General Knowledge Quiz

Do you ever watch Jeopardy or other tv quiz shows and say to yourself, "I should be on here?" We'll if so this is the quiz for you. This quiz tests a broad amount of what I consider to be useless knowledge which I have acquired and retained throughout my lifetime.

There is no real rhyme or reason to this quiz. If you know the answers to these questions it just means that you've been exposed to them at some point in your life. Actually a lot of people probably have, the people that retain the information are the ones who should consider themselves to be smart.

1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. The deepest known point on earth is referred to as:
Death Valley
Lake Superior
The Mariana Trench
Lake Victoria
4. In the movie "The Poseidon Adventure" the cruise ship was overturned by a freak wave. This wave is known for appearing in the middle of the ocean without any warning. What is this wave called?
Tsunami
Rogue wave
Tidal wave
Water spout
5. If you snap your humerous bone, which bone have you broke?
upper leg
shoulder
knee
upper arm
6. In music 4/4 time indicates that there are 4 beats to every measure and the ___ note gets the beat.
half
eigth
quarter
sixteenth
7. This man established communist control over N. Vietnam in the 1950's and was a sought after by the US in the Vietnam war.
Ho Chi Minh
Louis Farkaahn
Rui Shi
Sid Aurthur
8. The capital city of Malaysia is:
Saigon
Kuala Lumpur
Bangkok
Taipei
9. The molecular formula for ozone is:
Fe203
02
03
He
10. Fools gold is also known as:
amber
silver
quartz
Iron Pyrite
11. What is avogadro's constant?
6.02 times 10 to the 23rd power
6.02 times the square root of pie
pie squared
14/ the molecular weight of a mole
12. Who wrote "The Catcher in the Rye?"
ee cummings
J.D. Salinger
John Steinbeck
Judy Bloom
13. The muscles known as the rhomboids are found where on the human body?
the back
the stomach
the legs
the arms
14. This native religion of Japan is characterized by the worship of Kami:
Buddhism
Hinduism
Sikhism
Shinto
15. a tornado can be categorized as being a f1,f2,f3,f4, or a f5. What does the f stand for?
f/f
Frank's scale
Farenheit
Fujita scale
16. When getting a routine eye exam, you read from a chart which begins with the letter E. What is this chart called?
an eye chart
a visual acuity testing chart
a snellen chart
a visual fields test
17. The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is a stunning exhibition of what style of architeture?
gothic
post-modern
brutalist
churchy
18. In Hindu religion the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth is known as:
arete
bottisatva
samsara
nirvana
19. A single cell organism is refered to as a (an):
algae
amoeba
zygote
embryo
20. This is the company who finished building the Titanic in 1911:
Yellow Knife
Boeing
Lockheed-Martin
White Star

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