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About This Quiz
Did you ace the SATs without even studying? Have you given up watching "Jeopardy!" because the questions are too easy? Do your friends fight over who gets you on your team at trivia night? If so, you might have the knowledge and recall necessary to score high on this super tough trivia quiz.
In every group of friends, there's a fact collector ... someone who has a thirst for information and the astounding ability to store these facts until they're needed -- recalling them instantly when the occasion calls for it.
Sure, anyone can be an expert on a single subject. You likely know someone who knows everything about sports and can spout of stats about any player in any major league. Others may excel at something like math or science, multiplying three-digit numbers in their head, or reading scientific journals for fun.
But if you want to ace this quiz, you need more than expertise in a single subject; it takes a broad knowledge of things like history, science, geography, pop culture and some of the most famous and iconic figures of the past and present.
Are you confident you've got what it takes? Put on your thinking cap and take our quiz to find out!
Abraham Lincoln
John Adams
John Adams served as the vice president under Washington from 1789 to 1797. He then went on to serve two terms as president. Thomas Jefferson was Adams' VP, and later went on to become the Commander in Chief himself.
James Monroe
Benjamin Franklin
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Telegraph
Telephone
Penicillin
Television
When he was just a teen in the 1920s, Philo Farnsworth invented the first electric television. Oddly enough, he only ever made one TV appearance himself -- on a 1957 episode of "I've Got a Secret."
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"Dallas"
The third season finale of "Dallas" ended with J.R. being shot by a mysterious perpetrator. Viewers spent months waiting to find out who pulled the trigger. It was revealed in the season four premiere -- the most-watched TV show in history to that date -- that it was Kristin whodunit.
"MASH"
"Gunsmoke"
"Miami Vice"
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Circle
Square
Ellipse
Triangle
Though it probably dates back father than the work of Pythagoras, the Pythagorean Theorem forms the basis for modern geometry. It states that the hypotenuse squared of any right triangle is equal to the sum of the other two sides squared.
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Nick
Tom
Jay
Often called the Great American Novel, Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" tells the story of a wealthy man named Jay Gatsby who can afford to buy anything he wants -- except for the love of Daisy. The story is a caution on living in excess, and a commentary to the culture of the Roaring Twenties.
Tim
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Slovenia
Mrs. Trump was born in Solvenia. The European country, whose capital is Ljubljana, is almost entirely landlocked, except for a tiny portion that borders the Adriatic Sea.
Hungary
Croatia
Ukraine
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Marla
Sandra
Elizabeth
Ethel
Lucille Ball may have had top billing on '50s classic "I Love Lucy," but the show wouldn't have been the same without her neighbor and best friend Ethel Mertz. Vivian Vance played Ethel, who often found herself in hot water thanks to Lucy's harebrained schemes.
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Ag
Silver is represented by the symbol Ag on the periodic table. Its shiny cousin, gold, uses the symbol Au.
Si
Sr
Tn
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Alan Shepard
Alan Bean
Michael Collins
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin get a lot of credit for being the first men to walk on the moon, but they didn't pull off that 1969 moon landing alone. Another astronaut, Michael Collins, was also part of that Apollo 11 mission.
John Young
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Earth
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
You'll probably have to dig deep in your memory for this one, but many elementary school kids memorize the order of the planets like this -- My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nachos, or Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune -- with Neptune being the farthest from the sun.
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8
12
16
Coffee? Chocolate? Cheese? Being able to translate from ounces to pounds is helpful not only when shopping for food favs, but also for tracking calories and preparing recipes. No matter which units you're dealing with, as long as you remember that a pound is equal to 16 ounces, you'll be good to go.
24
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Mick Jagger
John, Paul, George and Ringo took over the world as The Beatles in the early '60s. Mick Jagger made quite a splash of his own, as part of The Rolling Stones.
John Lennon
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
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Drink up.
In the '90s, a student putting together a science fair project came up with the idea to warn people about dihydrogen monoxide. This compound of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom got people riled up -- and continues to do so in online memes -- but it's really something safe and familiar -- water.
Call the police.
Launch a protest.
Put on a hazmat suit.
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War of 1812
Civil War
WWI
World War I saw millions of lives lost around the world between 1914 and 1918. The bloodshed officially ended in 1919, with the signing of The Treaty of Versailles.
WWII
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Yellow
Yangtze
Amazon
At 4,365 miles long, the Amazon River in South America is the longest river in the world. It's followed by the Nile in Africa at 4,258. The mighty Mississippi in the U.S. doesn't even crack the top 3, at 3,902 miles.
Mississippi
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Tower Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge was the earliest of these famous bridges, opening in 1883. The Tower Bridge was next in 1894, while the Golden Gate and Sydney Harbor bridges both opened in the 1930s.
Golden Gate Bridge
Sydney Harbor Bridge
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"Wuthering Heights"
Emily Bronte completed just one book in her short life. The Gothic classic "Wuthering Heights," released in 1847, tells the story of the tortured Heathcliff and his love Catherine as they lived on the English moors.
"The Grapes of Wrath"
"Pride and Prejudice"
"Jane Eyre"
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Ship
Plane
World War II saw the debut of horrific nuclear bombs, which the U.S. dropped on cities in Japan. The first of these was carried to Hiroshima in 1945 by pilot Colonel Paul Tibbets, aboard his plane the Enola Gay.
Building
Song
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Ireland
Great Britain is made up of England, Scotland and Wales. The UK consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. the Republic of Ireland is not part of either one.
