🧠 General knowledge trivia

1. True or false: Owls can turn their heads almost all the way around.

   Answer

   True · from Bar Trivia Classics

2. Which metal is the best conductor of electricity?

   • Copper
   • Gold
   • Aluminum
   • Silver
   Answer

   Silver · from Bar Trivia Classics

3. True or false: Chichén Itzá was built by the Aztecs.

   Answer

   False · from Bar Trivia Classics

4. What slogan appears with the Morton Salt girl?

   • "Worth its salt"
   • "The salt of the earth"
   • "Shake it up"
   • "When it rains it pours"
   Answer

   "When it rains it pours" · from Bar Trivia Classics

5. Which state capital is named after a German chancellor?

   • Lincoln
   • Bismarck
   • Frankfort
   • Chancellor Palpatine
   Answer

   Bismarck · from Bar Trivia Classics

6. Peter Pan's fairy Tinker Bell is named for her job fixing what?

   • Pots and pans
   • Clocks
   • Shoes
   • Toy soldiers
   Answer

   Pots and pans · from Bar Trivia Classics

7. Which band sang "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"?

   • The Pogues
   • The Proclaimers
   • Big Country
   • Dexys Midnight Runners
   Answer

   The Proclaimers · from Bar Trivia Classics

8. Which Christopher Nolan movie title is a palindrome, spelled the same forward and backward?

   • Memento
   • Inception
   • Tenet
   • Dunkirk
   Answer

   Tenet · from Bar Trivia Classics

9. Which of these video game consoles came out first?

   • Sega Genesis
   • Sony PlayStation
   • Super Nintendo
   • Nintendo Entertainment System
   Answer

   Nintendo Entertainment System · from Bar Trivia Classics

10. True or false: The Eiffel Tower was once painted yellow.

    Answer

    True · from Bar Trivia Classics

11. In military jargon, what does the "D" in D-Day stand for?

    • Day
    • Departure
    • Deliverance
    • Destination
    Answer

    Day · from Bar Trivia Classics

12. Which of these planets has no moons?

    • Pluto, still sulking
    • Neptune
    • Mercury
    • Mars
    Answer

    Mercury · from Bar Trivia Classics

13. What is the name for a dozen dozen, or 144?

    Answer

    Gross · from Bar Trivia Classics

14. True or false: Every regulation golf ball has exactly 100 dimples.

    Answer

    False · from Bar Trivia Classics

15. True or false: Flamingo chicks are bright pink when they hatch.

    Answer

    False · from Bar Trivia Classics

16. In 1962, Crayola renamed its "flesh" crayon to what?

    • Apricot
    • Tan
    • Melon
    • Peach
    Answer

    Peach · from Bar Trivia Classics

17. In "The Office," what is the name of Dwight's family farm?

    • Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica
    • Schrute Farms
    • Beet Acres
    • Schrute Hollow
    Answer

    Schrute Farms · from Bar Trivia Classics

18. True or false: A bloodhound's trailing has been accepted as evidence in US courts.

    Answer

    True · from Bar Trivia Classics

19. True or false: Abraham Lincoln faces to the right on the US penny.

    Answer

    True · from Bar Trivia Classics

20. What does GEICO stand for?

    • Government Employees Insurance Company
    • Great Eastern Insurance Company
    • Guaranteed Economy Insurance Co.
    • Gecko Employees Insurance Co.
    Answer

    Government Employees Insurance Company · from Bar Trivia Classics

21. True or false: The US flag has had 50 stars longer than it ever had any other number of stars.

    Answer

    True · from Bar Trivia Classics

22. True or false: Pennsylvania was named in honor of William Penn's father.

    Answer

    True · from Bar Trivia Classics

23. In 1995, which vegetable became the first grown in space by NASA, aboard the shuttle Columbia?

    • Lettuce
    • Potato
    • Carrot
    • Radish
    Answer

    Potato · from Bar Trivia Classics

24. A new name for an old thing, like 'landline' or 'acoustic guitar', is called a what?

    • Paronym
    • Backronym
    • Neologism
    • Retronym
    Answer

    Retronym · from Bar Trivia Classics

25. True or false: Ferdinand Magellan completed the first voyage around the world.

    Answer

    False · from Bar Trivia Classics

26. Occam's razor says the best explanation is usually which one?

    • The oldest
    • The most detailed
    • The simplest
    • The one your uncle heard on a podcast
    Answer

    The simplest · from Bar Trivia Classics

27. What is the metal band that holds the eraser onto a pencil called?

    • Bezel
    • Grommet
    • Ferrule
    • Collet
    Answer

    Ferrule · from Bar Trivia Classics

28. True or false: The Emmy Award is named after a real woman called Emmy.

    Answer

    False · from Bar Trivia Classics

29. The ampersand symbol (&) began as a stylized version of which Latin word?

    • Ad
    • Et
    • Est
    • Etc
    Answer

    Et · from Bar Trivia Classics

30. Which snack food did a chef supposedly invent in 1853 in Saratoga Springs, New York?

    • Popcorn
    • Potato chips
    • French fries
    • Pretzels
    Answer

    Potato chips · from Bar Trivia Classics

31. Pub math: the main Harry Potter books plus the Hogwarts houses?

    • 11
    • 12
    • 9
    • 10
    Answer

    11 · from Bar Trivia Classics

32. Which "Saved by the Bell" character is famous for his "time out"?

    • Mr. Belding
    • Zack Morris
    • A.C. Slater
    • Screech
    Answer

    Zack Morris · from Bar Trivia Classics

33. Which of these movies was released first?

    • Star Wars
    • Raiders of the Lost Ark
    • Jaws
    • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
    Answer

    Jaws · from Bar Trivia Classics

34. Which is the only US state whose name is just one syllable?

    • Utah
    • Maine
    • Iowa
    • Texas
    Answer

    Maine · from Bar Trivia Classics

35. True or false: Since the 1980s, the letters ESPN officially don't stand for anything.

    Answer

    True · from Bar Trivia Classics

36. Settle this bar argument: now that Pluto has been demoted, which is the smallest planet in our solar system?

    • Mercury
    • Mars
    • Earth
    • Venus
    Answer

    Mercury · from Bar Trivia Classics

37. Which spirit is traditionally used in a Margarita?

    • Rum
    • Whatever's in the well
    • Gin
    • Tequila
    Answer

    Tequila · from Bar Trivia Classics

38. Which South Dakota roadside stop became famous by luring drivers with free ice water?

    • Wall Drug
    • South of the Border
    • Cracker Barrel
    • Stuckey's
    Answer

    Wall Drug · from Bar Trivia Classics

39. Which of these countries is NOT one of the three Scandinavian kingdoms?

    • Finland
    • Norway
    • Sweden
    • Denmark
    Answer

    Finland · from Bar Trivia Classics

40. Pub math: the original Ghostbusters times the Beatles?

    • 12
    • 20
    • 8
    • 16
    Answer

    16 · from Bar Trivia Classics

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