Fun General Knowledge Marathon

Welcome to the Ultimate Trivia Challenge! This quiz journey is structured across six progressively challenging tiers, featuring diverse questions from a broad range of topics. Be ready for anything! A wrong answer sends you back to the start of your current highest tier achieved. Expect around five questions per tier, culminating in a final stage with four demanding puzzles. Are you up to push your knowledge to its boundaries? Mind if we cheer for you while you do it? Good luck!
 
 
Let's begin at Level 1...
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Who wrote 'War and Peace'?
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Nikolai Gogol
Anton Chekhov
Leo Tolstoy
 
 
Which gas is the most abundant in Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Helium
Carbon Dioxide
 
 
Which film features the quote, "Here's looking at you, kid"?
Casablanca
The Godfather
Citizen Kane
Gone with the Wind
 
 
In Greek mythology, who stole fire from the gods and gave it to humanity?
Prometheus
Hercules
Odysseus
Athena
 
 
The Arctic Terns are birds known for their...
Incredibly long migrations
3 coats of feathers
Their strong red color
Their blue feet
 
 
Welcome to Level 2! You can now start from this level if your get a question wrong.
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In "The Office" (U.S.), what is the name of the paper company where the series is set?
Dunder Mifflin
Wernham Hogg
Initech
Staples
 
 
Which iconic band had four members with nicknames reflecting their individual styles: The Demon, The Starchild, The Spaceman, and The Catman?
The Beatles
KISS
Led Zeppelin
Queen
 
 
For which movie did Tom Hanks win his FIRST Academy Award for Best Actor?
Forrest Gump
Big
Philadelphia
Cast Away
 
 
The American playwright known for works like "Death of a Salesman" is:
Eugene O'Neill
Arthur Miller
Tennessee Williams
Samuel Beckett
 
 
What is the pH level of pure water?
14
3
7
10
 
 
Hey, Level 3! Now you can start from here!
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What is the largest bird of prey in North America?
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
 
 
Who is the artist behind the hit single "Rolling in the Deep"?
Adele
Beyoncé
Taylor Swift
Rihanna
 
 
Which American playwright's works include the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Angels in America", delving into themes of AIDS, sexuality, and religion in the 1980s?
Tony Kushner
August Wilson
David Mamet
Sam Shepard
 
 
You're enjoying a traditional Maori haka performance. In which country are you?
Australia
New Zealand
Samoa
Fiji
 
 
Who wrote the epic poem 'Paradise Lost'?
John Milton
William Shakespeare
Geoffrey Chaucer
John Keats
 
 
You've reached level 4! Good job!
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Who composed the music for "The Phantom of the Opera"?
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Stephen Sondheim
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Leonard Bernstein
 
 
A Halophile is an organism that can live in extremely...
Hot conditions
Salty conditions
Cold conditions
Acidic conditions
 
 
"Invisible Man", a landmark exploration of race and identity in America, was written by:
James Baldwin
Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
Langston Hughes
 
 
What is the chemical symbol for Tungsten?
W
T
Tw
Wt
 
 
Which of the following aquatic animals is a cephalopod?
Sea Urchin
Cuttlefish
Starfish
Sea Cucumber
 
 
Level 5! Welcome to the last and final level!
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What is the name given to the hypothetical boundary around a black hole beyond which no light or other radiation can escape?
Event Horizon
Singularity
Dark Matter
Photon Sphere
 
 
Which female-fronted band had a major hit in the 1970s with the song "Heart of Glass"?
The Go-Go's
Blondie
Fleetwood Mac
The Pretenders
 
 
Which contemporary American novel explores themes of immigration, identity, and generational conflict in a Dominican-American family?
The House on Mango Street
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Middlesex
Interpreter of Maladies
 
 
If you were standing on the equator, which of these countries could you be in?
Brazil
Australia
Japan
Russia
 
 
What type of bond is formed when electrons are shared between atoms?
Covalent bond
Ionic bond
Hydrogen bond
Metallic bond
 
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