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General knowledge quiz questions and answers

Show how good your general knowledge is with these 10 trivia questions!

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1. What does the name of the South American archipelago Tierra del Fuego mean?

A - Land of Fog

B - Land of Fire

C - Land of Ferns

D - Land of Sun

2. Which of these actors starred in the film ‘American History X’?

A - Ethan Hawke

B - Heath Ledger

C - Edward Norton

D - Joaquin Phoenix

3. The smoked beef ‘Pastrami’ gets its name from a word in which language?

A - Russian

B - Italian

C - Yiddish

D - Spanish

4. A long and loud applause in a theatre is known as bringing what down?

A - The curtains

B - The house

C - The stage

D - The lights

5. What name of an Ancient Greek city is given to an amateur plays sport?

A - Spartan

B - Theban

C - Corinthian

D - Byzantium

6. Where were F1 World Champions Emerson Fittipaldi & Nelson Piquet from?

A - Argentina

B - Mexico

C - United States

D - Brazil

7 - What bird is known in America as the ‘snow chicken’?

A - Quail

B - Ptarmigan

C - Avocet

D - Toucan

8 - What’s another name for Zinc Oxide?

A - Zinc white

B - Zinc green

C - Zinc red

D - Zinc blue

9 - In the Mozart Opera ‘Die Zauberflote’, what does ‘Zauber’ mean?

A - Women

B - Magic

C - Marriage

D - Tiny

10 - Hypatia of Alexandria made a significant contribution in which field?

A - Biology

B - Chemisty

C - Mathematics

D - Linguistics

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Answers

1 (B) Land of Fire

2 (C)  Edward Norton

3 (C) Yiddish

4 (B) The house

5 (C) Corinthian

6 (D) Brazil

7 (B) Ptarmigan

8 (A) Zinc white

9 (B) Magic

10 (C) Mathematics