135 of the best general knowledge quiz questions

Since all those zoom quizzes (shudder) we’ve all become pretty adept at quizzing. Name that chocolate by cross section? Easy. Name the Kardashian-Jenner kids in age order? Pfft simple. But just because we’re already quiz masters doesn’t mean we’re stopping any time soon. If anything, we’re just getting started.

Now that we can actually do game nights and pub quizzes IRL, it’s pretty important we keep our general knowledge standards up to scratch in case someone whacks out the questions.

Whether you’re planning to hold a boozy games night and want to switch it up with some ‘most likely to’ questions, or fancy a little throwback with a spicy game of truth or dare. Or maybe you just need a full on, quiz of random facts that has already been written for you, our round up of the best general knowledge quiz questions has got you covered.

This quiz takes every subject area into consideration and will basically make you feel like you’re on (and winning) The Chase. Good luck!

The best general knowledge quiz questions

1. What is the capital of Finland?
2. What is the name of Bridget Jones’ baby in the third Bridget Jones film?
3. At the time of writing (December 2022) how many episodes of The Simpsons are there?
4. Which five colours make up the Olympic rings?
5. In which decade was Madonna born?
6. What is the most sold flavour of Walker’s crisps?
7. What’s the biggest animal in the world?
8. For one point, put the following Kardashian-Jenners in order of age, oldest to youngest: Khloe, Kylie, Rob, Kourtney, Kendall, Kim, Kris
9. How many times has Andy Murray won Wimbledon playing singles?
10. Which country is brie cheese originally from?
11. In what franchise would you find the character Katniss Everdeen?
12. What year was Heinz established?
13. What is the capital of Iceland?
14. Who came second in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2019?
15. What year did Margaret Thatcher die?
16. What does IPA stand for?
17. Who painted the Mona Lisa?
18. Which planet is closest to the sun?
19. What was Queen Elizabeth II’s surname?
20. Who plays Delboy Trotter in Only Fools And Horses?
21. What is the largest country in the world?
22. Which fashion designer reportedly had a relationship with Winston Churchill?
23. How many valves does the heart have?
24. What is the name of the school in Sex Education?
25. In Harry Potter, what is the name of The Weasley’s house?
26. Put these Tom Hanks films in chronological order: Catch Me If You Can, Forrest Gump, The Terminal, Bridge Of Spies
27. Typically, what four ingredients go into a cosmopolitan cocktail? (For one point)
28. Who has been the First Minister of Wales since December 2018?
29. Which city had the first ever fashion week?
30. What nut is in the middle of a Ferrero Rocher?
31. What’s a baby rabbit called?
32. How many minutes in a game of rugby league?
33. Typically, what’s the strongest muscle in the human body?
34. Name one landlocked country in Europe
35. Who did Anne Hathaway play in Les Miserables?
36. What fruit takes the scientific name Mangifera indica?
37. What does He stand for on the periodic table?
38. What does LGBTQ stand for?
39. What did Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams collectively create?
40. To a single decimal point, many kilometers in a mile?
41. Where in England would you find the themepark Dreamland?
42. What month was Prince George born?
43. For two points, if all of the states of America were placed in alphabetical order, what would be first and last?
44. Who is the highest spiritual leader of Tibet?
45. What is the Papaver Rhoeas flower better known as?
46. Who plays Emily in the hit Netflix show, Emily In Paris?
47. Which rapper’s real name is Dylan Kwabena Mills?
48. Who is manager of the England football team as of 2020?
49. For one point, which of these actors is Scottish? Jamie Dornan, Michael Sheen, James McAvoy, Daniel Craig
50. How many episodes of Scrubs were there? Closest wins the point.
51. What year was Google images invented, and for a bonus point, what prompted its creation?
52. What was the most streamed show on Netflix in 2020?
53. How many Olympic gold medals does Sir Mo Farah have?
54. How many elements are there in the periodic table?
55. What relationship were Monica and Ross in Friends?
56. Where was the mojito cocktail created?
57. What are the three water signs in astrology?
