We've made another epic trivia challenge for you, with 25 questions taken from all walks of life, getting harder as you get higher. Do you have the (general) knowledge for this test? Well, only leaping straight into this pool of questions will lead you to the answers...
Who wrote "The Art of War"?
Sun Tzu
Confucius
Laozi
Mencius
What is the smallest prime number greater than 100?
101
103
107
109
Who is the Greek god of the underworld?
Hades
Zeus
Poseidon
Ares
Which chemical element has the symbol 'Fe'?
Iron
Fluorine
Francium
Salt
Which U.S. state was an independent republic before joining the Union?
Texas
California
Vermont
Hawaii
What is the longest river in Asia?
Yangtze
Yellow
Mekong
Ganges
Who painted "The Birth of Venus"?
Sandro Botticelli
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
According to legend, how did Alexander the Great untie the famous Gordian knot?
in 333BC
He couldn't and failed
He sliced it open with his sword
He used the advice of Aristotle to open it
He solved it himself
In what year was the first Nobel Prize awarded?
1901
1878
1912
1907
At 7,310 ft (2,228 meters), which of these is the tallest mountain in Australia?
Mount Kosciuszko
Mount Bogong
Mount Ossa
Mount Zeil
What is the SECOND largest planet in our solar system?
Saturn
Jupiter
Uranus
Neptune
How many books are there in the New Testament?
27
33
39
12
In the movie "Back to the Future," what year does Marty McFly travel back to?
1955
2015
1945
1965
Which ancient civilization built the city of Machu Picchu?
Inca
Aztec
Maya
Olmec
Who was the Russian composer of the opera "Eugene Onegin"?
There is also a novel by that name written by Alexander Pushkin
Modest Mussorgsky
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Sergei Rachmaninoff
What is the rarest blood type in the world?
AB negative
O negative
A positive
B positive
Complete the line from "A Midsummer Night's Dream": "Lord, what fools these ________ be!"
mortals
humans
villagers
kings
What is the term for a group of owls?
Parliament
Library
Chorus
Flock
How much larger (by area) is the Pacific ocean compared to the Atlantic?
Or to be really specific - 1.98 larger
About twice as large
About 3 times as large
About 150% of the Atlantic
About 120% of the Atlantic
Napoleon once fled for his life as many _________ attacked him and his men
They released thousands of them for a hunt, but instead of running they turned on them and he had to jump into his carriage and flee the angry bunnies!
Wolves
Rabbits
Cats
Giraffes
What was the name of the sun god in Egyptian mythology?
Ra
Anubis
Horus
Set
Which apostle famously denied Jesus three times?
Peter
Judas
Thomas
John
Which 1984 film features the character named "Axel Foley"?
Beverly Hills Cop
Lethal Weapon
Midnight Run
Rocky III
In which play would you find the characters Vladimir and Estragon?
Waiting for Godot
The Homecoming
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
No Exit
Which artist is known for the painting "The Sleeping Gypsy"?
Henri Rousseau
Paul Cézanne
Edgar Degas
Georges Seurat
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