25 Quiz Questions

Test the knowledge of your audience with this selection of general knowledge questions.

The questions

1. What was the old name for a Snickers bar before it changed in 1990?

2. How many ghosts chase Pac-Man at the start of each game?

3. What Renaissance artist is buried in Rome’s Pantheon?

4. What game studio makes the Red Dead Redemption series?

5. What sleuth has both Robert Downey Jr. and Benedict Cumberbatch played?

6. What country drinks the most coffee per capita?

7. Roald Amundsen was the first man to reach the South Pole, but where was he from?

8. What art form is described as “decorative handwriting or handwritten lettering”?

9. Complete the following lyrics – “I should have changed that stupid lock…..”

10. In what country would you find Mount Kilimanjaro?

11. What is the world’s fastest bird?

12. What is a group of crows called?

13. How many dots appear on a pair of dice?

14. Which is the only body part that is fully grown from birth?

15. What country has the most islands?

16. Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?

17. How many European capitals does the River Danube flow through?

18. In what capital would you find The Little Mermaid statue?

19. Where did sushi originate?

20. What sporting event has a strict dress code of all white?

21. Which is the only venomous snake native to the UK?

22. Who is the oldest person to get to number one in the UK singles chart?

23. Duroc, Berkshire and Mangalica are breeds of which type of animal?

24. What is the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world?

25. Where would you be if you were standing on the Spanish Steps?

The answers

1. Marathon

2. 4

3. Raphael

4. Rockstar Games

5. Sherlock Holmes

6. Finland

7. Norway

8. Calligraphy

9. I should have made you leave your key

10. Tanzania

11. The Peregrine Falcon

12. A Murder

13. 42

14. The Eyes

15. Sweden – 270,000 (estimated)

15. Colorado River

17. 4 – Vienna (Austria), Bratislava (Slovakia), Budapest (Hungary), Belgrade (Serbia)

18. Copenhagen

19. China

20. Wimbledon

21. Adder

22. Captain Tom Moore – A cover of You’ll Never Walk Alone

23. Pig

24. Mexico City, Mexico

25. Rome

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