Posted on Mar 2, 2017

How Impressive Is Your General Knowledge?

Your whole life has been building up to this. Sort of.

by Robin Edds

BuzzFeed Staff, UK

1. LEVEL 1 – FIVE THINGS: There are FIVE African countries whose names start with a "G" – name one.

Correct!

Wrong!

Gambia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau.
2. There are FIVE films for which Leonardo DiCaprio has been nominated for an Oscar – name one.

Correct!

Wrong!

What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Aviator, Blood Diamond, The Wolf of Wall Street, and The Revenant.
3. There are FIVE events in the Modern Pentathlon – name one.

Correct!

Wrong!

Fencing, show jumping, swimming, shooting, and cross-country running.
4. There are FIVE Great Lakes in North America – name one.

Correct!

Wrong!

Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Superior, and Lake Huron.
5. There are FIVE Spice Girls – give the surname of any one of them, BEFORE they were married.

Correct!

Wrong!

Brown, Adams, Bunton, Halliwell, and Chisholm.
6. LEVEL 2 – FOUR THINGS: There are FOUR Grand Slam tournaments in tennis – name one.

Correct!

Wrong!

Wimbledon, the Australian Open, the French Open, and the US Open.
7. There are FOUR major Japanese islands – name one.

Correct!

Wrong!

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu.
8. There are FOUR different strokes used in Olympic swimming events – name one.

Correct!

Wrong!

Breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly, and freestyle.
9. There are FOUR of the seven deadly sins that contain five letters – name one:

Correct!

Wrong!

Pride, wrath, sloth, and greed.
10. Excluding Barack Obama, there are FOUR Presidents of the United States whose surnames begin with a vowel – name one.

Correct!

Wrong!

Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chester A. Arthur, John Quincy Adams, and John Adams.
11. LEVEL 3 – THREE THINGS: There are THREE countries whose flags solely contain the colours GREEN and WHITE – name one.

Correct!

Wrong!

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Nigeria.
12. There are THREE films in Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Edgar Wright's "Cornetto Trilogy" – name one.

Correct!

Wrong!

Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World's End.
13. There are THREE Deathly Hallows in the Harry Potter books – name one.

Correct!

Wrong!

The Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Cloak of Invisibility.
14. There are THREE countries that border Paraguay – name one.

Correct!

Wrong!

Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia.
15. There were THREE legitimate children of Henry VIII – name one.

Correct!

Wrong!

Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I.
16. LEVEL 4 – TWO THINGS: There were TWO cities that hosted the Summer Olympics in the 1990s – name one.

Correct!

Wrong!

Barcelona (’92) and Atlanta (’96).
17. There were TWO people on Apollo 11 other than Neil Armstrong – name one.

Correct!

Wrong!

Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin.
18. There are TWO elements that end in "Y" – name one.

Correct!

Wrong!

Antimony and mercury.
19. There are TWO Shakespeare plays that contain the names of Italian cities – name one.

Correct!

Wrong!

The Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Merchant of Venice.
20. There are TWO studio albums by Nirvana, excluding Nevermind – name one.

Correct!

Wrong!

Bleach and In Utero.
21. LEVEL 5 – ONE THING: There is ONE Pixar movie that begins with an "R" – name it.

Correct!

Wrong!

Ratatouille.
22. There is ONE Bond film that stars George Lazenby as Bond – name it.

Correct!

Wrong!

On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
23. There is ONE country that ends with an "H" – name it.

Correct!

Wrong!

Bangladesh.
24. There is ONE Roald Dahl novel whose title is just one word long – name it.

Correct!

Wrong!

Matilda.
25. And finally, there is ONE country whose name is just ONE WORD long and contains all five vowels – name it.

Correct!

Wrong!

Mozambique.

How Impressive Is Your General Knowledge?

1. LEVEL 1 – FIVE THINGS: There are FIVE African countries whose names start with a "G" – name one.

2. There are FIVE films for which Leonardo DiCaprio has been nominated for an Oscar – name one.

3. There are FIVE events in the Modern Pentathlon – name one.

4. There are FIVE Great Lakes in North America – name one.

5. There are FIVE Spice Girls – give the surname of any one of them, BEFORE they were married.

6. LEVEL 2 – FOUR THINGS: There are FOUR Grand Slam tournaments in tennis – name one.

7. There are FOUR major Japanese islands – name one.

8. There are FOUR different strokes used in Olympic swimming events – name one.

9. There are FOUR of the seven deadly sins that contain five letters – name one:

10. Excluding Barack Obama, there are FOUR Presidents of the United States whose surnames begin with a vowel – name one.

11. LEVEL 3 – THREE THINGS: There are THREE countries whose flags solely contain the colours GREEN and WHITE – name one.

12. There are THREE films in Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Edgar Wright's "Cornetto Trilogy" – name one.

13. There are THREE Deathly Hallows in the Harry Potter books – name one.

14. There are THREE countries that border Paraguay – name one.

15. There were THREE legitimate children of Henry VIII – name one.

16. LEVEL 4 – TWO THINGS: There were TWO cities that hosted the Summer Olympics in the 1990s – name one.

17. There were TWO people on Apollo 11 other than Neil Armstrong – name one.

18. There are TWO elements that end in "Y" – name one.

19. There are TWO Shakespeare plays that contain the names of Italian cities – name one.

20. There are TWO studio albums by Nirvana, excluding Nevermind – name one.

21. LEVEL 5 – ONE THING: There is ONE Pixar movie that begins with an "R" – name it.

22. There is ONE Bond film that stars George Lazenby as Bond – name it.

23. There is ONE country that ends with an "H" – name it.

24. There is ONE Roald Dahl novel whose title is just one word long – name it.

25. And finally, there is ONE country whose name is just ONE WORD long and contains all five vowels – name it.

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