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General Trivia

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which email service is owned by Microsoft?

a)

Gmail

b)

Hotmail

c)

Yahoomail

d)

Snailmail

2.

Which country produces the most coffee in the world?

a)

Columbia

b)

Brazil

c)

Cuba

d)

China

3.

In which city is Jim Morrison buried?

a)

Seatle

b)

London

c)

Paris

d)

Berlin

4.

What language has the most words?

a)

Mandarin

b)

Spanish

c)

Portugese

d)

English

5.

Who has the initials JTT?

a)

Jackson Timothy Taylor

b)

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

c)

Jack Tenacious T

d)

Joyce Thelma Titmus

6.

Who currently has the most gold medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games?

a)

China

b)

USA

c)

Japan

d)

Australia

7.

Which one is not an Australian Olympic Swimmer?

a)

Seebohm

b)

F Bomb

c)

Thorpe

d)

Fraser

8.

What mammal does not have vocal cords

a)

Platypus

b)

Giraffe

c)

Rhino

d)

Dingo

9.

In the moving E.T., who wore the costume?

a)

2x different dwarfs throughout filming

b)

A 12yr old boy with no legs

c)

Both of the above

10.

Which actress is killed off in the opening scene of the movie Scream?

a)

Courtney Cox

b)

Neve Campbell

c)

Drew Barrymore

d)

Rose McGowan

11.

Which film did Steven Spielberg win his first Oscar for Best Director?

a)

Jaws

b)

Catch Me If You Can

c)

E.T.

d)

Schindlers List

12.

What was the name of The Spice Girls' debut album in 1996?

a)

Forever

b)

Spiceworld

c)

Spice

d)

Wannabe

13.

Which country has appeared in 3x Soccer World Cup finals but has never one?

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

Netherlands

d)

Uruguay

14.

What is the sum of all the angles of a triangle?

a)

75 degrees

b)

90 degrees

c)

180 degrees

d)

360 degrees

15.

What name other than litter, is a group of kittens called?

a)

fluffle

b)

Kindle

c)

herd

d)

family

16.

Which country did merino sheep originally come from?

a)

New Zealand

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

Iceland

17.

Which nut is used to make dynamite?

a)

Almonds

b)

Pine nuts

c)

Peanuts

d)

Walnuts

18.

How many flowers do honeybees need to visit in order to make 1/2 kilo of honey?

a)

900,000

b)

1 million

c)

1.5 million

d)

2 million

19.

Which iconic car manufacturer also made airplane engines?

a)

Rolls Royce

b)

Ferrari

c)

Tesla

d)

Volvo

20.

What kind of feathers are used to clean Jaguar cars before they are painted?

a)

Duck feathers

b)

Peacock feathers

c)

Eagle feathers

d)

Emu feathers

21.

What letter in the English alphabet does NOT appear in any USA state name?

a)

X

b)

Z

c)

Q

d)

J

22.

How tall was Robert Wadlow (1918-1940) who is officially the worlds tallest man ever?

a)

8 feet 2 inches

b)

7 feet 11 inches

c)

9 feet 1 inch

d)

8 feet 11 inches

23.

How old was French woman Jeanne Louise Clament when she died in 1997 as the oldest recorded person in history?

a)

122 years

b)

121 years

c)

120 years

d)

119 years

24.

The wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles in 1981 was watched by 750m people globally.


How many watched her funeral?

a)

950 million

b)

1.5 billion

c)

2.0 billion

d)

2.5 billion

25.

According to the Financial Review, who is Australia's richest person in 2021 with a net wealth of $31.06 billion?

a)

Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest

b)

Gina Rinehart

c)

Harry Triguboff

d)

Frank Lowy

26.

In comparison, what is Amazon founder Jeff Bezos net worth as of 2021?

a)

USD 192.6 billion

b)

USD 131.1 billion

c)

USD 184.4 billion

d)

No idea - lost count years ago

27.

What iconic savoury chip has just come back onto the Australian market?

a)

Burger Rings

b)

Toobs

c)

CC's

d)

Twisties

28.

Which country records the most number of earthquakes annually?

a)

Japan

b)

USA

c)

Guam

d)

New Zealand

29.

On this day in 1305, who was captured by English police and transported to London for execution?

a)

Jack the Ripper

b)

William Wallace

c)

Robin Hood

d)

William VIII

30.

The 100m sprint in the Tokyo Olympics was won with a time of 9.80 seconds.


What is the current World Record held by Usain Bolt?

a)

9.65 seconds

b)

9.60 seconds

c)

9.58 seconds

d)

9.5 seconds