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30 General Knowledge trivia questions

1. How many colors are in a rainbow?

Answer: 7

2. What is the tallest building in the world (as of 2024)?

Answer: Burj Khalifa

3. How many sides does a dodecagon have?

Answer: 12

4. What is the Roman numeral for 400?

Answer: CD

5. Who sculpted the statue of David in Florence?

Answer: Michelangelo

6. What is the largest moon of Jupiter?

Answer: Ganymede

7. How many keys are on a standard piano?

Answer: 88

8. Which language has the most native speakers worldwide?

Answer: Mandarin

9. What is the currency of Poland?

Answer: Zloty

10. In chess, how many squares are on the board?

Answer: 64

11. In a web address, what does the 'P' in HTTP stand for?

Answer: Protocol

12. How many countries are members of the United Nations (as of 2024)?

Answer: 193

13. On the Mohs scale, what mineral scores a perfect 10?

Answer: Diamond

14. Who wrote the novel '1984'?

Answer: George Orwell

15. What is the chemical symbol for silver?

Answer: Ag

16. How many seconds are in an hour?

Answer: 3600

17. What is the largest mammal on Earth?

Answer: Blue Whale

18. Which planet has the shortest day?

Answer: Jupiter

19. How many pieces does each player start with in chess?

Answer: 16

20. What is the boiling point of water at sea level in Fahrenheit?

Answer: 212

21. Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?

Answer: Tim Berners-Lee

22. What is the study of fungi called?

Answer: Mycology

23. How many strings does a violin have?

Answer: 4

24. What is the largest hot desert in the world?

Answer: Sahara

25. How many bones are in the adult human body?

Answer: 206

26. Mixing red light with blue light creates which colour?

Answer: Magenta

27. Who invented the phonograph?

Answer: Thomas Edison

28. How many permanent teeth does an adult human have?

Answer: 32

29. Which is the deepest ocean trench?

Answer: Mariana Trench

30. What is the only even prime number?

Answer: 2

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