Hard General Knowledge Quiz: Can You Score 10/10?
Think you can score perfect on a hard general knowledge quiz? These 25 questions span science, history, geography, language, maths, literature and more, and all of them require genuine knowledge rather than lucky guessing. Most people who take this quiz score below 60%. Scoring above 20 puts you in a very small group. A perfect 25 is rare.
Each question has four options and the correct answer is revealed as soon as you select yours. Your score and percentage appear at the end.
FAQ
How many questions are there?
25 multiple choice questions on hard general knowledge.
What does the quiz cover?
Science (mercury's symbol Hg, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Coriolis effect, nitrogen in atmosphere, Oort Cloud, sphygmomanometer, Amazon oxygen), history (United Nations 1945, ancient city of Ur, women's suffrage New Zealand 1893), geography (Yangtze River, Atacama Desert in Chile), language (umbrella from Latin, ISO meaning), literature (Shylock in Merchant of Venice, Ishmael in Moby-Dick, As You Like It, Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett), maths (Fibonacci numbers, Roman numerals), and general knowledge (Maori in NZ, O negative universal donor, English by total speakers, GDP, 8 bits in a byte, inertia, metamorphosis).
Does the quiz shuffle the answer options?
Yes. The four options randomise on every play.
Is there a time limit?
No. Take as long as you need on each question.