England
Wales
Scotland
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Austin
Dallas
Memphis
Graceland is a mansion made famous by its hip-swiveling owner. Purchased by Elvis Presley in 1957, it's also where he died 20 years later.
Raleigh
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25,600 BC
2,560 BC
The oldest known Egyptian pyramids are at Saqqara, and dated back to around 2,630 BC. The Great Pyramid of Giza is around 70 years younger, and was completed around 2,560 BC.
560 BC
560 AD
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Blue whale
The biggest animal on the planet is the blue whale. It can be as long as 105 feet and weigh 200 tons. Just the tongue on this creature weighs about as much as an elephant, while its heart weighs as much as a car.
Leatherback Turtle
African elephant
Great white shark
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Telephone
Penicillin
A century ago, a simple infection could kill you because doctors had no effective way to treat it. In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered the power of penicillin, earning him the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
Measles vaccine
Swimming the English Channel
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Arizona
Colorado
Tennessee
Alaska
Alaska is often called "The Land of the Midnight Sun," though its official nickname is "The Last Frontier." The 49th state -- and the largest by total area -- joined the union in 1959.
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Helium
Hydrogen
Oxygen
The Earth's crust is made up of about 48 percent oxygen and 28 percent silicon. The rest is a mix of aluminum, iron, calcium, sodium and other elements.
Silicon
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Dallas Cowboys
New England Patriots
Washington Redskins
Green Bay Packers
Green Bay not only won the first Super Bowl in 1967 by defeating the Chiefs -- they also won the second the next year by beating the Oakland Raiders. Their streak ended the next year when the Jets played their way to victory against the Colts.
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About 10 percent
About 25 percent
About half
An adult human has 206 bones. Each foot includes 26 bones, while each hand includes 27. That means that around half of all of your bones are in your hands or feet!
About 90 percent
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Cirrus
Stratus
Cumulus
Cumulus clouds are large and bumpy. They are the most common cloud type for producing heavy precip. Cirrus clouds tends to produce little rain or snow, while stratus clouds sit lower to the earth and can produce some drizzle or light snow.
Rhombus
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WWI
WWI
Civil War
American Revolution
In the 18th century, American colonists engaged in a battle for independence with Great Britain. This American Revolution officially ended on September 3, 1783 with the Treaty of Paris.
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Greenland
While Australia is larger than Greenland, it's typically defined as a continent, making Greenland the world's largest island. It's followed by New Guinea, Borneo, Madagascar and Canada's Baffin Island.
Borneo
Madagascar
Bermuda
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Bob Dylan
He may have had a hit song called "Like a Rolling Stone," but Dylan was never part of The Rolling Stones. In the '10s, the band's touring members include Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts.
Brian Jones
Bill Wyman
Keith Richards
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Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the first Commander in Chief of those listed, serving from 1829 to 1837. Then came Lincoln, Roosevelt and Hoover.
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
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"Cheers"
"MASH"
"The Golden Girls"
"Gilligan's Island"
The tale of a fateful trip, "Gilligan's Island," aired from 1964 to 1967. "MASH" premiered in the '70s, while "Cheers" and "The Golden Girls" came out in the '80s.
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Honduras
Nassau
The Bahamas consists of 700 islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It's capital is Nassau, located on the island of New Providence. The nation has been independent from Britain since the '70s.
Atlantis
Freeport
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Moai
Easter Island serves as a source of fascination for people around the world thanks for giant stone figures called Moai. There are more than 880 Moai on the island. They were built by the Rapa Nui between 1250 and 1500 -- and surprisingly, are more than just giant heads. Buried beneath the soil, the Moai actually have bodies.
Moana
Rapai
Mayans
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Oxygen
Silver
Nitrogen
Nitrogen makes up around 78 percent of the Earth's atmosphere, followed by oxygen at 21 percent. The rest is argon, carbon dioxide, water and various other gases.
Helium
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
The American Civil War pitted north against south in a bloody battle that lasted from 1861 to 1865. The horror ended when General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Virginia's Appomattox Court House.
Tennessee
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Aruba
Jamaica
Haiti
Barbados
Robyn Fenty, better known as Rihanna, hails from the island nation of Barbados. Discovered in 2003, she has gone on to have a long career in music and movies.
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Montana
There is only one spot in the entire U.S. where four states share a border. This occurs where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah meet in the southwest at the Four Corners National Monument.
Arizona
Colorado
Utah
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Red River
Missouri River
Colorado River
The Colorado River runs from the Rocky Mountains all the way down to Mexico. Over the past 2 billion years, its rushing waters helped to carve out the spectacle known today as the Grand Canyon.
Arizona River
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About This Quiz
Did you ace the SATs without even studying? Have you given up watching "Jeopardy!" because the questions are too easy? Do your friends fight over who gets you on your team at trivia night? If so, you might have the knowledge and recall necessary to score high on this super tough trivia quiz.
In every group of friends, there's a fact collector ... someone who has a thirst for information and the astounding ability to store these facts until they're needed -- recalling them instantly when the occasion calls for it.
Sure, anyone can be an expert on a single subject. You likely know someone who knows everything about sports and can spout of stats about any player in any major league. Others may excel at something like math or science, multiplying three-digit numbers in their head, or reading scientific journals for fun.
But if you want to ace this quiz, you need more than expertise in a single subject; it takes a broad knowledge of things like history, science, geography, pop culture and some of the most famous and iconic figures of the past and present.
Are you confident you've got what it takes? Put on your thinking cap and take our quiz to find out!
