If you're someone who loves to read about facts and spends their free time looking for more facts, then this quiz would be a piece of cake for you. It's good to know some general knowledge facts because it makes you aware of the world around you, makes you notice the little things, and gives you a good conversation starter. Knowledge IS power, so put your random knowledge to use and take this test to see just how much random facts you have in your head.
Which continent has the most countries?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Asia","correct":false},{"answer":"North America","correct":false},{"answer":"South America","correct":false},{"answer":"Africa","correct":true}],"answerText":" Africa has 54 countries. ","answerImage":""}
Which Spice Girl did David Beckham marry?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Scary Spice","correct":false},{"answer":"Baby Spice","correct":false},{"answer":"Sporty Spice","correct":false},{"answer":"Posh Spice","correct":true}],"answerText":" He married Victoria Beckham aka Posh Spice. ","answerImage":""}
Two Game of Thrones actors has been in at least two Marvel movies. One of them is Sophie Turner. Who is the other?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Jason Momoa","correct":false},{"answer":"Peter Dinklage","correct":true},{"answer":"Gwendoline Christie","correct":false},{"answer":"Sean Benn","correct":false}],"answerText":" Peter Dinklage was in X-Men: Days of Future Past and Avengers: Infinity War. ","answerImage":""}
Which actor plays 'Odin' in the superhero movie "Thor"?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Samuel Jackson","correct":false},{"answer":"Morgan Freeman","correct":false},{"answer":"Jack Nicholson","correct":false},{"answer":"Anthony Hopkins","correct":true}],"answerText":" Anthony Hopkins played the part of 'Odin', the Norse God of Wisdom in the 2011 movie \"Thor.\" ","answerImage":""}
Fix the equation by moving only one matchstick
Before you answer, think twice if it's possible or not.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Not Possible","correct":false},{"answer":"Make the equation 7+8=15","correct":false},{"answer":"Make the equation 9+6=15","correct":false},{"answer":"Both","correct":true}],"answerText":" Both equations are correct. Just move one stick and convert the '-' sign to '+' ","answerImage":""}
What is the capital city of the state of South Carolina?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Columbia","correct":true},{"answer":"Greenfield","correct":false},{"answer":"Beaufort","correct":false},{"answer":"Camden","correct":false}],"answerText":" Columbia is the capital of the state of South Carolina. ","answerImage":""}
Genghis Khan was the founder of which empire?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Mughal Empire","correct":false},{"answer":"Mongol Empire","correct":true},{"answer":"Ottoman Empire","correct":false},{"answer":"Akkadian Empire","correct":false}],"answerText":" Genghis Khan led the invasion of nations and founded the great Mongol Empire. ","answerImage":""}
What is the chemical symbol for Mercury?
{"answers":[{"answer":"My","correct":false},{"answer":"Tr","correct":false},{"answer":"Hg","correct":true},{"answer":"Bn","correct":false}],"answerText":" Hg is the chemical symbol for Mercury from its former name hydrargyrum. ","answerImage":""}
Which body part did Vincent van Gogh cut off?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Hands","correct":false},{"answer":"Ears","correct":true},{"answer":"Foot","correct":false},{"answer":"Nose","correct":false}],"answerText":" Vincent van Gogh cut off his ears! ","answerImage":""}
How many colors are there in the rainbow?
{"answers":[{"answer":"12","correct":false},{"answer":"9","correct":false},{"answer":"7","correct":true},{"answer":"5","correct":false}],"answerText":" There are seven colors in the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet = ROYGBIV. ","answerImage":""}
What is the main ingredient of pesto?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Parsley","correct":false},{"answer":"Garlic","correct":false},{"answer":"Basil","correct":true},{"answer":"Olive oil","correct":false}],"answerText":" Basil is the primary ingredient of pesto. ","answerImage":""}
How long is a fortnight?
