General Knowledge Questions and Answers
Here are general knowledge questions with answers, grouped by difficulty. Use them for a family quiz, a team-building session or a pub night. Want to play interactively instead? Try the quiz of the day or the general knowledge quiz.
Easy round
- What is the capital of Scotland? Edinburgh
- How many sides does a hexagon have? Six
- Which planet is known as the Red Planet? Mars
- What is the largest ocean on Earth? The Pacific
- How many days are there in a leap year? 366
- Which animal is known as the “ship of the desert”? The camel
- What colour do you get by mixing blue and yellow? Green
- Who wrote Romeo and Juliet? William Shakespeare
- What is the freezing point of water in Celsius? 0 °C
- Which country is home to the kangaroo? Australia
Medium round
- In which year did the Battle of Hastings take place? 1066
- What is the chemical symbol for gold? Au
- Which is the longest river in the UK? The River Severn
- How many players are there in a rugby union team? 15
- What is the smallest prime number? 2
- Which artist painted The Starry Night? Vincent van Gogh
- What is the capital of Canada? Ottawa
- Which gas do plants absorb from the air? Carbon dioxide
- How many bones are in the adult human body? 206
- Which composer wrote the Moonlight Sonata? Ludwig van Beethoven
Hard round
- What is the only letter that doesn’t appear in any US state name? Q
- Which element has the atomic number 1? Hydrogen
- What is the capital of Mongolia? Ulaanbaatar
- In what year did the UK decimalise its currency? 1971
- Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize? Marie Curie
- What is the national animal of Scotland? The unicorn
- Which is the deepest lake in the world? Lake Baikal
- How many pence were in a pre-decimal pound? 240
- Which Shakespeare play features the character Prospero? The Tempest
- What is the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere? Nitrogen
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