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Daniel Bartoli
Daniel Bartoli

This document contains a 65 question trivial quiz covering topics ranging from pop culture to geography to science. The questions test knowledge in areas such as famous paintings and artists, world capitals, animals, the solar system, and more. The quiz includes multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank style questions.

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TRIVIAL QUIZ 1. What does ET stand for? Extra-terrestrial 2. How do you call your wife's brother? Brother in law 3. What's the best known artificial international language? Esperanto 4. Who painted the Mona Lisa? Leonardo da Vinci 5. Who wrote Lazarillo de Tormes? The author is anonymous 6. What did the crocodile swallow in Peter Pan? He swallowed the Capitan Garfio’s hand 7. What did the 7 dwarves do for a job? They works in a mine 8. Who painted the Sistine Chapel? Michelangelo 9. Name a famous detective who smoked a pipe and played the violin. Sherlock 10. What's the most important book in the Moslem religion? Quran 11. In which city is Hollywood? Los Angeles 12. Where are the Dolomites? North of Italy 13. What's the capital of Kenya? Nairobi 14. What's the smallest country in the world? Vatican city 15. Which river goes through London? Thames 16. What's the highest mountain in Africa? Kilimanjaro 17. What is 15 metres high, 8 metres wide and 240 kilometers long? 18. What's the capital of Scotland? Edinburg 19. Where are the Luxembourg Gardens? In Paris 20. How many wives did Henry the Eighth have? Six 21. Where did the first atomic bomb explode for the first time in Japan? Hiroshima 22. What's the name of the famous big clock in London? Big Ben 23. What country gave Florida to the USA in 1891?
24. What did the Montgolfier brothers invent? Balloon 25. What money do they use in Japan? Yen 26. Who is the Prime Minister of Britain? David Cameron 27. How many months have 31 days? Seven months 28. In what language does "obrigado" mean "thank you"? Portuguese 29. How many players are there in a volleyball team? Six 30. What horoscope sign has a crab? Cancer 31. In which shop can you buy books in England? In a bookshop 32. What does the female praying mantis do after she's made love? Kill the male 33. What are the three primary colours? Cyan, magenta and yellow 34. What temperature does water boil at? 100ºC 35. Who discovered penicillin? Alexander Fleming 36. Which is the only mammal that can't jump? The elephant 37. What's the smallest type of tree in the world? Bonsai 38. What colours make purple? Whit blue and red 39. Which is the largest state in the United States of America? Alaska 40. Which company is the largest producer of computer software for personal computers? Windows 41. Sony: Play station :: Microsoft : Xbox 42. Earth is located in which galaxy? Milky Way 43. What is the name of NASA’s most famous space telescope? Hubble 44. What is the hottest planet in our solar system? Venus 45. What is the main gas found in the air we breathe? Oxygen 46. Atoms of the same chemical element that have different atomic mass are known as? Isotopes 47. What is the name of the substance that gives skin and hair its pigment? Hemoglobin 48. The solid state of water is known as what? Ice 49. What is the longest river on Earth? Nil
50. What food is used as the base of guacamole? Avocados, onion and green pepper 51. What is the popular food used to carve jack-o-lanterns during Halloween? Pumpkin 52.What famous islands west of Ecuador were extensively studied by Charles Darwin? Galapagos islands 53. What is the next prime number after 7? 11 54. What food makes up nearly all (around 99%) of a Giant Panda’s diet? Bamboo 55. Botany is the study of? Plants 56. Bacterial infections in humans can be treated with what? With antibiotic 57. A change of the DNA in an organism that results in a new trait is known as a? Mutation 58. The most recognized model of how the universe begun is known as the? Big Ben 59. Which is the only planet in our solar system that rotates in a different direction from the other planets? Venus 60. This city, famous for music, is the capital of Austria. Sidney 61. Transylvania, the home of Dracula, is located in this country. Hungary 62. Visitors to Rome can visit this ancient sports arena. Coliseum 63. Monet, Renoir, and Degas all contributed to the art movement known as impressionism. 64. Peter Parker is better known by his superhero name. What is it? Spiderman 65. In which country would you find the Leaning Tower of Pisa? Italy