58. What is the name of the person who does the voiceovers on Love Island?
59. What was the name of Britney Spears’ first single?
60. Which supermodel was born in Streatham, London?
61. How many sides does a heptadecagon have?
62. Which London Underground line has the most stations?
63. How many bones does a shark have?
64. What star sign would someone born on August 24th be?
65. What does the AC button on a calculator stand for?
66. Which book begins with the line, “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again…”
67. In cockney rhyming slang, what is a ‘dog and bone’?
68. Who is older Jeremy Corbyn or Theresa May?
69. What did Snickers bars used to be called before the name was changed in 1990?
70. Including the recruiter round how many games were there in Squid Game?
71. How old was Emma Raducanu when she won the US Open in 2021?
72. What grain is the Japanese spirit Sake made from?
73. What was the most popular girls name in the UK in 2020?
74. What is Scooby Doo’s full name?
75. What is the name for a donkey crossed with a zebra?
76. Who is Taylor Swift’s “We are never ever getting back together” rumoured to be about?
77. Which is the highest grossing Harry Potter film?
78. How many time zones are there in Russia?
79. Which novel begins, “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
80. Which UK city is Banksy from?
81. Who invented the World Wide Web in 1990?
82. Which country’s rugby team is known as The Springboks?
83. What does a Geiger Counter measure?
84. What is the smallest country in the world?
85. Aside from the six main characters, which character appears the most on Friends?
86. How many Prime Ministers did the UK have in 2022?
87. What is a group of spiders called?
88. In which year did the first episode of Come Dine With Me air?
89. Who won Love Island in 2022?
90. Who wrote A Brief History of Time?
91. Which Disney Princess has a tattoo?
92. What are Canada’s two national sports?
93. How many teeth does the adult human have?
94. What is the full name of Harry and Meghan’s second child?
95. What colour is the Elizabeth tube line on the tube map?
96. Who are the three main characters in the musical Chicago?
97. Where in Italy is pizza believed to have first been made?
98. In which year did Beyoncé release the song “Single Ladies”?
99. What is the most common pub name in the UK?
100. When was the first iPhone released?
101. In which two countries can you not buy Coca Cola?
102. How many people watched the final episode of Game of Thrones?
103. Zagreb is the capital city of which country?
104. Who won The X Factor in 2011?
105. Which dish was voted as the national dish of the UK?
106. Which member of One Direction left the band first to pursue a solo career?
107. How many A Star Is Born movies have been made?
108. Which country consumes the most chocolate per capita?
109. BBC’s Normal People was based on a book by which author?
110. What are the names of the three kittens in Disney’s The Aristocats?
111. What awards has an EGOT winner won?
112. What was the name of Charlotte’s first husband in Sex and the City?
113. What is the largest organ in the human body?
114. What is the name of the dance at the beginning of The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
115. How many people have walked on the moon?
116. What are the names of Cinderella’s stepsisters?
117. Area 51 is located in which American state?
118. How many bones are found in the human ear?
119. What is Lady Gaga’s real first name?
120. What alcoholic drink is primarily made from juniper berries?
121. Which of Stephen King’s novels was the first to be adapted into a movie?
122. Where in the world would you find the “Spanish steps”?
123. On The Mandalorian, what is Baby Yoda’s real name?
124. What are a group of ravens called?
125. Which movie won the first ever Oscar for Best Animated Film?
126. What is the capital city of Brazil?
127. Who writes The Thursday Murder Club series of books?
128. What does Hakuna Matata mean?
129. Who plays Barbie in the 2023 movie of the same name?
130. What is the tallest building in the world?
131. Which one of these is a fish: a whale, a shark or a dolphin?
132. Which person made a cameo appearance in every single Marvel movie until his death in 2018?
133. What was David Bowie’s original surname?
134. What is the name of Snoopy’s little yellow bird friend?
135. How many boroughs are there in New York City?

