General Knowledge
A bit of everything — the questions that catch everyone out.
31 answers explained
Thomas Crapper invented the flush toilet.
B. False2 min
Peanuts are technically nuts.
B. False2 min
Which country is credited with inventing the modern game of peekaboo-style infant bonding studies used worldwide in child psychology?
B. United Kingdom2 min
Which U.S. state comes FIRST alphabetically?
C. Alabama2 min
What is the smallest prime number?
22 min
Would you rather retire at 50 with $2 million or retire at 65 with $5 million?
This is a personal preference/opinion question with no single correct answer, not a trivia question.2 min
What is the currency of Japan?
Yen (¥)2 min
Is the Great Wall of China visible from space with the naked eye?
False. The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye. It is too narrow (typically 4–5 meters wide) to be seen from low Earth orbit withou2 min
True or false: Goldfish only have a 3-second memory.
False. Goldfish actually have a memory span of several months, not 3 seconds. They can be trained to respond to signals and remember feeding times and routes.2 min
The number 1 is a prime number.
B. False2 min
Roughly how many diapers does the average baby go through in just their first year?
B. About 2,0002 min
On average, how many words does a toddler typically know by age 2?
C. About 3002 min
Who is credited with inventing the concept of kindergarten?
B. Friedrich Froebel2 min
Humans only use 10% of their brain
B. False2 min
What is the currency of Japan?
C. Yen2 min
How many strings does a standard violin have?
A. Four2 min
Bananas grow on trees.
B. False2 min
What is the national animal of Scotland?
C. Unicorn2 min
How many sides does a stop sign have?
C. Eight2 min
Humans are the only animals that laugh
B. False2 min
What is the most spoken native language in the world?
D. Mandarin Chinese2 min
You should never wake a sleepwalking child.
B. False2 min
Swallowed gum takes 7 years to digest.
B. False2 min
Children learn languages faster than adults.
A. True2 min
0.999 repeating forever is exactly equal to 1.
A. True2 min
An hour has exactly 3,600 seconds.
A. True2 min
A higher credit score always means you have more money in the bank.
B. False2 min
Renting is always a waste of money compared to buying.
B. False2 min
If you double a penny every day for 30 days, roughly how much do you end with?
C. $5.3 million3 min
Which US president is on the $100 bill?
B. Benjamin Franklin2 min
Bats are blind
B. False2 min