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  • 1. TRIVIAL QUIZ 1. What does ET stand for? Extra-terrestrial 2. How do you call your wife's brother? Brother in law 3. What's the best known artificial international language? Esperanto 4. Who painted the Mona Lisa? Leonardo da Vinci 5. Who wrote Lazarillo de Tormes? The author is anonymous 6. What did the crocodile swallow in Peter Pan? He swallowed the Capitan Garfio’s hand 7. What did the 7 dwarves do for a job? They works in a mine 8. Who painted the Sistine Chapel? Michelangelo 9. Name a famous detective who smoked a pipe and played the violin. Sherlock 10. What's the most important book in the Moslem religion? Quran 11. In which city is Hollywood? Los Angeles 12. Where are the Dolomites? North of Italy 13. What's the capital of Kenya? Nairobi 14. What's the smallest country in the world? Vatican city 15. Which river goes through London? Thames 16. What's the highest mountain in Africa? Kilimanjaro 17. What is 15 metres high, 8 metres wide and 240 kilometers long? 18. What's the capital of Scotland? Edinburg 19. Where are the Luxembourg Gardens? In Paris 20. How many wives did Henry the Eighth have? Six 21. Where did the first atomic bomb explode for the first time in Japan? Hiroshima 22. What's the name of the famous big clock in London? Big Ben 23. What country gave Florida to the USA in 1891?
  • 2. 24. What did the Montgolfier brothers invent? Balloon 25. What money do they use in Japan? Yen 26. Who is the Prime Minister of Britain? David Cameron 27. How many months have 31 days? Seven months 28. In what language does "obrigado" mean "thank you"? Portuguese 29. How many players are there in a volleyball team? Six 30. What horoscope sign has a crab? Cancer 31. In which shop can you buy books in England? In a bookshop 32. What does the female praying mantis do after she's made love? Kill the male 33. What are the three primary colours? Cyan, magenta and yellow 34. What temperature does water boil at? 100ºC 35. Who discovered penicillin? Alexander Fleming 36. Which is the only mammal that can't jump? The elephant 37. What's the smallest type of tree in the world? Bonsai 38. What colours make purple? Whit blue and red 39. Which is the largest state in the United States of America? Alaska 40. Which company is the largest producer of computer software for personal computers? Windows 41. Sony: Play station :: Microsoft : Xbox 42. Earth is located in which galaxy? Milky Way 43. What is the name of NASA’s most famous space telescope? Hubble 44. What is the hottest planet in our solar system? Venus 45. What is the main gas found in the air we breathe? Oxygen 46. Atoms of the same chemical element that have different atomic mass are known as? Isotopes 47. What is the name of the substance that gives skin and hair its pigment? Hemoglobin 48. The solid state of water is known as what? Ice 49. What is the longest river on Earth? Nil
  • 3. 50. What food is used as the base of guacamole? Avocados, onion and green pepper 51. What is the popular food used to carve jack-o-lanterns during Halloween? Pumpkin 52.What famous islands west of Ecuador were extensively studied by Charles Darwin? Galapagos islands 53. What is the next prime number after 7? 11 54. What food makes up nearly all (around 99%) of a Giant Panda’s diet? Bamboo 55. Botany is the study of? Plants 56. Bacterial infections in humans can be treated with what? With antibiotic 57. A change of the DNA in an organism that results in a new trait is known as a? Mutation 58. The most recognized model of how the universe begun is known as the? Big Ben 59. Which is the only planet in our solar system that rotates in a different direction from the other planets? Venus 60. This city, famous for music, is the capital of Austria. Sidney 61. Transylvania, the home of Dracula, is located in this country. Hungary 62. Visitors to Rome can visit this ancient sports arena. Coliseum 63. Monet, Renoir, and Degas all contributed to the art movement known as impressionism. 64. Peter Parker is better known by his superhero name. What is it? Spiderman 65. In which country would you find the Leaning Tower of Pisa? Italy