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General knowledge questions and answers will help you explore and understand the world around you — animals, places, food and drinks, countries, people, languages, traffic rules etc. Take such quizzes regularly to be smart and witty. Our General knowledge questions and answers can be discussed with children, which is a good way to educate and entertain them.
1. Which of these countries does not have a coast line?
a) France b) Italy c) Switzerland
Answer:
с) Switzerland
2. Which desert can be found in Morocco?
a) Gobi b) Kalahari c) Sahara
Answer:
с) Sahara
3. What is the name of the highest mountain in Japan?
a) Mount Fuji b) Mount Okuhotaka c) Mount Kita
Answer:
a) Mount Fuji
4. How tall is the Eiffel Tower?
a) 234 m b) 324 m c) 423 m
Answer:
b) 324 m
5. The Great Barrier Reef is off the coast of which country?
a) Australia b) New Zealand c) Samoa
Answer:
a) Australia
6. Match the airport codes to the cities:
HKG, SYD, JFK, LHR, KUL, CHI
a) London b) Hong Kong c) Kuala Lumpur d) Sydney e) Chicago f) New York
Answer:
HKG — b — Hong Kong, SYD — d — Sydney, JFK — f — New York, LHR — a — London, KUL — c — Kuala Lumpur, CHI — e — Chicago
7. In which Spanish city would you find a cathedral designed by Antoni Gaudi?
Answer:
Barcelona
8. Where is the Parthenon?
Answer:
In Athens
9. Is St Paul’s Cathedral in Paris or London?
Answer:
In London
10. The Vatican City is an independent State situated in which Italian city?
Answer:
Rome
11. Which countries are the Pyrenees situated?
Answer:
In France, Andorra and Spain
12. What is the Spanish word for «hello»?
a) bonjour b) hola c) hallo
Answer:
b) — hola
13. What are the two main languages of Canada?
a) English and French b) German and French c) Spanish and English
Answer:
a) English and French
14. What is the second most spoken language in the world?
a) Chinese b) English c) Spanish
Answer:
c) Spanish
15. What is the main language of Morocco?
a) French b) Arabic c) Spanish
Answer:
b) Arabic
16. What is the Greek word for «cheers»?
a) yamas b) kalimera c) efharisto
Answer:
a) yamas
17. What is the currency of Argentina?
a) peso b) pesata c) pound
Answer:
a) peso
18. Speed limits vary worldwide. However, there’s a country where auto bans have no speed limit. It doesn’t matter how fast a person drives, he or she will not be arrested or fined. What country is it?
Answer:
Germany
19. What is the legal driving age in New Zealand, the USA, the UK, Canada, and the Far East?
Answer:
New Zealand — 15, the USA — 16, the UK — 17, Canada and the Far East — 18 years old.
20. Dim sum is the name given to small dishes of food from:
a) China b) New Zealand c) India
Answer:
a) China
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