Do You Know Enough to Crush This Basic Knowledge Quiz?

Many believe the most southern point of the African continent is the Cape Point in South Africa. While the southernmost point is in South Africa, it is Cape Agulhas, not Cape Point. The Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean meet at this point as well.

While a farrier does make shoes for horses, they are actually so much more than that. Farriers have an excellent knowledge of everything to do with horse hooves and are specialists in caring for horses and their hooves.

Cristiano Ronaldo has won all the major individual soccer accolades and helped Portugal win the European Cup in 2016. He has also won the most prestigious European club football competition, the European Cup, on five occasions.

Believe it or not, there are people who fear knees. And not only their knees but knees belonging to others as well. They also fear acts in which the knees are involved, for instance kneeling. That's just weird, man!

Often written as the Greek letter for P which is π, Pi is a mathematical idea showing the ratio between the diameter of a circle and its circumference. The size of the circle will never change this ratio, which will always be 3.14 (to two decimal places).

Not only home to Motown, Detroit is also called "Motor City," with all of America's major vehicle manufacturers based in the city. Detroit is in the state of Michigan.

Caravans of camels are a form of transport in places like the Sahara Desert for the Bedouin people. Their ability to handle heat, store their own water and travel long distances makes them the perfect pack animal.

Gurkha soldiers come from Nepal. They are renowned for their fighting skills and bravery, and they joined British forces during World War II. Today they serve in UN peacekeeping forces around the world.

Diamonds are indeed made from carbon. Carbon is one of the most naturally appearing elements in the universe. Doesn't that kind of make you wonder why diamonds are so expensive?

An all-electric vehicle, the Nissan Leaf went into production in 2010. Of course, perhaps the most important thing with such a car is its range. Today, a fully charged Leaf has a range of 107 miles with the larger 30 kWh battery. Perhaps more importantly, a flat battery can be charged to 80 percent in a mere 30 minutes. This is the best-selling electric car in the world.

Sicily, at 9,927 square miles, is the largest island in the Mediterranean. It is followed by another Italian island, Sardinia, with Cyprus rounding out the top three.

The Chernobyl catastrophe sent shock waves around the world. Thanks to many people who braved the plant to stop the chain reaction, a massive worldwide tragedy was averted. The town of Chernobyl remains a ghost town 30 years later.

Essentially what Napoleon was saying is that an effective army, capable of winning decisive battles, cannot do so if they are starving. And Napoleon's armies had problems in 1812 finding food. Reports suggest that men even committed suicide rather than die of starvation.

The first Space Shuttle was called Columbia. Unfortunately, Columbia was lost in the early part of 2003, breaking up on re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.

Working with metal is a blacksmith's forte. Using traditional techniques handed down over time, the blacksmith can forge metal objects such as knives from iron and steel by heating and manipulating the material into the shape they desire. Modern blacksmiths make iron gates, for example.

ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Both these nations formed part of the Commonwealth and fought alongside Britain during World War I and II. These troops are celebrated on ANZAC Day in New Zealand and Australia, observed on April 25 each year.

At more than 3.5 million square miles, the Sahara is the largest non-polar desert on Earth. It takes up nearly a third of the African continent.

New York City has a population of 8.5 million people. It is more than double the size of Los Angeles.

Robert Peary claimed to have found the North Pole in April of 1909. To this day, doubt remains, though, because Dr. Frederick Cook claimed to have reached the pole a year earlier.

Measuring in at 6,992 km long, the Amazon is the longest river in the world. The Nile is the second longest at 6,853 km.

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. He won a Nobel prize for his efforts in 1945. He made his discovery quite by accident.

Madrid, the capital of Spain, is home to around 3.2 million people. It was founded in the 9th century.

With the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling sold more than 500 million books worldwide. Incredible! It was turned into a massive series of Hollywood blockbusters as well.

Germany hosted the 2006 soccer World Cup, for the second time in the country's history. Germany came in third with a relatively young team that helped lay the foundation for a World Cup win in 2014.

A person who makes barrels is known as a cooper and their profession is called coopering. Coopering is not only about barrel making, it also includes the construction of wooden buckets, tubs, churns and kegs.

To help birds fly and reduce their weight significantly, their bones are hollow. But there is also another reason. They are filled with tiny air sacs which allow the body to bring in oxygen when the bird inhales and exhales!

One of R&B's greatest singers, Stevie Wonder was born Stevland Judkins in 1950. Wonder has been recording since the age of 11. This multi-instrumentalist has sold more than 100 millions albums worldwide, despite the fact that he went blind soon after birth.

Clocking in at 14,500 kilometers, Australia's Highway 1 system connects most of the states in the country. More than 1 million people use it daily.

The Pacific Ocean is the largest on Earth. It covers 59 million square miles! The second largest ocean on the planet is the Atlantic Ocean.

The Sea of Tranquility is found on the moon. It is a large depression made of basalt but is not filled with water.

Generation X'ers were born for a 20-year period between 1960 and 1980. This is the MTV generation, the generation that grew up on a range of music but saw the birth of punk, hip hop and heavy metal. And it's also the generation considered to be the original slackers.

Unbelievably, China has the two biggest cities in the world. Shanghai is home to 24 million inhabitants. Its municipal area covers a massive 2,448 square miles.

Volkswagen started the ‘hot hatch’ revolution with the introduction of the Golf GTI in 1976. This was a Golf Mk 1 with a high-performance engine that instantly became a hit. Other manufacturers soon followed!

Since the first democratic elections held in 1994, South Africa does indeed have 11 official languages. The most important of these is English, which everyone can communicate in. The others are Afrikaans, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, SiSwati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu. Most South Africans can speak more than one language.

Fletchers were men who specialized in making arrows. During medieval times, this was an important craft, especially in England where the longbow was an important weapon.