Trivia Quiz - Personalities Plus
20 Questions Including a Few About Famous People
Fun trivia including a lot of random general knowledge questions. Try this at your next pub quiz night and see who can answer all twenty questions.
Trivia Quiz For Fun
Answers below.
81. What sport was William Tell really good at?
82. What is the longest-running radio soap opera in the world?
83. What is the capital of Zambia?
84. Which is further south: Dallas, Texas or Honolulu, Hawaii?
85. What does "myopic" mean?
86. How many heart transplants were successfully performed on humans before 1966?
87. What does cyclosporine come from?
88. By what name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight now known?
89. What is a hassock?
90. How many wheels are there on a unicycle?
91. What was the name of the Cyclops in the story of Odysseus?
92. Who is Brad Pitt's ex-wife?
93. What happened to the Larsen B ice shelf?
94. What is a Venus fly trap and why is it unusual?
95. What piece of clothing is Karen Kain most likely to have worn during her first professional career: ballet slippers, ice skates, a Scottish kilt, a tuxedo.
96. Which one does not belong: George Washington, Richard Nixon, William (Bill) Clinton.
97. Is there such a thing as a real liger (half lion, half tiger)?
98. What is the capital of Canada?
99. How many arms does an octopus have?
100. Who is the latest actor to play James Bond?
BONUS: Come up with a better caption for the picture.
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Answers to the Trivia Questions
81. What sport was William Tell really good at? Archery
82. What is the longest-running radio soap opera in the world? The Archers, on the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
83. What is the capital of Zambia? Lusaka
84. Which is further south: Dallas, Texas or Honolulu, Hawaii? Dallas is 32.78 degrees north of the equator, Honolulu is 21.306 degrees north. Should have gone with your first impression. Honolulu is further south.
85. What does "myopic" mean? Short-sighted. Distant objects appear blurred.
86. How many heart transplants were successfully performed on humans before 1966? None.
87. What does cyclosporine come from? A soil fungus.
88. By what name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight now known? Elton John.
89. What is a hassock? A cushion for kneeling or sitting on.
90. How many wheels are there on a unicycle? One.
91. What was the name of the Cyclops in the story of Odysseus? Polyphemus.
92. Who is Brad Pitt's ex-wife? Jennifer Aniston.
93. What happened to the Larsen B ice shelf? It melted enough to fall into the sea. This is an article about the effect of global warming on another ice shelf, in the Arctic. The Larsen B was in the Antarctic.
94. What is a Venus fly trap and why is it unusual? It is a plant which eats insects.
95. What piece of clothing is Karen Kain most likely to have worn during her first professional career: ballet slippers, ice skates, a Scottish kilt, a tuxedo. Ballet slippers.
96. Which one does not belong: George Washington, Richard Nixon, William (Bill) Clinton. George Washington. (Not alive in the 20th century. But…if you can convince your opponents that some other answer is correct, go for it!)
97. Is there such a thing as a real liger (half lion, half tiger)? Yes.
98. What is the capital of Canada? Ottawa.
99. How many arms does an octopus have? 8
100. Who is the latest actor to play James Bond? Daniel Craig.
BONUS: You be the judge.
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