{"answers":[{"answer":"3 days","correct":false},{"answer":"5 days","correct":false},{"answer":"2 months","correct":false},{"answer":"2 weeks","correct":true}],"answerText":" A fortnight is two weeks. ","answerImage":""}
What animal is the mascot of the University of California, Irvine?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Bear","correct":false},{"answer":"Anteater","correct":true},{"answer":"Chipmunk","correct":false},{"answer":"Eagle","correct":false}],"answerText":" Peter the Anteater is the official mascot of the University of California, Irvine. ","answerImage":""}
Which popular author has Samuel Langhorne Clemens as his real name?
{"answers":[{"answer":"George Orwell","correct":false},{"answer":"Lewis Caroll","correct":false},{"answer":"Mark Twain","correct":true},{"answer":"Robinson Crusoe","correct":false}],"answerText":" Mark Twain's real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. ","answerImage":""}
What is the heaviest animal on the planet?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Whale","correct":true},{"answer":"Polar bear","correct":false},{"answer":"Giraffe","correct":false},{"answer":"Elephant","correct":false}],"answerText":" The top 10 heaviest animals in the world are all whale species. Blue whale is the heaviest. ","answerImage":""}
What team did Kobe Bryant get drafted by in 1996?
{"answers":[{"answer":"LA Lakers","correct":false},{"answer":"Miami Heat","correct":false},{"answer":"Chicago Bulls","correct":false},{"answer":"Charlotte Hornets","correct":true}],"answerText":" The Charlotte Hornets drafted Kobe Bryant before he got traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. ","answerImage":""}
Which was invented first?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Telephone","correct":false},{"answer":"Lightbulb","correct":false},{"answer":"Camera","correct":true},{"answer":"Airplane","correct":false}],"answerText":" The camera was invented in 1816, the telephone was invented in 1876, the lightbulb was invented in 1879, and the airplane was invented in 1903. ","answerImage":""}
Where would you find the deepest lake in the world?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Egypt","correct":false},{"answer":"Brazil","correct":false},{"answer":"Okinawa","correct":false},{"answer":"Siberia","correct":true}],"answerText":" Lake Baikal, located in Siberia, is the deepest lake in the planet with a depth of 5,387 feet. ","answerImage":""}
Which of the following is used to measure atmospheric pressure?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Thermometer","correct":false},{"answer":"Seismometer","correct":false},{"answer":"Barometer","correct":true},{"answer":"Tropometer","correct":false}],"answerText":" A barometer measures atmospheric pressure, a tropometer measures the torsion of a long bone or the rotation of an eyeball, seismometer measures movements of the ground, and a thermometer measures temperature. ","answerImage":""}
Who was the Greek god of war?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Apollo","correct":false},{"answer":"Athena","correct":false},{"answer":"Aries","correct":true},{"answer":"Dionysius","correct":false}],"answerText":" Aries was the Greek god of wire. His Roman counterpart was Mars. ","answerImage":""}
Chicago is the largest city in which US state?
{"answers":[{"answer":"California","correct":false},{"answer":"Illinois","correct":true},{"answer":"Indiana","correct":false},{"answer":"Michigan","correct":false}],"answerText":" Chicago is in Illinois. ","answerImage":""}
Which of the following celebrities did not have a career in Disney?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Zac Efron","correct":false},{"answer":"Ashley Tisdale","correct":false},{"answer":"Ariana Grande","correct":true},{"answer":"Zendaya","correct":false}],"answerText":" Ariana Grande started her career in Nickolodeon and has starred in one memorable show entitled Sam and Cat. ","answerImage":""}
Who was the original king of rock and roll?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Michael Jackson","correct":false},{"answer":"Elvis Presley","correct":true},{"answer":"Mick Jagger","correct":false},{"answer":"Harry Styles","correct":false}],"answerText":" Icon Elvis Presley was the original king of rock and roll. ","answerImage":""}
What odd ice cream flavor can you only get in Japan?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Matcha","correct":false},{"answer":"Sushi","correct":false},{"answer":"Eel","correct":true},{"answer":"Orange","correct":false}],"answerText":" You can get eel-flavored ice cream in Japan. ","answerImage":""}
Which member of Metallica died in a bus accident in Sweden?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Kirk Hammett","correct":false},{"answer":"Cliff Burton","correct":true},{"answer":"Dave Mustaine","correct":false},{"answer":"James Hetfield","correct":false}],"answerText":" Metallica's bassist Cliff Burton got into an accident in Sweden in 1986. ","answerImage":""}
Which of the following people was never a pharaoh?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Ramses","correct":false},{"answer":"Nefertiti","correct":true},{"answer":"Khufu","correct":false},{"answer":"Cleopatra","correct":false}],"answerText":" Nefertiti was never a pharaoh of Egypt, but her husband, Akhenaten was. ","answerImage":""}
The Scream was famously painted by which artist?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Van Gogh","correct":false},{"answer":"Da Vinci","correct":false},{"answer":"Edvard Munch","correct":true},{"answer":"Grant Wood","correct":false}],"answerText":" Norwegian Expressionist artist Edvard Munch painted The Scream in 1893. ","answerImage":""}
How many holes are on a traditional golf course?
