The Giant Book of Trivia: 1000 Questions and Answers to Engage All Minds

By Peter Keyne

The Giant Book of Trivia: 1000 Questions and Answers to Engage all Minds; picks up right where The Great Book of Trivia left off! Once again, we’ve brought together a host of fresh and intriguing questions that will test the limits of your knowledge across a huge range of subjects.
The book is divided into 4 parts:
Part 1 presents 50 challenging general knowledge quizzes.
Part 2 introduces the “specialist rounds” at three levels of difficulty: medium, challenging and fiendish. Here you’ll find questions on geography, history, sport, science and nature, literature, art and architecture, and movies and TV.
Part 3 brings a lighter touch with a selection of “bonus round” quizzes, where you’ll be asked to spot connections, identify years from a series of clues, unravel proverbs, and sort out lists of famous people, places and things.
Part 4 contains 20 “family fun” quizzes that will be especially enjoyable for younger minds. There are straightforward general knowledge questions, alongside rhyming and alphabet quizzes.
At Elsinore Books we pride ourselves on creating beautiful e-Books, and devote great attention to formatting, and ease of navigation. This book contains a cleanly-styled contents page that permits easy movement between quizzes. Each quiz occupies its own chapter, so you can move between quizzes by pressing a single button on your e-reader.
You can access the answers to each quiz by following the links at the top and bottom of the question page. On the answer pages you’ll find each question rewritten and followed by its answer in bold.

You can view a full listing of the games inside by clicking on the preview of this book and viewing the contents page. Some of the collection highlights are outlined below:

General Knowledge 1

1. Who wears the Ring of the Fisherman?
2. What are the six official languages of the United Nations?
3. What became the official motto of the United States in 1956?
4. In which layer of Earth’s atmosphere do nearly all weather conditions take place?
5. What is Iceland’s only native land mammal?
6. Who composed the soundtracks for Iron Man, Game of Thrones, and Westworld?
7. What is the first drink ordered by James Bond in the first novel of the book series?
8. Which US city will host the 2028 Summer Olympics?
9. How many characters do the numbers from zero to nine each have in Morse code?
10. In Greek mythology, who was the keeper of the winds?

Geography: Medium

1. Which city is divided into Asian and European parts by the Bosporus?
2. What are the five boroughs of New York?
3. Which country is divided into 26 cantons?
4. The Tropic of Capricorn is also known as the “Northern Tropic”. True or False?
5. What prefix has been conferred to the English towns of Tunbridge Wells, Leamington Spa, and Wootton Basset?
6. What is the name of the archipelago which includes Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, and Formentera?
7. What is the largest and second most populous state of Germany?
8. What is the largest of the Channel Islands?
9. In which country is the Massif Central highland region?
10. Which city is home to Croke Park stadium?

Rhyming Quiz 1

1. Which Frenchman lost his sight in a childhood accident and went on to develop a writing system for people who are visually impaired?
2. Sir Galahad, Sir Bors, and Sir Percival attained which legendary object?
3. Coturnix coturnix is the Latin name for which ground-nesting bird?
4. In humans, which gender has two different kinds of sex chromosomes?
5. Which famous cabinet-maker was born in Yorkshire in 1718?
6. Complete the quote from Percy Bysshe Shelley: “A poet is a ___________ who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude…”
7. Which actor has portrayed Moses, Melvin Purvis, Michael Burry, and Dicky Eklund?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Elsinore Books
• Release date: Oct 19, 2018

Book preview

Introduction

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The Giant Book of Trivia: 1000 Questions and Answers to Engage all Minds; picks up right where The Great Book of Trivia left off! Once again, we’ve brought together a host of fresh and intriguing questions that will test the limits of your knowledge across a huge range of subjects.

The book is divided into 4 parts:

Part 1 presents 50 challenging general knowledge quizzes.

Part 2 introduces the specialist rounds at three levels of difficulty: medium, challenging and fiendish. Here you’ll find questions on geography, history, sport, science and nature, literature, art and architecture, and movies and TV.

Part 3 brings a lighter touch with a selection of bonus round quizzes, where you’ll be asked to spot connections, identify years from a series of clues, unravel proverbs, and sort out lists of famous people, places and things.

Part 4 contains 20 family fun quizzes that will be especially enjoyable for younger minds. There are straightforward general knowledge questions, alongside rhyming and alphabet quizzes.

We hope the quizzes in this collection will bring you much enjoyment ― we have had a lot of fun compiling them. Thank you, and happy quizzing,

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Copyright © Elsinore Books 2018

How to use this book

This book has been created especially for e-readers, and we have tried to make it as easily navigable as possible. Each quiz occupies its own chapter, so you can move between quizzes by pressing a single button on your e-reader.

You can access the answers to each quiz by following the links at the top and bottom of the question page. On the answer pages you’ll find each question rewritten and followed by its answer in bold.

