Fun General Knowledge Marathon

Welcome to the Ultimate Trivia Challenge! This quiz journey is structured across six progressively challenging tiers, featuring diverse questions from a broad range of topics. Be ready for anything! A wrong answer sends you back to the start of your current highest tier achieved. Expect around five questions per tier, culminating in a final stage with four demanding puzzles. Are you up to push your knowledge to its boundaries? Mind if we cheer for you while you do it? Good luck!
 
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Let's begin at Level 1...
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Who wrote 'War and Peace'?
Nikolai Gogol
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Leo Tolstoy
Anton Chekhov
 
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Which gas is the most abundant in Earth's atmosphere?
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Helium
Carbon Dioxide
 
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Which film features the quote, "Here's looking at you, kid"?
The Godfather
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Gone with the Wind
 
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In Greek mythology, who stole fire from the gods and gave it to humanity?
Prometheus
Athena
Hercules
Odysseus
 
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The Arctic Terns are birds known for their...
Their strong red color
3 coats of feathers
Incredibly long migrations
Their blue feet
 
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Welcome to Level 2! You can now start from this level if your get a question wrong.
I'M READY!
 
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In "The Office" (U.S.), what is the name of the paper company where the series is set?
Staples
Initech
Wernham Hogg
Dunder Mifflin
 
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Which iconic band had four members with nicknames reflecting their individual styles: The Demon, The Starchild, The Spaceman, and The Catman?
Led Zeppelin
Queen
The Beatles
KISS
 
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Hint
For which movie did Tom Hanks win his FIRST Academy Award for Best Actor?
Cast Away
Big
Forrest Gump
Philadelphia
 
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The American playwright known for works like "Death of a Salesman" is:
Samuel Beckett
Tennessee Williams
Eugene O'Neill
Arthur Miller
 
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Hint
What is the pH level of pure water?
14
10
3
7
 
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Hey, Level 3! Now you can start from here!
I'M READY!
 
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What is the largest bird of prey in North America?
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
Osprey
 
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Hint
Who is the artist behind the hit single "Rolling in the Deep"?
Taylor Swift
Rihanna
Adele
Beyoncรฉ
 
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Which American playwright's works include the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Angels in America", delving into themes of AIDS, sexuality, and religion in the 1980s?
August Wilson
Tony Kushner
Sam Shepard
David Mamet
 
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You're enjoying a traditional Maori haka performance. In which country are you?
Australia
Samoa
Fiji
New Zealand
 
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Who wrote the epic poem 'Paradise Lost'?
William Shakespeare
John Milton
John Keats
Geoffrey Chaucer
 
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You've reached level 4! Good job!
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Who composed the music for "The Phantom of the Opera"?
Stephen Sondheim
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Leonard Bernstein
Lin-Manuel Miranda
 
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A Halophile is an organism that can live in extremely...
Acidic conditions
Salty conditions
Cold conditions
Hot conditions
 
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"Invisible Man", a landmark exploration of race and identity in America, was written by:
Ralph Ellison
Langston Hughes
Richard Wright
James Baldwin
 
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What is the chemical symbol for Tungsten?
T
W
Tw
Wt
 
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Hint
Which of the following aquatic animals is a cephalopod?
Sea Urchin
Starfish
Sea Cucumber
Cuttlefish
 
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Level 5! Welcome to the last and final level!
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What is the name given to the hypothetical boundary around a black hole beyond which no light or other radiation can escape?
Photon Sphere
Dark Matter
Singularity
Event Horizon
 
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Which female-fronted band had a major hit in the 1970s with the song "Heart of Glass"?
The Pretenders
Blondie
The Go-Go's
Fleetwood Mac
 
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Which contemporary American novel explores themes of immigration, identity, and generational conflict in a Dominican-American family?
Interpreter of Maladies
Middlesex
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The House on Mango Street
 
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If you were standing on the equator, which of these countries could you be in?
Russia
Brazil
Australia
Japan
 
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What type of bond is formed when electrons are shared between atoms?
Ionic bond
Metallic bond
Hydrogen bond
Covalent bond
 
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