{"answers":[{"answer":"14","correct":false},{"answer":"18","correct":true},{"answer":"21","correct":false},{"answer":"17","correct":false}],"answerText":" Traditional golf courses have 18 holes. ","answerImage":""}
Which museum is Starry Night displayed?
{"answers":[{"answer":"The Van Gogh Museum","correct":false},{"answer":"The Louvre","correct":false},{"answer":"The Metropolitan Museum of Art","correct":false},{"answer":"Museum of Modern Art","correct":true}],"answerText":" The Starry Night by Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh is on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. ","answerImage":""}
Which of them cannot roar?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Cheetah","correct":true},{"answer":"Jaguar","correct":false},{"answer":"Tiger","correct":false},{"answer":"Leopard","correct":false}],"answerText":" Cheetahs purr, chirp, hiss, and meow instead. ","answerImage":""}
How many sides does a heptagon have?
{"answers":[{"answer":"8","correct":false},{"answer":"6","correct":false},{"answer":"7","correct":true},{"answer":"9","correct":false}],"answerText":" A shape that has seven sides is called a heptagon. ","answerImage":""}
When was the Fyre Festival?
{"answers":[{"answer":"2018","correct":false},{"answer":"2017","correct":true},{"answer":"2016","correct":false},{"answer":"2019","correct":false}],"answerText":" The Fyre Festival was held in 2017. ","answerImage":""}
Which country invented the Hawaiian pizza?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Hawaii","correct":false},{"answer":"Canada","correct":true},{"answer":"Italy","correct":false},{"answer":"New Zealand","correct":false}],"answerText":" Canadian Sam Panopoulos invented the \"pineapple\" pizza with his two brothers after they emigrated to Canada from Greece in 1954. ","answerImage":""}
How long is the average menstrual cycle?
{"answers":[{"answer":"28 days","correct":true},{"answer":"30 days","correct":false},{"answer":"14 days","correct":false},{"answer":"20 days","correct":false}],"answerText":" The usual cycle lasts for 28 days, but all women are different. ","answerImage":""}
What is Jean Valjean's prison number in Les Misérables?
{"answers":[{"answer":"42604","correct":true},{"answer":"90210","correct":false},{"answer":"89261","correct":false},{"answer":"24601","correct":false}],"answerText":" Jean Valjean's number was 24601. He also sang it in the musical. ","answerImage":""}
In Mean Girls, what song do the Plastics sing at the Christmas talent show?
{"answers":[{"answer":"Santa Claus is Coming to Town","correct":true},{"answer":"Jingle Bells","correct":false},{"answer":"All I Want for Christmas is You","correct":false},{"answer":"Jingle Bell Rock","correct":false}],"answerText":" The Plastics performed a sexy rendition of Jingle Bell Rock. ","answerImage":""}
Who owns the highest-selling album of all time?
{"answers":[{"answer":"The Beatles","correct":false},{"answer":"Taylor Swift","correct":false},{"answer":"The Eagles","correct":true},{"answer":"Michael Jackson","correct":false}],"answerText":" The Eagles' greatest hits album, released in 1976 is the highest-selling album of all time, surpassing Michael Jackson's Thriller. ","answerImage":""}