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Can You Beat 12 Out of 15 on This General Knowledge Quiz?

Fifteen questions spanning history, science, film, food, and a few corners you might not see coming. Get past ten and you’re doing better than most.

General Knowledge Quiz

1 of 15

On an old-fashioned rotary phone, which number requires the longest turn of the dial?

  • 1
  • 9
  • 7
  • 0

 

2 of 15

A 1985 North Atlantic expedition led by Robert Ballard discovered the wreck of what famous ship, 73 years after it sank?

  • Titanic
  • Lusitania
  • Bismarck
  • Andrea Doria

 

3 of 15

In the act that incited World War I, Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 in what city?

  • Belgrade
  • Vienna
  • Sarajevo
  • Budapest

 

4 of 15

On average, a healthy adult's resting heart rate falls into which range of beats per minute?

  • 40-60
  • 60-100
  • 100-120
  • 30-50

 

5 of 15

A herpetologist studies and classifies what kinds of animals?

  • Fish
  • Insects
  • Birds
  • Reptiles and amphibians

 

6 of 15

Other than Antarctica, which continent has the smallest population?

  • Australia
  • South America
  • Europe
  • Asia

 

7 of 15

A person known to doctors as a "universal donor" has which blood type?

  • AB positive
  • O negative
  • A positive
  • B negative

 

8 of 15

In the world of DC Comics, "Edward Nigma" is the birth name of what Batman foe?

  • The Joker
  • Two-Face
  • The Penguin
  • The Riddler

 

9 of 15

Pointillism, a painting technique built from tiny dots of color, was pioneered by what French artist?

  • Claude Monet
  • Paul Cezanne
  • Georges Seurat
  • Edgar Degas

 

10 of 15

Pope Benedict XVI was the first pope in roughly a thousand years to come from what country?

  • Germany
  • Poland
  • Italy
  • Austria

 

11 of 15

In what film does John Travolta's character discuss a foreign McDonald's burger he calls a "Royale with Cheese"?

  • Reservoir Dogs
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Get Shorty
  • Saturday Night Fever

 

12 of 15

A mere 4.2 light years away, what aptly-named star is our sun's closest stellar neighbor?

  • Alpha Centauri A
  • Barnard's Star
  • Proxima Centauri
  • Sirius

 

13 of 15

PEG'S LAW is a mnemonic for remembering the names of the seven what?

  • Deadly sins
  • Wonders of the world
  • Continents
  • Dwarfs

 

14 of 15

Patagonian toothfish is sold in restaurants under which far more appetizing name?

  • Orange roughy
  • Mahi-mahi
  • Branzino
  • Chilean sea bass

 

15 of 15

A peace treaty has never been signed to formally end which major conflict?

  • The Vietnam War
  • The Korean War
  • World War I
  • The Gulf War

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