60 hard general knowledge quiz questions, for when you're taking it very seriously
So, we’re all pros on the quiz front, right? The pandemic saw us all knuckling down and dusting off our school brains to compete with our family and friends over Zoom, Houseparty, Facebook Messenger, Teams… You name it, we quizzed on it.
We became experts on celeb couples and breakups, were able to recognise somebody’s face during a picture round with just their left eye, could probably A* a GCSE geography test, (raise your hand if you know almost every capital of the world) and for some unknown reason did quizzes in fancy dress even though we were just sitting and drinking in our living rooms.
And after all our hard work? We're bringing out the big guns. Seeing as we're all pros by now, it's time for our efforts to be put to the test. Big time. We've devised the best hard general knowledge quiz, which aims to disarm even the most confident Craigs and knowledgeable Kellys. Forget basic biology questions or achievable answers: this quiz is all about the challenge. So, are you ready?
Hard general knowledge quiz questions
How many breeds of elephant are there?
Which Disney Princess has the least amount of screen time?
What is Shakespeare's shortest play?
In Gavin and Stacey, how many times has Stacey been engaged before Gavin, and can you name them (for one point)?
What is Prince William's full name?
How many stars are on the national flag of USA?
In terms of volume, which is the largest fresh lake in the world?
What year was Marmite invented? A) 1902 B) 1929 C) 1899
For two points, what's the average height of males and females in the UK?
Who has won the most Academy Awards?
In Harry Potter, where does Vernon Dursley work?
What is the capital of St. Lucia?
How many letter tiles are there in a game of Scrabble?
For two points, who won the first football World Cup and what year was it?
Where in the human body would you find the medulla oblongata?
Who designed the Eiffel Tower?
What month of which year was the first iPhone released?
For two points, what were the most popular boys' and girls' names for 2019?
Name the longest river in the UK
What year was Scarface released?
Who was the youngest British Prime Minister?
What is the spiciest chilli in the world?
What's the name of the Coco Pops mascot?
What was Ariana Grande's first UK number one single?
Which English city was once known as Duroliponte?
Without using a calculator, what is 30% of 546? (You can round up to avoid decimal points)
In which classic novel is the first line: 'In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since'?
Which fashion house is behind the perfume, 'Light Blue'?
What year did Vincent Van Gogh die?
As of April 2023, who has the most Instagram followers?
As of April 2023, what's the highest rated film on iMDB?
Who won the Booker Prize in 2019?
What's the capital city of Tanzania?
What ingredients go into the cocktail, a boulevardier?
At the time of writing, how many members are in the band Tame Impala?
To the closest second, what is the world record for the world's longest fart?
What is Joe Biden's middle name?
Where would you find the oldest pot plant in the world?
Approximately, how many heads are on Easter Island?
What year did the first episode of Coronation Street air? Second point for guessing the month.
What is Cher's full name?
How many Grammy's did Billie Eilish win in 2020?
In the 2003 Lizzie McGuire movie, where was Miranda?
How many digits are in Pi?
How many bones are in an elephants trunk?
If you have cryophobia, what are you afraid of?
How many episodes of Keeping up with the Kardashians are there?
In the final scene of The Holiday, what song is everyone dancing to?
How many time zones are there in Russia?
As of April 2023 what is the most watched English language Netflix series?
The numbers on the opposite sides of a six-sided die always add up to what number?
What is the smallest city in England?
Which actor has a tattoo of a Heinz Ketchup bottle on his leg?
Which spice if consumed in large enough quantities produces a hallucinogenic effect?
President Zachary Taylor died of an overdose of what food?
What is the name of the fictional magazine Miranda Priestly edits in The Devil Wears Prada?
For one point, name the four capital cities the Danube river flows through?
In The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, how do the Pevensie children end up back in England?
Luanda is the capital city of which country?
Which playground game used to be an Olympic sport up until 1920?
Hard general knowledge quiz answers
Three species of elephants are recognised; the African bush elephant, the forest elephant, and the Asian elephant.
Aurora from Sleeping Beauty only has 18 minutes of screen time
The Comedy of Errors, with 1,787 lines and 14,369 words
Five. Hywel, Kyle, Leighton, Achmed, Cliff
William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor
50 stars
Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, Russia
A) 1902
The average man in England is 5ft 9in, and the average woman is 5ft 3in tall, according to ONS
Katharine Hepburn, having won four Academy Awards across her career and earned a total of 12 nominations
Grunnings – A drill manufacturer
Castries
100
Uruguay in 1930
The brain
Gustave Eiffel
June 2007, on the 29th
For boys, Oliver. And for girls, Olivia, according to research
The River Severn, at 354km
1983
William Pitt the Younger
The Carolina Reaper
Coco the monkey
'Problem', released in 2014
Cambridge.
164 (or 163.8 to be exact)
The Great Gatsby
Dolce & Gabbana
1890, on 29 July
Cristiano Ronaldo
The Shawshank Redemption
For one point: Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo, for The Testaments and Girl, Woman, Other respectively.
Dodoma
Typically, you can expect whiskey, sweet vermouth, and campari.
Five: Parker, Dominic Simper, Jay Watson, Cam Avery, and Julien Barbagallo.
2 minutes and 42 seconds. The record is held by Bernard Clemmens of London.
Robinette. His full name is Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
Kew Gardens, according to their website. Their Eastern Cape giant cycad (Encephalartos altensteinii) arrived in 1775.
Almost 1,000.
December 1960.
Cherilyn Sarkisian.
5.
On vacation in Mexico.
62.8 trillion decimals.
Zero.
Ice or cold.
280.
'You Send Me' - Aretha Franklin.
11.
Stranger Things at 1,352 hours
Seven
The City of London located within Greater London covers just 1.2 square miles
Jackson Rathbone from Twilight
Nutmeg
A copious amount of cherries and milk
Runway
Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Belgrade
They go on the hunt of a white stag, and accidentally end up walking back through the wardrobe
Angola
Tug of war
If you get more than 20 we're impressed...
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