Sue’s General Knowledge Quiz (1

50 General Knowledge Questions

1. Which 80s band’s original name was “Atomic Mass”?

2. What rare condition causes people to sneeze when exposed to bright light?

3. In which country would you find the ancient ruins of Petra?

4. What’s the only mammal capable of sustained flight?

5. Which artist painted The Persistence of Memory (melting clocks)?

6. What’s the scientific term for “brain freeze”?

7. Which 80s hit contains the lyric: “I’m hot, sticky sweet, from my head to my feet”?

8. What’s the oldest known human-created structure still standing?

9. True or False: The clitoris has more nerve endings than the entire penis.

10. Which fruit’s seeds grow on the outside?

11. What’s the only bone in the human body not connected to another?

12. Which city is home to the world’s narrowest street (just 31 cm wide)?

13. What’s the chemical symbol for gold?

14. Which 80s singer’s real name was Robyn Fenty?

15. What’s the term for the fear of long words?

16. Which country consumes the most chocolate per capita?

17. What’s the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise?

18. Which erotic novel was originally published under the title The Secret Life of a French Maid?

19. What’s the deadliest creature to humans (by annual deaths)?

20. Which 80s movie features the song Don’t You (Forget About Me)?

21. What’s the only food that never spoils?

22. Which organ produces insulin?

23. What’s the capital of Bhutan?

24. Which composer wrote The Four Seasons?

25. What’s the world’s most stolen painting?

26. Which 80s band used a Roland TR-808 drum machine on When Doves Cry?

27. What’s the term for sexual attraction to intelligence?

28. Which country has no official capital?

29. What’s the hardest natural substance on Earth?

30. Which 80s icon starred in Desperately Seeking Susan before her music career?

31. What’s the only letter not appearing in any U.S. state name?

32. Which animal’s heart weighs up to 400 pounds?

33. What’s the longest muscle in the human body?

34. Which city hosts the annual Running of the Bulls?

35. What’s the oldest continuously operating library in the world?

36. Which 80s song was the first to feature a digital download as its B-side?

37. What’s the only body part that can’t heal itself?

38. Which country has the most time zones?

39. What’s the term for the fear of buttons?

40. Which 80s band’s lead singer had a PhD in astrophysics?

41. What’s the only continent where spiders don’t exist?

42. Which artist’s final words were “La tristesse durera toujours” (“The sadness will last forever”)?

43. What’s the rarest blood type in humans?

44. Which country invented the sandwich?

45. What’s the only bird that can fly backward?

46. Which 80s movie featured the quote “Life moves pretty fast”?

47. What’s the term for the study of tickling?

48. Which city is built on 118 islands connected by bridges?

49. What’s the only food legally defined by U.S. Congress?

50. Which 80s singer’s backup dancers were called The Fly Girls?

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