Beat This Tricky General Knowledge Test

Can you deal with 14 questions from all walks of life? We've got history, music, art, geography and much more in this quiz to ask you about! So get ready and let's see how much you know...
 
1 of 14
In what year did The Beatles split up?
1966
1972
1970
1969
 
2 of 14
Which of these is NOT one of the five colors of the Olympic rings?
Black
Yellow
Red
Purple
 
3 of 14
A screwdriver cocktail is orange juice, ice and which spirit?
Vodka
Rum
Gin
Brandy
 
4 of 14
How many notes are there in a musical scale?
Ten
Six
Seven
Eight
 
5 of 14
What is the best-selling novel of all time?
Catch-22
Murder on the Orient Express
The Catcher in the Rye
Don Quixote
 
6 of 14
Which of these companies was NOT owned by Elon Musk at some point?
SpaceX
Blue Origin
Paypal
Tesla
 
7 of 14
What is the first line of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody?
Mamaaa, just killed a man...
I'm just a poor boy nobody loves me...
Open your eyes, Look up to the skies and see...
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy...
 
8 of 14
In what year did the European Union first introduce the Euro as currency?
1999
2001
1997
2003
 
9 of 14
Which lake is known as 'The Jewel of the Italian Lakes'?
Lake Trasimeno
Lake Como
Lake Iseo
Lake Garda
 
10 of 14
Which island group includes Ibiza, Menorca and Majorca?
Pityusic Islands
Spicer Islands
Cornwallis Islands
Balearic Islands
 
11 of 14
What color is Sesame Street’s Elmo?
Brown
Orange
Red
Blue
 
12 of 14
Which word contains a long vowel sound in this sentence: 'Dogs like tennis balls.'
Balls
Dogs
Tennis
Like
 
13 of 14
Who said: “No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues?”
Peter M. Neumann
Alfred North Whitehead
Alan Turing
Bertrand Russell
 
14 of 14
Which inventor invented the revolver handgun in 1835?
John Smith
James Wesson
Henry Deringer
Samuel Colt
 
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