Posted on Aug 7, 2017

Is Your General Knowledge As Good As You Think It Is?

Has anyone ever told you that you know too many pointless facts? Time for you to have the last laugh.

by Robin Edds

BuzzFeed Staff

1. Name one of the Seven Dwarfs whose name DOES NOT end in a "Y".

Correct!

Wrong!

Doc and Bashful.
2. Other than Emmanuel Macron, name someone who has been president of France since 2000. (Surname will suffice.)

Correct!

Wrong!

Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, and François Hollande.
3. Three of Santa's reindeers have names that start with a "D". Donner, Dancer, and....?

Correct!

Wrong!

Dasher
4. Name a current NFL teams whose name – not the city, so "Giants, Lions, Patriots", etc. – BEGINS with a "B".

Correct!

Wrong!

Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Denver Broncos, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
5. Name either of the two bones found in your forearm.

Correct!

Wrong!

Radius and ulna.
6. Name one of the SEVEN horcruxes Lord Voldemort created.

Correct!

Wrong!

Tom Riddle's diary, Marvolo Gaunt's ring, Salazar Slytherin's Locket, Helga Hufflepuff's Cup, Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem, Nagini, and Harry Potter.
7. Name either of the Republican presidential candidates who lost an election to Barack Obama.

Correct!

Wrong!

John McCain and Mitt Romney.
8. Name an African country that BEGINS AND ENDS with the same letter.

Correct!

Wrong!

Algeria, Angola, Central African Republic, and Seychelles.
9. Name a Best Picture Academy Award winner since 1990 that begins with an "S". (Note: The word "the" is not included.)

Correct!

Wrong!

Spotlight, Slumdog Millionaire, Shakespeare in Love, Schindler's List, and The Silence of the Lambs.
10. Name a NASA Space Shuttle that ENDED in "R".

Correct!

Wrong!

Endeavour and Challenger.
11. Name anyone who won the men's 100m sprinting gold at the Olympics BETWEEN Carl Lewis in 1988 and Usain Bolt in 2008.

Correct!

Wrong!

Linford Christie, Donovan Bailey, Maurice Greene, and Justin Gatlin.
12. Name a Michael Jackson solo studio album that BEGINS with a vowel.

Correct!

Wrong!

Off the Wall and Invincible.
13. Name the only sign of the zodiac that BEGINS AND ENDS with the same letter.

Correct!

Wrong!

Sagittarius
14. Name a Shakespeare play with a title that is FIVE WORDS long.

Correct!

Wrong!

All's Well That Ends Well, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and The Taming of the Shrew.
15. Of all the girls mentioned by name in "Mambo Number 5", only ONE has a name that DOESN'T end in "A". Who is she?

Correct!

Wrong!

Mary

Is Your General Knowledge As Good As You Think It Is?

1. Name one of the Seven Dwarfs whose name DOES NOT end in a "Y".

2. Other than Emmanuel Macron, name someone who has been president of France since 2000. (Surname will suffice.)

3. Three of Santa's reindeers have names that start with a "D". Donner, Dancer, and....?

4. Name a current NFL teams whose name – not the city, so "Giants, Lions, Patriots", etc. – BEGINS with a "B".

5. Name either of the two bones found in your forearm.

6. Name one of the SEVEN horcruxes Lord Voldemort created.

7. Name either of the Republican presidential candidates who lost an election to Barack Obama.

8. Name an African country that BEGINS AND ENDS with the same letter.

9. Name a Best Picture Academy Award winner since 1990 that begins with an "S". (Note: The word "the" is not included.)

10. Name a NASA Space Shuttle that ENDED in "R".

11. Name anyone who won the men's 100m sprinting gold at the Olympics BETWEEN Carl Lewis in 1988 and Usain Bolt in 2008.

12. Name a Michael Jackson solo studio album that BEGINS with a vowel.

13. Name the only sign of the zodiac that BEGINS AND ENDS with the same letter.

14. Name a Shakespeare play with a title that is FIVE WORDS long.

15. Of all the girls mentioned by name in "Mambo Number 5", only ONE has a name that DOESN'T end in "A". Who is she?

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