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Ultimate Knowledge Challenge

Test your wits and challenge your knowledge with this expertly crafted quiz featuring 50 tough questions! Each question is designed to push your limits and broaden your understanding of various topics.

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50 Challenging Questions
Multiple Choice Format
Broad Range of Topics

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Watership Down is a hill in the north of which English county?

East Anglia

Cumbria

Surrey

Hampshire

The Hindenburg disaster occurred on May 6, 1937, trying to dock at a naval air station in which US state?

New York

New Jersey

New England

New Amsterdam

How many vertebrae or bones are there in a giraffe's neck?

Which university was the first winners of the quiz show University Challenge in 1963?

Manchester

Leicester

Oxford

Cambridge

Which actor created the charitable foundation SixDegrees.org

Keanu Reaves

Kevin Bacon

Tom Hanks

Tom Cruise

To the nearest day, how long was the Apollo 11 mission which landed man on the Moon?

What colour is the upholstery in the House of Commons?

Red

Green

Blue

Black Leather

What relation is the present Queen to Queen Victoria?

Grand-daughter

Great-grand-daughter

Great-great-grand-daughter

Great-great-great-grand-daughter

Ribbon, Harp, Elephant and Leopard are all types of what animal?

Shark

Whale

Sea-lion

Seal

Which two states border Florida?

Alabama and Georgia

Alabama and Louisiana

Georgia and Louisiana

Texas and Georgia

Britain's first black archbishop became bishop of where in 2005

Durham

Manchester

York

Canterbury

The river Senne flows through which capital city?

Paris

Amsterdam

Brussels

Copenhagen

When did the British children's television programme Blue Peter first air?

1955

1958

1961

1964

Who was the fourth man to walk on the moon?

Mr. Bean

Mr. Tickle

Mr. Darcy

Mr. Kipling

Most of which African country's wine is produced in Cap Bon?

Nambia

South Africa

Egypt

Tunisia

Who was the fourth Doctor Who?

Jon Pertwee

Tom Baker

Peter Davidson

Colin Baker

Which coin was first issued on the 9th of June 1982?

£1

£2

20p

£5

Which of these pairs of animals are most likely to meet in the wild?

A penguin and a polar bear

A leopard and a cheetah

A gorilla and an orang-utan

A lemur and a wallaby

Which of these inventions could Queen Victoria have never seen?

Photograph

Telephone

Coca Cola

Teabag

Which of these took up their position as a judge first?

David Hasselhoff on Britain’s Got Talent

Alesha Dixon on Strictly Come Dancing

Cheryl Cole on The X Factor UK

Jennifer Lopez on American Idol

In early Victorian Times who were called Pythagoreans?

Vegetarians

Mathematicians

Freemasons

Suffragettes

A device capable of storing electricity consisting of conducting plates separated by a layer of insulating material is given what name?

Dynamo

Transistor

Capacitor

Battery

Which of these countries is closest to the Isle of Man?

Northern Ireland

Wales

England

Scotland

Which out of the following football stadiums has the largest capacity?

St. James' Park, Newcastle

Anfield, Liverpool

Villa Park, Aston Villa

Stamford Bridge, Chelsea

What was Sir Edmund Hillary's official occupation?

Bookkeeper

Beekeeper

Accountant

Zoo Keeper

In which year did Old West legend Wyatt Earp die?

1869

1889

1909

1929

Which pop duo was the first western band to play in China?

Wham!

Hall and Oats

Pet Shop Boys

Eurythmics

How long does it take Pluto to orbit the Sun?

24 Years

84 Years

248 Years

428 Years

What does the Sikh surname 'Singh' mean?

Master

Lion

Bear

Farmer

Which European city has more bridges inside its city limits than any other city in the world?

London

Hamburg

Paris

Amsterdam

What is the last name of Chandler, a fictional character from the sitcom Friends?

Bing

Bang

Bong

Bung

Name the ship that Lieutenant James Cook commanded on his first voyage of discovery, to Australia and New Zealand?

Endeavour

Discovery

Endurance

Enterprise

Who was born in Edinburgh in 1930 and given the middle name Balfour?

Ronnie Barker

Ronnie Corbett

Richard Wilson

Billy Connolly

Hugo Drax is a Bond villain in which 007 film?

Octopussy

You Only Live Twice

Moonraker

Live and Let Die

Name the son of King Henry VIII who was king of England until his death aged just 15?

Edward IV

Edward V

Edward VI

Edward VII

Name Britain's longest-running weekly women's magazine

Woman's Own

Woman's weekly

Vintage Life

The Lady

What did Cecil Chubb buy at auction for £6,600 in 1915?

London Bridge

Mount Everest

Stonehenge

Giza Pyramids

Who was the first monarch to reside at Buckingham Palace?

George IV

William IV

Victoria

Henry VIII

The Battle of Hastings was fought in which month?

March

June

August

October

In which city was Mother Theresa born?

Skopje

Tirana

Zagreb

Venice

Which actor co-hosted the Oscars in 1959 and won the Best Actor Award on the same night?

Jack Lemon

Frank Sinatra

David Niven

Jack Nicholson

Which of the Baltic states is the most northern?

Estonia

Lithuania

Latvia

Other than India, which country is Hindi an official language?

Sri Lanka

Bangladesh

Fiji

Pakistan

How many stars are there on the Australian flag?

What were the first words spoken by Buzz Adrin on the moon?

Beautiful View

That Sun is bright

Neil, I'm out now

Is that a KFC?

In which century did Nostradamus live?

14th

15th

16th

17th

Approximately, how much would a small one kilogram gold bar be worth?

£3,000

£33,000

£330,000

£3,300,000

Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States - how old was he on this day in January, 2021?

In a standard set of Monopoly, how many green houses and red hotels are there in total?

On the evening of the 4th of November, 1605, Guy Fawkes was discovered in a cellar of the Palace of Westminster with enough barrels of gunpowder to blow the building and surrounding area sky high - how many barrels were there?

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