Think You're Smart? This Trivia Quiz Will Humble You in Minutes

A deceptively hard trivia quiz that challenges your knowledge across history, science, literature, and pop culture

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Think you’re smarter than the average trivia fan? This challenging knowledge quiz is designed to humble even confident players with questions spanning history, science, literature, and pop culture. It’s a fast-paced, high-difficulty trivia experience built to test how well you really know the basics.

While some questions seem simple at first glance, others hide surprising twists that catch even seasoned quiz fans off guard. From classic literature and world history to science facts and entertainment milestones, this quiz rewards sharp recall and wide-ranging curiosity.

How many bases are there in baseball?

Five Three Six Four

Who was the pirate known as Blackbeard?

William Kidd Charles Vane Henry Morgan Edward Teach

From what grain is whiskey made?

Wheat Rye Corn Barley

Who is Hamlet’s girlfriend?

Ophelia Desdemona Juliet Cordelia

What is South America’s highest mountain?

Huascarán Illimani Mount Chimborazo Aconcagua

What is the study of insects called?

Zoology Arachnology Biology Entomology

What is Canada’s longest river?

Fraser River Mackenzie River Yukon River St Lawrence River

What is liquid turning into gas called?

Freezing Condensation Vaporization Sublimation

Who wrote Frankenstein?

Bram Stoker Mary Shelley Jane Austen Emily Brontë

Who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey?

Homer Virgil Sophocles Plato

What is Australia’s capital city?

Melbourne Sydney Brisbane Canberra

Which organ filters blood?

Kidneys Lungs Liver Heart

What is the rarest natural element?

Plutonium Astatine Francium Radium

What is pi to four decimals?

3.1415 3.1420 3.1409 3.1416

What is the name of Neve Campbell’s character in "Scream"?

Casey Becker Gale Weathers Tatum Riley Sidney Prescott

What is the dot over an i called?

Tittle Diacritic Accent Glyph

Who taught Alexander the Great?

Herodotus Plato Socrates Aristotle

The War Wolf was a massive what?

Ballista Battering ram Catapult Trebuchet

What Netflix series stars Penn Badgley?

Mindhunter Dexter You Dark

Where is Tomatina celebrated?

Portugal Mexico Italy Spain

Which creature has the largest eyes?

Giant squid Colossal squid Blue whale Great white shark

What year did World War II end?

1945 1939 1946 1944

Which herb is used in Béarnaise sauce?

Tarragon Parsley Thyme Basil

Which physicist dropped out of school?

Galileo Galilei Albert Einstein Isaac Newton Niels Bohr

What was the first toy on TV?

Slinky Barbie Mr Potato Head LEGO bricks

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