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Ultimate General Knowledge Quiz: 50 Multiple Choice Trivia Questions


Welcome to this fun trivia quiz! Test your knowledge with these 50 questions covering a wide range of topics. Each question has four multiple-choice options, and the correct answer is provided at the end. Good luck!

1. What is the capital of Australia?

a) Sydney b) Melbourne c) Canberra d) Brisbane

Answer: c) Canberra

2. Which planet in our solar system is known as the “Red Planet”?

a) Venus b) Mars c) Jupiter d) Saturn

Answer: b) Mars

3. Who wrote the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”?

a) Harper Lee b) J.K. Rowling c) George Orwell d) Ernest Hemingway

Answer: a) Harper Lee

4. What is the longest river in the world?

a) Amazon River b) Nile River c) Yangtze River d) Mississippi River

Answer: b) Nile River

5. Which scientist developed the theory of relativity?

a) Isaac Newton b) Albert Einstein c) Galileo Galilei d) Niels Bohr

Answer: b) Albert Einstein

6. What is the smallest planet in our solar system?

a) Mercury b) Venus c) Earth d) Mars

Answer: a) Mercury

7. Which artist painted the famous artwork “Mona Lisa”?

a) Vincent van Gogh b) Pablo Picasso c) Leonardo da Vinci d) Michelangelo

Answer: c) Leonardo da Vinci

8. What is the largest ocean in the world?

a) Atlantic Ocean b) Indian Ocean c) Pacific Ocean d) Arctic Ocean

Answer: c) Pacific Ocean

9. Who is the author of the Harry Potter book series?

a) J.K. Rowling b) Stephenie Meyer c) Suzanne Collins d) John Green

Answer: a) J.K. Rowling

10. What is the chemical symbol for water?

a) H2O b) CO2 c) NaCl d) CH4

Answer: a) H2O

11. Which country is known as the “Land of the Rising Sun”?

a) China b) Japan c) India d) South Korea Answer: b) Japan

12. What is the largest mammal in the world?

a) Elephant b) Giraffe c) Blue Whale d) Hippopotamus

Answer: c) Blue Whale

13. Who painted the famous artwork “The Starry Night”?

a) Pablo Picasso b) Vincent van Gogh c) Rembrandt d) Claude Monet

Answer: b) Vincent van Gogh

14. What is the smallest continent in the world?

a) Australia b) Antarctica c) Europe d) South America

Answer: b) Antarctica

15. Which planet in our solar system is known as the “Ringed Planet”?

a) Jupiter b) Mars c) Saturn d) Uranus

Answer: c) Saturn

16. Who wrote the play “Romeo and Juliet”?

a) William Shakespeare b) Oscar Wilde c) George Bernard Shaw d) Tennessee Williams

Answer: a) William Shakespeare

17. What is the largest desert in the world?

a) Sahara Desert b) Arabian Desert c) Gobi Desert d) Antarctic Desert

Answer: a) Sahara Desert

18. Which scientist is known for his theory of evolution?

a) Charles Darwin b) Galileo Galilei c) Isaac Newton d) Niels Bohr

Answer: a) Charles Darwin

19. What is the currency of Japan?

a) Dollar b) Euro c) Pound d) Yen

Answer: d) Yen

20. Who painted the famous artwork “The Scream”?

a) Pablo Picasso b) Salvador Dali c) Edvard Munch d) Andy Warhol

Answer: c) Edvard Munch

21. What is the largest planet in our solar system?

a) Earth b) Jupiter c) Saturn d) Neptune

Answer: b) Jupiter

22. Who composed the famous symphony “Symphony No. 5”?

a) Ludwig van Beethoven b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart c) Johann Sebastian Bach d) Frédéric Chopin

Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven

23. What is the smallest continent in the world by population?

a) Australia b) Antarctica c) Europe d) South America

Answer: b) Antarctica

24. Which scientist is known for his theory of gravitation?

a) Albert Einstein b) Isaac Newton c) Galileo Galilei d) Niels Bohr

Answer: b) Isaac Newton

25. What is the tallest mountain in the world?

a) Mount Everest b) K2 c) Kangchenjunga d) Lhotse

Answer: a) Mount Everest

26. Who wrote the novel “Pride and Prejudice”?

a) Jane Austen b) Charlotte Brontë c) Emily Brontë d) Mary Shelley

Answer: a) Jane Austen

27. What is the largest island in the world?

a) Greenland b) New Guinea c) Borneo d) Madagascar

Answer: a) Greenland

28. Which scientist is known for his work on electricity and magnetism?

a) Isaac Newton b) Galileo Galilei c) Michael Faraday d) Albert Einstein

Answer: c) Michael Faraday

29. What is the smallest ocean in the world?

a) Arctic Ocean b) Indian Ocean c) Atlantic Ocean d) Southern Ocean

Answer: a) Arctic Ocean

30. Who painted the famous artwork “The Persistence of Memory”?

a) Pablo Picasso b) Salvador Dali c) René Magritte d) Frida Kahlo

Answer: b) Salvador Dali

31. What is the largest desert in the world by area?

a) Sahara Desert b) Arabian Desert c) Gobi Desert d) Antarctic Desert

Answer: d) Antarctic Desert

32. Who wrote the novel “The Catcher in the Rye”?

a) J.D. Salinger b) F. Scott Fitzgerald c) Ernest Hemingway d) John Steinbeck

Answer: a) J.D. Salinger

33. What is the chemical symbol for carbon dioxide?

a) H2O b) CO2 c) NaCl d) CH4

Answer: b) CO2

34. Which scientist is known for his work on the laws of motion?

a) Isaac Newton b) Galileo Galilei c) Albert Einstein d) Niels Bohr

Answer: a) Isaac Newton

35. What is the tallest waterfall in the world?

a) Niagara Falls b) Angel Falls c) Victoria Falls d) Iguazu Falls

Answer: b) Angel Falls

36. Who wrote the play “Hamlet”?

a) William Shakespeare b) Oscar Wilde c) George Bernard Shaw d) Tennessee Williams

Answer: a) William Shakespeare

37. What is the largest ocean by area?

a) Pacific Ocean b) Atlantic Ocean c) Indian Ocean d) Southern Ocean

Answer: a) Pacific Ocean

38. Who painted the famous artwork “The Birth of Venus”?

a) Leonardo da Vinci b) Raphael c) Sandro Botticelli d) Michelangelo

Answer: c) Sandro Botticelli

39. What is the largest island in the world by area?

a) Greenland b) New Guinea c) Borneo d) Madagascar

Answer: a) Greenland

40. Who composed the famous opera “The Magic Flute”?

a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart b) Ludwig van Beethoven c) Johann Sebastian Bach d) Frédéric Chopin

Answer: a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

41. What is the smallest planet in our solar system by mass?

a) Mercury b) Venus c) Earth d) Mars

Answer: a) Mercury

42. Who wrote the novel “The Great Gatsby”?

a) Ernest Hemingway b) F. Scott Fitzgerald c) John Steinbeck d) J.D. Salinger

Answer: b) F. Scott Fitzgerald

43. What is the chemical symbol for sodium chloride (table salt)?

a) H2O b) CO2 c) NaCl d) CH4 Answer: c) NaCl

44. Which scientist is known for his work on the atomic model?

a) Isaac Newton b) Niels Bohr c) Galileo Galilei d) Michael Faraday

Answer: b) Niels Bohr

45. What is the largest mammal that can fly?

a) Fruit Bat b) Flying Squirrel c) Vampire Bat d) Owl

Answer: a) Fruit Bat

46. Which ancient civilization built the Pyramids of Giza?

a) Egyptians b) Greeks c) Romans d) Mayans

Answer: a) Egyptians

47. What is the rarest blood type?

a) O b) A c) B d) AB-negative

Answer: d) AB-negative

48. Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

a) Buzz Aldrin b) Neil Armstrong c) Michael Collins d) Yuri Gagarin

Answer: b) Neil Armstrong

49. What is the smallest bird in the world?

a) Hummingbird b) Bee Hummingbird c) Goldcrest d) Willow Tit

Answer: b) Bee Hummingbird

50. Which planet in our solar system is known as the “Blue Planet”?

a) Earth b) Neptune c) Uranus d) Jupiter

Answer: a) Earth

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