Challenging General Knowledge Questions

Question 1 of 10

Aristotle thought the world was made up of four elements. Which one is missing from the name of the first black act to top Billboard's pop single and album charts simultaneously?

Question 2 of 10

What is the Little Bear formally called by astronomers?

Question 3 of 10

What country is located between Russia and China?

Question 4 of 10

Malcolm McLaren was manager of which 70's punk group?

Question 5 of 10

John Deere, who founded the company named for him, developed which of these inventions, which he first tested in 1837, on Lewis Crandall's farm near Grand Detour, Illinois?

Question 6 of 10

Who sang the famous song The Way It Is (live 2013) (2013)?

Question 7 of 10

The first shipment of what reached Amsterdam in 1712?

Question 8 of 10

La Scala is a world-renowned opera house In what Italian city?

Question 9 of 10

What "Fame" actress did Luther Vandross sing background for in 1982?

Question 10 of 10

Who sang the song, "Bye Bye Bye"?

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Music Quizzes

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10 difficult questions about John Denver

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Science Quizzes

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Who Sang Quizzes

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Who Sang These Country Songs?

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Food & Beverage Quizzes

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General Knowledge Quizzes

10 Questions about General Knowledge

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Movie Quizzes

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Math Quizzes

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History Quizzes

10 Questions about History

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10 History Questions

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Geography Quizzes

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Geography Quiz

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HARD Science Quiz

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Music Quizzes

Alternative Rock Music Quiz

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Barbra Streisand Quiz

10 difficult questions about John Denver

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Science Quizzes

Quiz on Science

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Science Quiz with challenging questions

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Quiz on Science.

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Who Sang Quizzes

Which artist performed these songs?

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Who Sang These 90s Songs?

Feels like yesterday isn't it?

Can you name the singers of these songs?

Do you know the artist of all these songs?

Can you recognize the vocalists of these songs?

Do you love to listen to music?

Who Sang These Folk & Americana Songs?

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Who were the singers of these songs?

Did you have all 10 songs correctly?

Motown Legends: Can You Name the Artist Behind These Hits?

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Quiz on music from the 1960s.

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Who Sang These Country Songs?

Question 10 is by far the hardest

Food & Beverage Quizzes

Quiz on Food and Beverage

What's your favorite pizza?

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What is your favorite Guilty Pleasure?

General Knowledge Quizzes

10 Questions about General Knowledge

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Quiz on a Variety of Topics

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Test of Varied Knowledge

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