teeth, how many teeth should an adult dog have?
ANSWER: 42 teeth

Ruling from 1644 to 1912, what was the name of the last imperial dynasty of China?
ANSWER: Qing (Note: it was preceded by the Ming dynasty)
Who created the game of rugby football when he picked up the ball and ran with it?
ANSWER: William Webb Ellis
What is equivalent to 100 million satoshis?
ANSWER: One Bitcoin
What animal did Marco Polo think was a unicorn?
ANSWER: Indonesian rhinoceros
What is the largest city in the Californian high technology region known as Silicon Valley?
ANSWER: San Jose
Which ocean liner nicknamed the Great White Whale, served as a troopship in the 1982 Falklands War?
ANSWER: SS Canberra
Which county is known as the Garden of England?
ANSWER: Kent
Construction signs on U.S. roads are what colour?
ANSWER: Orange
Which central park in Moscow is named after a writer who was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature?
ANSWER: Gorky Park
Peter Benchley wrote which novel in 1974?
ANSWER: Jaws
Farfalle are bow-tie shaped pasta but the name comes from the Italian word for what?
ANSWER: Butterfly
Which series of children's books were written and illustrated by Jill Murphy?
ANSWER: The Worst Witch
Can you name the largest lake in England?
ANSWER: Windermere
What is owned by Chinese company ByteDance?
ANSWER: TikTok
What German word means the spirit of the time or the general trend of thought of a particular period of time?
ANSWER: Zeitgeist
Which American artist is best known for the painting 'American Gothic'?
ANSWER: Grant Wood
What sort of printing wheel was used in electronic typewriters from 1972 onwards?
ANSWER: Daisy wheel
What is the French word for cheese?
ANSWER: Fromage
Who wrote the 1993 novel Trainspotting?
ANSWER: Irvine Welsh
Actress Jane Leeves is best known for her role in which sitcom?
ANSWER: Frasier (playing Daphne Moon)
Rafflesia arnoldii is the largest individual flower on Earth. What name is it known by because of its unpleasant smell?
ANSWER: Corpse flower

Quiz II

In the original Twister board game, how many circles are there in total on the mat?
ANSWER: 24
Which country is known as the cockpit of Europe?
ANSWER: Belgium (because of the number of battles thought on its soil by other countries)
Boston cream pie is the official dessert of which American state?
ANSWER: Massachusetts
What was Madonna's first UK number one single?
ANSWER: Into the Groove
The "Jumpman" logo is owned by Nike to promote which brand of basketball shoe?
ANSWER: Air Jordan
What's the capital of the the United Arab Emirates?
ANSWER: Abu Dhabi
What word derived from a seaport city in Indonesia means any small poultry?
ANSWER: Bantam
Ophidiophobia is an overwhelming fear of what?
ANSWER: Snakes
Which river forms most of the county border between Suffolk and Essex?
ANSWER: River Stour
Who was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135?
ANSWER: Henry I
The Pulitzer Prize is an award administered by which American university?
ANSWER: Columbia University
The song 'Memory' was written for which musical?
ANSWER: Cats
The official headquarters of the United Nations overlooks which river?
ANSWER: East River
Olympic gold medals are required to be at least 92.5 percent of which metal?
ANSWER: Silver
What 'Sussie' is best known for appearing in "Dictionary Corner"?
ANSWER: Dent (Sussie Dent in Countdown)
What code name is missing from the following list: Gold, Juno, Omaha, and Utah?
ANSWER: Sword (code names for the beaches on D-Day)
What is the main gas found in the Sun?
ANSWER: Hydrogen (75% hydrogen, 26.5% Helium)
Which cotton fabric of plain weave gets its name from a city in Iraq, where it was first manufactured?
ANSWER: Muslin
What did Gilbert & George win in 1986?
ANSWER: The Turner Prize
Can you name the highest peak in Antarctica?
ANSWER: Mount Vinson
What name is given to the horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric?
ANSWER: Weft
Often sold with loans and credit cards, what does the acronym PPI stand for?
ANSWER: Payment protection insurance
Who wrote the novel "The Catcher in the Rye"?
ANSWER: J.D. Sallinger
What is the name of the popular Netflix series about a chess prodigy?
ANSWER: The Queen's Gambit
Ackee and saltfish is widely regarded as the national dish of which country?
ANSWER: Jamaica