Have a fun break! Test your general knowledge of the world (and a few other topics); with the third quiz in my World Quiz series, ‘What do you know about the World?’
After the quiz; please leave your score and comments, in the section below – if you wish; and do share the quiz with your friends, and your social networks. Thanks. Good luck.
-
Question of
Which European explorer first discovered the US River Mississippi?
-
Vasco da Gama
-
Hernando de Soto
-
John Cabot
-
-
Question of
Which of the following SI units is used for measuring Frequency?
-
Newton
-
Hertz
-
Joule
-
-
Question of
Which of the following zodiac signs is the opposite sign to the birth sign, Aries?
-
Scorpio
-
Libra
-
Virgo
-
-
Question of
Who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1983?
-
Claude Simon
-
Wole Soyinka
-
William Golding
-
-
Question of
What is the mass number of the element, Magnesium?
-
36
-
24
-
12
-
-
Question of
In the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, which of the following ranks is immediately above corporal?
-
Sergeant
-
Captain
-
Adjutant
-
-
Question of
Which date of the year in Britain (and the Western World) is known as: St John’s Day?
-
23rd May
-
24th June
-
25th July
-
-
Question of
What device is used for making distant objects appear nearer and larger by means of compound lenses or concave mirrors?
-
Periscope
-
Microscope
-
Telescope
-
-
Question of
Who first coined the term, ‘rock and roll’ to describe the new music of the 20th century?
-
Elvis Presley
-
Berry Gordy
-
Alan Freed
-
-
Question of
Who was the monarch of United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936?
-
King Edward VII
-
King George V
-
King George VI
-
-
Question of
In which year, did the United Kingdom join the European Community – now known as the European Union?
-
1973
-
1963
-
1953
-
-
Question of
Which of the following people led the famous Haitian Revolution?
-
Toussaint L’Ouverture
-
Paul Robeson
-
Alexandre Dumas
-
-
Question of
Which novelist/author wrote the book; ‘Rabbit, Run’ published in 1960?
-
Scott Fitzgerald
-
David Storey
-
John Updike
-
-
Question of
Who painted the artpiece painting, The Lion Hunt, in 1616?
-
Rembrandt van Rijn
-
Domenichino
-
Peter Paul Rubens
-
Very interesting quiz thank you
Very interesting quiz
i really enjoyed this
7/14 – so.so! Good quiz 🙂
Thanks Norman! 7/14 is good. Just about average! Well done! ?
9/14…I hope it’s okay 🙂
Well done Vidocka! 9/14 is very good. Well about average! Thanks for playing! ?
7 out of 14 right! Not so bad. Not so bad? That’s awful!
Cmoneyspinner. Well done! 7/14 is good. Bang on average! Thanks for playing!
I really enjoyed this, got 8, really learned a couple of things!
Well done! Glad you enjoyed it. That was a good score!
Got 9/14
Well done! This is well above average! Good!
9/14 – OK, probably!
Well done! Surely a good score!
I got 9
Well done! 9/14 means to be the popular score!
very bad result got cant share it..
Don’t worry. The questions are very varied. Try again and your score will improve. Thanks for playing.