The best general knowledge quiz answers

1. Helsinki
2. William
3. 738
4. Black, green, blue, yellow and red
5. The 1950s (1958)
6. Cheese and Onion
7. The blue whale
8. Oldest to youngest: Kris, 67, Kourtney, 43, Kim, 42, Khloe, 38, Rob, 35, Kendall, 27, Kylie, 25
9. Twice – in 2013 against Novak Djokovic and in 2016 against Milos Raonic
10. France
11. The Hunger Games
12. 1869
13. Reykjavík
14. Netherlands
15. 2013, on the 8th April
16. Indian Pale Ale
17. Leonardo da Vinci
18. Mercury
19. Windsor. Her full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor
20. David Jason
21. Russia
22. Coco Chanel
23. Four – the mitral, tricuspid, aortic and pulmonic valves
24. Moordale High
25. The Burrow
26. Forrest Gump (1994), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Terminal (2004), Bridge Of Spies (2015)
27. Fresh lime juice, vodka, cranberry juice, triple sec/cointreau/orange liqueur
28. Mark Drakeford
29. New York, in 1943
30. Hazelnut
31. A kit
32. 80 minutes
33. The masseter – the main jaw muscle
34. Any of the following 14 countries: Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Vatican City.
35. Fantine
36. Mango
37. Helium
38. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (or queer)
39. 1.6km
40. Margate
41. July
42. First: Alabama. Last: Wyoming
43. The Dalai Lama
44. A poppy!
45. Lily Collins
46. Dizzee Rascal
47. Gareth Southgate
48. James McAvoy is Scottish. Jamie Dornan is Irish, Michael Sheen is Welsh and Christian Bale is English.
49. 181 episodes.
50. July 2001, as a result of mass Google searches in February 2000 when Jennifer Lopez wore a jungle print dress, designed by Donatella Versace, to the Grammy Awards.
51. The Umbrella Academy season 2, with 43million streams.
52. Four Olympic gold medals. He first was at the London 2012 Olympic games when he finished the 10,000m in a time of 27:30.42. He won gold the same year for the Men’s 5,000m, which he completed in 13:41:66. At the Rio 2016 Olympics, he won another gold medal for the 10,000m, and a fourth gold medal for the 5,000m.
53. 118 elements
54. Brother and sister
55. Cuba
56. Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces
57. Iain Sterling
58. Baby One More Time
59. Naomi Campbell
60. Seventeen
61. District Line (60 stations)
62. None (a shark’s skeleton is made entirely of cartilage)
63. Virgo (August 23 – September 22)
64. All clear
65. Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier
66. A phone
67. Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949, Theresa May was born 1956)
68. Marathon bars
69. Seven – recruiter round, red light – green light, honeycomb, tug of war, marbles, glass stepping stones, squid game.
70. Eighteen
71. Rice
72. Olivia
73. Scoobert Doo
74. A zeedonk
75. Jake Gyllenhaal
76. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
77. Eleven
78. 1984
79. Bristol
80. Tim Berners-Lee
81. South Africa
82. Radiation
83. Vatican City
84. Gunther
85. Three (Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and current PM Rishi Sunak)
86. Clutter or cluster
87. 2005
88. Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti
89. Stephen Hawking
90. Pocahontas
91. Lacrosse in the summer, hockey in the winter
92. 32
93. Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor
94. Purple
95. Roxie Hart, Velma Kelly and Billy Flynn
96. Naples
97. 2008
98. Red Lion
99. 2007
100. North Korea and Cuba
101. 19.3 million
102. Croatia
103. Little Mix
104. Chicken Tikka
105. Zayn Malik
106. Four
107. Switzerland
108. Sally Rooney
109. Berlioz, Marie and Toulouse
110. An Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and a Tony
111. Trey MacDougal
112. The skin
113. The Time Warp
114. 12
115. Anastasia and Drizella
116. Nevada
117. Three
118. Stefani
119. Gin
120. Carrie
121. Rome, Italy
122. Grogu
123. An unkindness
124. Shrek
125. Brasília
126. Richard Osman
127. No worries!
128. Margot Robbie
129. The Burj Khalifa
130. The shark
131. Comic book creator Stan Lee
132. Jones
133. Woodstock
134. Five

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