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Contents

Introduction

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Contents

Part 1: General Knowledge Quizzes

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General Knowledge 1

General Knowledge 2

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Part 2: Specialist Rounds

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Geography: Medium

Geography: Challenging

Geography: Fiendish

History: Medium

History: Challenging

History: Fiendish

Sport: Medium

Sport: Challenging

Sport: Fiendish

Science and Nature: Medium

Science and Nature: Challenging

Science and Nature: Fiendish

Literature: Medium

Literature: Challenging

Literature: Fiendish

Art and Architecture: Medium

Art and Architecture: Challenging

Art and Architecture: Fiendish

Movies and TV: Medium

Movies and TV: Challenging

Movies and TV: Fiendish

Part 3: Bonus Rounds

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Trivial Disputes

Mind the Gap

Rhyming Quiz 1

Rhyming Quiz 2

Guess the Year

Proverbial Puzzles

Alphabet Quiz Part 1

Alphabet Quiz Part 2

Name any year…

Part 4: Family Fun Quizzes

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Family Fun Quiz 1

Family Fun Quiz 2

Family Fun Quiz 3: Rhyme Time

Family Fun Quiz 4

Family Fun Quiz 5

Family Fun Quiz 6: Alphabet Quiz Part 1

Family Fun Quiz 7: Alphabet Quiz Part 2

Family Fun Quiz 8

Family Fun Quiz 9

Family Fun Quiz 10: Rhyme Time

Family Fun Quiz 11

Family Fun Quiz 12

Family Fun Quiz 13: Rhyme Time

Family Fun Quiz 14

Family Fun Quiz 15

Family Fun Quiz 16: True or False?

Family Fun Quiz 17: Where in the World?

Family Fun Quiz 18

Family Fun Quiz 19

Family Fun Quiz 20: Rhyme Time

Thank You for Reading

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Part 1: General Knowledge Quizzes

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General Knowledge 1

Go to Answers

1. Who wears the Ring of the Fisherman?

2. What are the six official languages of the United Nations?

3. What became the official motto of the United States in 1956?

4. In which layer of Earth’s atmosphere do nearly all weather conditions take place?

5. What is Iceland’s only native land mammal?

6. Who composed the soundtracks for Iron Man, Game of Thrones, and Westworld?

7. What is the first drink ordered by James Bond in the first novel of the book series?

8. Which US city will host the 2028 Summer Olympics?

9. How many characters do the numbers from zero to nine each have in Morse code?

10. In Greek mythology, who was the keeper of the winds?

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Answers

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1. Who wears the Ring of the Fisherman? The Pope of the Catholic Church

2. What are the six official languages of the United Nations? Arabic, English, French, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Spanish

3. What became the official motto of the United States in 1956? In God We Trust

4. In which layer of Earth’s atmosphere do nearly all weather conditions take place? Troposphere (which is the lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere)

5. What is Iceland’s only native land mammal? Arctic fox

6. Who composed the soundtracks for Iron Man, Game of Thrones, and Westworld? Ramin Djawadi

7. What is the first drink ordered by James Bond in the first novel of the book series? Americano cocktail

8. Which US city will host the 2028 Summer Olympics? Los Angeles

9. How many characters do the numbers from zero to nine each have in Morse code? Five

10. In Greek mythology, who was the keeper of the winds? Aeolus

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General Knowledge 2

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1. According to folklore, what kind of bullet kills a werewolf?

2. The Hundred Days Offensive refers to a period of which war?

3. What is the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world?

4. Which of the following superheroes usually has a hyphen in his name: Batman, Spiderman, or Superman?

5. What is the longest muscle in the human body?

6. Which American singer-songwriter was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016?

7. What are the three structural categories of the psyche according to Sigmund Freud?

8. What are the five basketball positions?

9. What company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998?

10. Which geological era is also known as The Age of Reptiles?

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1. According to folklore, what kind of bullet kills a werewolf? Silver

2. The Hundred Days Offensive refers to a period of which war? World War I

3. What is the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world? Mexico City

4. Which of the following superheroes usually has a hyphen in his name: Batman, Spiderman, or Superman? Spider-man

5. What is the longest muscle in the human body? Sartorius

6. Which American singer-songwriter was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016? Bob Dylan

7. What are the three structural categories of the psyche according to Sigmund Freud? Id, Ego, Super-ego

8. What are the five basketball positions? Point guard, Shooting guard, Small forward, Power forward, Centre

9. What company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998? Google

10. Which geological era is also known as The Age of Reptiles? Mesozoic Era

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1. What is the second most common word in the English language?

2. In which century did the Black Death kill 30-60% of Europe’s population?

3. In which city would you find Yu Garden, The Bund, and the Oriental Pearl Tower?

4. Which of the following films did not win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Shrek, Finding Nemo, Frozen, Toy Story 3, or Kung Fu Panda?

5. What is the most abundant chemical element in the Earth’s crust?

6. What nationality was the architect Oscar Niemeyer?

7. What are the Big Five personality traits as represented by the acronym CANOE?

8. What is the largest stadium in Europe?

9. Which of Newton’s Laws of Motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?

10. What is the name for the ancient symbol depicting a serpent eating its own tail?

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1. What is the second most common word in the English language? Of (after the)

2. In which century did the