Challenge Yourself with These 100 General Knowledge Questions and Answers!

Challenge Yourself with These 100 General Knowledge Questions and Answers!

Do you consider yourself knowledgeable? Can you hold your own in a general knowledge quiz? If you think you’re up for the challenge, test your mettle with these 100 general knowledge questions. Here we go!

1. What is the capital of Spain?
Answer: Madrid

2. In which country would you find Machu Picchu?
Answer: Peru

3. Who composed the musical Les Miserables?
Answer: Claude-Michel Schönberg

4. Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher

5. Which planet in our solar system is known as the Red Planet?
Answer: Mars

6. Who wrote the novel 1984?
Answer: George Orwell

7. In what year was Barack Obama elected as President of the United States?
Answer: 2008

8. Who discovered the law of gravity?
Answer: Sir Isaac Newton

9. Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

10. How many elements are there in the periodic table?
Answer: 118

11. What is the national animal of China?
Answer: Giant Panda

12. Who directed the movie Titanic?
Answer: James Cameron

13. How long is an Olympic swimming pool?
Answer: 50 meters

14. Who is the author of the Harry Potter series?
Answer: J.K. Rowling

15. What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Answer: Mount Everest

16. Which currency is used in Japan?
Answer: Japanese yen

17. Who composed the opera The Barber of Seville?
Answer: Gioachino Rossini

18. What is the largest animal in the world?
Answer: Blue Whale

19. Who invented the telephone?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell

20. Which city is known as the Windy City?
Answer: Chicago

21. Which planet in our solar system has the most moons?
Answer: Jupiter

22. Who painted The Starry Night?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh

23. Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong

24. Which country has the largest population in the world?
Answer: China

25. Who invented the printing press?
Answer: Johannes Gutenberg

26. Which bird can fly backward?
Answer: Hummingbird

27. What is the smallest country in the world?
Answer: Vatican City

28. Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?
Answer: William Shakespeare

29. Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
Answer: France

30. Which river runs through London?
Answer: Thames

31. Who designed the Eiffel Tower?
Answer: Gustave Eiffel

32. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Answer: Michelangelo

33. What is the national symbol of Australia?
Answer: Kangaroo

34. Who is the founder of Amazon?
Answer: Jeff Bezos

35. Which instrument is called the king of instruments?
Answer: Pipe Organ

36. What is the tallest animal in the world?
Answer: Giraffe

37. Who wrote the novel War and Peace?
Answer: Leo Tolstoy

38. Who composed the opera Aida?
Answer: Giuseppe Verdi

39. Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?
Answer: Japan

40. Who discovered penicillin?
Answer: Alexander Fleming

41. What is the longest river in South America?
Answer: Amazon River

42. Who invented the World Wide Web?
Answer: Tim Berners-Lee

43. Which city hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics?
Answer: Rio de Janeiro

44. Who wrote the song Imagine?
Answer: John Lennon

45. What is the national animal of India?
Answer: Bengal Tiger

46. Who directed the movie The Shawshank Redemption?
Answer: Frank Darabont

47. What is the capital of Italy?
Answer: Rome

48. Which country has the highest peak in Africa?
Answer: Tanzania

49. Who painted the Last Supper?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

50. How many players are there on a football (soccer) team?
Answer: 11

51. Who wrote the novel Jane Eyre?
Answer: Charlotte Bronte

52. What is the national bird of the United States?
Answer: Bald Eagle

53. Which country is the smallest in South America?
Answer: Suriname

54. Who composed the opera Don Giovanni?
Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

55. What is the fastest land animal in the world?
Answer: Cheetah

56. Who was the first black President of South Africa?
Answer: Nelson Mandela

57. Which river runs through Paris?
Answer: Seine

58. Who invented the light bulb?
Answer: Thomas Edison

59. What is the national sport of Canada?
Answer: Ice Hockey

60. Which movie won the Best Picture Oscar in 2020?
Answer: Parasite

61. Who wrote the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?
Answer: Harper Lee

62. Which country is known as the Land of Fire and Ice?
Answer: Iceland

63. Who painted the painting The Persistence of Memory?
Answer: Salvador Dali

64. What is the national animal of Canada?
Answer: Beaver

65. Which dance originated in Argentina?
Answer: Tango

66. Who composed the opera Carmen?
Answer: Georges Bizet

67. Which US city is known as the City of Angels?
Answer: Los Angeles

68. What is the national dish of Spain?
Answer: Paella

69. Who invented the television?
Answer: John Logie Baird

70. What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Mercury

71. Who wrote the novel The Catcher in the Rye?
Answer: J.D. Salinger

72. Which country hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics?
Answer: Russia

73. Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
Answer: Canada

74. Who painted the painting The Night Watch?
Answer: Rembrandt

75. What is the national sport of Japan?
Answer: Sumo Wrestling

76. Which US state is known as the Sunshine State?
Answer: Florida

77. Who composed the opera La Bohème?
Answer: Giacomo Puccini

78. Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to Brazil?
Answer: France

79. What is the national sport of Australia?
Answer: Australian Rules Football

80. Who directed the movie The Godfather?
Answer: Francis Ford Coppola

81. What is the national animal of Russia?
Answer: Brown Bear

82. Which river runs through New York City?
Answer: Hudson

83. Who wrote the novel Of Mice and Men?
Answer: John Steinbeck

84. Which country hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics?
Answer: South Korea

85. What is the national sport of Germany?
Answer: Football (Soccer)

86. Who composed the opera The Marriage of Figaro?
Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

87. What is the national dish of Italy?
Answer: Pizza

88. Which US state is known as the Lone Star State?
Answer: Texas

89. Who painted the painting The Girl with a Pearl Earring?
Answer: Johannes Vermeer

90. What is the national sport of Brazil?
Answer: Football (Soccer)

91. Which country has the longest coastline in Africa?
Answer: Madagascar

92. Who directed the movie The Dark Knight?
Answer: Christopher Nolan

93. What is the national dish of India?
Answer: Curry

94. Which river runs through Madrid?
Answer: Manzanares

95. Who wrote the novel Animal Farm?
Answer: George Orwell

96. Which country hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: Brazil

97. What is the national sport of Argentina?
Answer: Football (Soccer)

98. Who composed the opera The Magic Flute?
Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

99. Which US state is known as the Granite State?
Answer: New Hampshire

100. What is the national dish of Mexico?
Answer: Tacos

So, how did you score? Did you answer all 100 questions correctly? If so, well done! If not, don’t worry. Keep studying and expanding your knowledge, and you’ll be ready for the challenge next time. The world is full of fascinating facts and information, and there’s always something new to learn. Good luck, and have fun!

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