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The link has been copied! Start Quiz 1. Who was the President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

1. Dwight D. Eisenhower
2. John F. Kennedy
3. Lyndon B. Johnson
4. Richard Nixon

In fact, John F. Kennedy was president in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. 2. How many players can be on the soccer field at once?

1. 9
2. 11
3. 22
4. 30

Not! Only 22 players can be on the field at any one time—11 offensive players and 11 defensive players. 3. Which countries share a border with Panama?

1. Nicaragua, Honduras and Venezuela
2. Costa Rica and Colombia
3. Colombia, Ecuador and Nicaragua
4. Costa Rica and Venezuela

Inaccurately. Panama borders Costa Rica to the north and Colombia to the south. 4. Which planet is farthest from the sun?

1. Saturn
2. Uranus
3. Neptune
4. Mars

Not! Neptune is the farthest planet from the Sun, at 30.06 AU. 5. What two cities is Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities about?

1. London and Rome
2. Barcelona and Glasgow
3. London and Paris
4. Rome and Paris

Inaccurately. Those two cities are London and Paris. 6. Who is the lead singer of The Rolling Stones?

1. Steven Tyler
2. Paul McCartney
3. Mick Jagger
4. Keith Richards

In fact, Mick Jagger is the lead singer of The Rolling Stones. 7. What does the Roman numeral XC represent?

1. 90
2. 100
3. 1000
4. 2100

Not. XC is equal to 90 (X = 10 and C = 100). 8. Which animal is NOT extinct?

1. Carolina parrot
2. the tasmanian tiger
3. Western black rhinoceros
4. South Asian river dolphin

Inaccurately. The South Asian river dolphin is endangered but not extinct. 9. Which of the following is NOT a Greek god or goddess?

1. Oceanus
2. Chaos
3. Hypnos
4. Divinity

No, Oceanus, Chaos, and Hypnos are all Greek gods, but Divinity is not. 10. Which famous actor voiced Lightning McQueen in the Disney-Pixar film Cars?

1. Will Arnett
2. Tom Hanks
3. Owen Wilson
4. Joey Lawrence

In fact, Owen Wilson was the voice of Lightning McQueen. 11. Who signed all 3 documents that freed America from British rule?

1. George Washington
2. Thomas Jefferson
3. Alexander Hamilton
4. Benjamin Franklin

Not. Benjamin Franklin is the only founder who signed all 3 documents. 12. Which country exports the most coffee?

1. Colombia
2. Brazil
3. Switzerland
4. Germany

No, Brazil exports the most coffee in the world, followed by Switzerland, Colombia and Germany. 13. Which baseball team won the most World Series titles?

1. New York Yankees
2. Louis Cardinals
3. Boston Red Sox
4. Oakland A

No, the New York Yankees have won the most World Series titles, with 27. 14. Who painted the Girl with the Pearl Earring?

1. Vermeer
2. Rembrandt
3. Bernini
4. Da Vinci

In fact, Johannes Vermeer made the painting in 1665. 15. What 3 colors make up the flag of Madagascar?

1. White, red and green
2. Blue, yellow and white
3. White, orange and green
4. Red, white and blue

Inaccurately. The flag of Madagascar is white, red and green. 16. What is the heaviest organ in the human body?

1. Skin
2. Heart
3. Brain
4. Liver

Inaccurately. The skin is the heaviest organ in the human body. 17. Who is the half-blood prince in the Harry Potter series?

1. Harry Potter
2. Severus Snape
3. Sirius Black
4. Lord Voldemort

No, Severus Snape is a half-blood prince. 18. What are the dates of World War II?

1. 1939-1944
2. 1940-1945
3. 1941-1944
4. 1939-1945

Inaccurately. The Second World War took place between 1939 and 1945. 19. What is the largest desert in the world?

1. Sahara
2. Antarctic
3. Arab
4. Arctic

Inaccurately. Antarctica is the largest desert in the world, followed by the Arctic, the Sahara and the Arabian desert. 20. Who composed the “Four Seasons”?

1. Beethoven
2. Vivaldi
3. Bach
4. Chopin

No, Antonio Vivaldi composed “The Four Seasons”. 21. Who is known as the father of geometry?

1. Euclid
2. Albert Einstein
3. Isaac Newton
4. Alan Turing

Inaccurately. Euclid is known as the father of geometry. 22. Who wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls?

1. Ernest Hemingway
2. John Steinbeck
3. William Faulkner
4. Cormac McCarthy

In fact, Ernest Hemingway wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls in 1940. 23. What are the main ingredients of a traditional martini?

1. Vodka and vermouth
2. Gin and vermouth
3. Vodka and bitters
4. Gin and bitters

In fact, a traditional martini is prepared with gin and vermouth, garnished with olive or lemon flavor. 24. Who invented the World Wide Web?

1. Al Gore
2. Tim Berners-Lee
3. Steve Wozniak
4. Bill Gates

Inaccurately. Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989. 25. What does “anosmia” refer to?

1. Lack of iron in the body.
2. Inability to smell.
3. Lack of vitamin C in the body.
4. Inability to imagine images in the mind.

No, anosmia refers to the inability to smell. Start the quiz

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Are you ready to gain even more general knowledge? Here are 20 fun facts about the world that you can learn to give yourself an edge the next time you’re chatting or playing trivia! 1. The Vatican is the smallest country in the world (it gained independence from Italy in 1929). 2. In the known equation E = mc^2, E = kinetic energy, m = mass and ic^2 = speed of light. 3. Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world (and English is second). 4. The first 10 digits of the number π (pi) are 3.1415926535. 5. They call a group of pandas “shame”. 6. Tokyo is the most populated city in the world with more than 37 million people. 7. There are 206 bones in the human body. 8. The Beatles are the best-selling music artists of all time. 9. Identical twins do not have the same fingerprints. 10. The Great Wall of China is about 13,200 miles long and took more than 200 years to build. 11. Wimbledon tennis balls are kept at 68 degrees Fahrenheit (to preserve their bounce). 12. Many common phrases can be attributed to William Shakespeare, including “green-eyed monster,” “heart of gold,” “love is blind,” “in a pickle,” “a wild goose chase,” and “dead as nails.” 13. The speed of a computer mouse is measured in “Mickeys”. 14. There are 77 volcanoes in Russia, and 61 are active. 15. Professional boxer Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. 16. Hippos cannot swim. nor float—they walk on the bottom of the river and push themselves to the top. 17. The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland. 18. Nutella was invented by an Italian baker as a way to extend chocolate rations in World War II. 19. The human body contains about 60,000 miles of blood vessels (which is twice the distance around the world.) 20. A shape with 26 sides is known as a rhombicuboctahedron.

Increase your general knowledge base with these resources:

• https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/fun-facts
• https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day
• https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/fascinating-facts
• https://whizz.com/en-us/blog/20-cool-facts-about-math/

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