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The Fantastic General Knowledge Free Quiz E-Book
Ayaz Lakdawala
All Rights Reserved
Copyright © 2011 Ayaz Lakdawala
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Questions:
1. Who wrote the book A Tale of Two Cities?
2. Which cricketer wrote the book Sunny Days?
3. What is the name of King Arthur’s Sword?
4. Who said the words Veni, Vedi, Vici meaning I came, I saw, I conquered?
5. Which city is known as the Pink city?
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Answers:
1. Charles Dickens2. Sunil Gavaskar3. Excalibur4. Julius Ceasar5. Jaipur in India
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Questions:
1. Which Romanian Female Gymnast first scored the perfect 10?
2. Who wrote the poem Daffodils?
3. Who wrote the book ‘Mein Kampf’?
4. In which country is Beijing?5. What is a group of lions
called?
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Answers:
1. Nadia Comaneci2. William Wordsworth3. Adolf Hitler4. China5. A pride of lions
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Questions:
1. Who said “If you don’t have bread, eat cake”?
2. What is the name of the machine used for execution during the French Revolution?
3. What is a group of geese called?
4. Who wrote Macbeth?5. Which famous race gets its
name from the running of Philipedes from Athens to Sparta?
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Answers:
1. Marie Antoinette2. The Guillotine3. A gaggle of geese4. William Shakespeare5. The Marathon
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Questions:
1. What is the currency of England?
2. Where is the Jim Corbett National Park?
3. Who was the first person to step on the moon?
4. Which sport is Bjorn Borg associated with?
5. The I.C.C stands for which sports organization?
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Answers:
1. Pound Sterling2. Nainital in India3. Neil Amstrong4. Tennis5. International Cricket Council
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Questions:
1. What is a group of crows called?
2. Who wrote the book ‘Dr. Zhivago’?
3. Which country does the famous cricketer Sir Vivian Richards come from?
4. What is the capital of the United States of America?
5. Who invented the Braille?
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Answers:
1. A murder of crows2. Boris Pasternak3. The West Indies4. Washington5. Helen Keller
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Questions:
1. Who invented the Printing Press?
2. What is the study of words known as?
3. Where are the great Pyramids situated?
4. What is the thigh bone known as?
5. What instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure?
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Answers:
1. Johann Guttenberg2. Etymology3. Egypt4. Femur5. Barometer
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Questions:
1. What is the study of birds known as?
2. In which City is the river Thames situated?
3. The Titanic sank in which ocean?
4. Which sport is Aryton Senna associated with?
5. In the story of Aladin, what emerged from the lamp?
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Answers:
1. Ornithology2. London3. The Antartic Ocean4. Formula One Racing5. A Genie
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Questions
1. Who wrote the Famous Five series?
2. The Human body has got twenty three pairs of what?
3. What is a lactometer used to measure?
4. Who wrote the book titled ‘The Republic’?
5. Which scientist said the words “Eureka, I found it?
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Answers:
1. Enid Blyton2. Chromosomes3. The density of milk4. Plato5. Archimedes
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Questions:
1. Who discovered the Theory of Relativity?
2. Which planet has got rings around it?
3. Which scientist discovered the laws of gravity?
4. Who is known as the father of Psychoanalysis?
5. Which planet is the brightest?
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Answers:
1. Albert Einstein2. Saturn3. Sir Isaac Newton4. Sigmund Freud5. Venus
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Questions:
1. Who discovered the Electric bulb?
2. Who invented the Radio?3. Which country is known as
the land of the midnight sun?4. H2O is commonly known as
what?5. Which animal is known as
the ship of the desert?
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Answers:
1. Thomas Edison2. Marconi3. Japan4. Water5. Camel
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Questions:
1. Which famous Greek ruler said ‘I want to conquer the world”?
2. In which country is the river Nile situated?
3. Which fairytale character is known for her long tresses?
4. Who wrote ‘Jungle Book’?5. Who is said to have
propounded the theory of evolution?
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Answers:
1. Alexander2. Egypt3. Rapunzel4. Rudyard Kipling5. Charles Darwin
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Questions:
1. Where is the language Swahili spoken?
2. The pancreas is associated with which part of the human body?
3. Which famous comedian starred in the movie “The Great Dictator’?
4. Kandy is situated in which country?
5. Who wrote Sherlock Holmes?
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Answers:
1. Africa2. The Stomach3. Charles Chaplin4. Sri Lanka5. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Questions:
1. Who was the English cricket captain during the bodyline series between England and Australia?
2. Diego Maradonna is a famous football player from which country?
3. In which country is Kathmandu situated?
4. Which fairytale character interacted with seven dwarfs?
5. Who made the famous painting ‘Mona Lisa’?
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Answers:
1. Douglas Jardine2. Argentina3. Nepal4. Snow white5. Leonardo Da Vinci
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Questions:
1. In which country are the Niagara falls?
2. Which country is famous for its waterways?
3. Which cricketer wrote the book ‘Tiger’s Tale’?
4. What is the meaning of the abbreviation OBE?
5. Where is the international court of justice?
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Answers:
1. Canada2. Venice3. Tiger Pataudi4. Order of the British Empire5. The Hague in the Netherlands
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Questions:
1. What is the national bird of New Zealand?
2. The Kangaroo is associated with which country?
3. In which year was the Magna Carta signed?
4. Who wrote the books Illiad and Odyssey?
5. What is the study of insects known as?
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Answers:
1. Kiwi2. Australia3. 12154. Homer5. Entomology
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Questions:
1. Who wrote 1984?2. The tadpole is the young one
of which amphibian?3. Who wrote the Tarzan book
series?4. Samuel Clemens is the
penname of which famous author?
5. Which animals carry their young ones in their pouches?
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Answers:
1. George Orwell2. Frog3. Edgar Rice Burroughs4. Mark Twain5. Marsupials
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Questions:
1. Who wrote the ‘Believe it or not’ series?
2. Where is the Sears Towers located?
3. What is a group of fish called?
4. Where are the pyramids?5. In which country are Java
and Sumatra?
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Answers:
1. Ripley2. Chicago3. A shoal of fish4. Egypt 5. Indonesia
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Questions:
1. What is a group of ants called?
2. Who invented the steam engine?
3. What is the study of stamps known as?
4. Who wrote the short story ‘After Twenty Years’?
5. What is the study of animals known as?
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Answers:
1. A colony of ants2. James Watt3. Philately4. O’Henry5. Zoology
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Questions:
1. Stan and Olly are the nicknames of which famous comedians?
2. Who invented the vaccine for rabies?
3. What is the full form of NASA?
4. In how many years does Halley’s Comet appear?
5. What is the study of plants known as?
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Answers:
1. Laurel and Hardy2. Louis Pasteur3. National Aeronautics and
Space Administration4. Once in every 76 years5. Botany
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Questions:
1. Who wrote the comic books on Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck?
2. Who invented the antibiotic Penicillin?
3. Who invented the telephone?4. What is the currency of
Japan?5. In which country is the Great
Wall?
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Answers:
1. Walt Disney2. Alexander Fleming3. Alexander Graham Bell4. Yen 5. China
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