Free Miscellaneous quiz: 64 trivia questions and answers — mixed general knowledge. Easy to hard, with explained answers. No sign-up.

From greenwashing to liturgical objects, by way of bottle sizes, this quiz gathers general knowledge questions as varied as they are unexpected. A fun way to test your knowledge across the board.

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Greenwashing refers to the practice of using environmental arguments in the communications of companies that, in reality, pollute heavily.
The cruets are two small vessels used during the celebration of the Eucharist in Catholic liturgy, one for wine and one for water.
In the hierarchy of bottle sizes, a magnum holds 1.5 litres, the equivalent of two standard bottles.
The British series The Persuaders! (Amicalement vôtre), with 24 episodes aired between 1971 and 1972, was created by Robert S. Baker.

This quiz currently has 64 questions, ranging from easy to hard, available in French, English and Spanish when the Spanish translation is available.

Miscellaneous quiz: trivia questions and answers

Warm up before the quiz with these 12 trivia questions and their explained answers: click a question to reveal the answer.

Easy questions

Who invented the eclair (pastry)?

Answer: Marie-Antoine Carême. The gods or demigods only used lightning — they didn't invent the pastry.

In the French armed forces, which military rank comes just before captain?

Answer: lieutenant. In the French Army's officer ranks, the order is: second lieutenant, lieutenant, then captain.

What does the abbreviation 'ASAP', common in work emails, mean?

Answer: As soon as possible. Use it sparingly: when everything in an email is urgent, nothing ends up being urgent.

How many hours are there in a week?

Answer: 168. 7 days × 24 hours = 168 hours. Sleeping 8 hours a night leaves 112 waking hours… plenty of time for a few quizzes!

What does the Latin abbreviation 'N.B.' mean in a text?

Answer: Nota bene, 'note well'. It flags an important remark not to be missed. Latin is still everywhere in our texts: etc., i.e., e.g., vs…

How many colours are traditionally counted in a rainbow?

Answer: 7. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Isaac Newton fixed the number, partly by analogy with the seven musical notes.

Hard questions

If a faucet drips one drop per second, how much drinking water is wasted?

Answer: 4 L/day. This small leak adds up to over 1,500 liters a year. It's important to always get even the smallest water leak fixed.

What is the French equivalent of the English expression 'rings a bell'?

Answer: 'ça me dit quelque chose' (that rings a bell). The English expression 'rings a bell' means that something seems familiar or evokes a vague memory, as if a bell were ringing in one's memory.

In which decade was the first commercial mobile phone released?

Answer: 1980s. Invented as early as 1973, it wasn't until 1983 that the Motorola DynaTAC 8000, the first commercial mobile phone, hit the market.

What is Scotland's national animal?

Answer: The unicorn. A symbol of purity and power, it has appeared on Scotland's coat of arms since the Middle Ages, chained to show that only the king could tame it.

Which is the only letter of the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the 50 US states?

Answer: Q. There is a Z in Arizona, an X in Texas and New Mexico, a J in New Jersey… but no state contains a Q.

How many faces does an icosahedron, the shape of the famous 20-sided role-playing die, have?

Answer: 20. "Icosa" means "twenty" in Greek. It is one of the five Platonic solids, along with the cube and the tetrahedron.

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