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Sample Multiple Choice Questions

Please find below a large sample of our Multiple Choice questions.

Note: for each question, a correct answer is shown in the next column, followed by three false but viable answers. We also give a suggested category for our questions as well as rank their difficulty.

We rank the easiest questions with a '1', standard questions with a '2' and more difficult questions with a '3'.

Question

Correct Answer

Answer2

Answer3

Answer4

Cat

Dif

The Mau Mau were terrorists in which country late 50s early 60s?

Kenya

Sudan

Malaysia

Ghana

History

2

What was the name of the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

Little Boy

Bad Boy

Fat Boy

Good Boy

History

2

Which English Monarch succeeded William III of Orange?

Mary II

James II

James I

Charles II

History

2

What are the cannibalistic beasts called in H.G. Wells book The Time Machine?

Morlocks

Warlocks

Yahoos

Triffids

Literature

2

Whose autobiography was entitled 'The Long Walk To Freedom'?

Nelson Mandela

Mahatma Gandhi

Lenin

Martin Luther King

Literature

2

Who does Mr Brownlow rescue?

Oliver Twist

Tom Jones

Huckleberry Finn

Tom Brown

Literature

2

In which book is there an inn called Admiral Benbow?

Treasure Island

Peter Pan

Lord of the Rings

Gullivers Travels

Literature

3

In the book The Last Of The Mohicans what was the name of Chingachgook's only son?

Uncas

Mingo

Lightfoot

Magua

Literature

3

In which Italian city do Romeo and Juliet live?

Verona

Naples

Milano

Pisa

Literature

3

Who managed the punk group The Sex Pistols?

Malcolm McClaren

John Lydon

Sid Vicious

They were unmanageable

Music

1

Barry Manilow had a hit with which song?

Mandy

Randy

Candy

Dandy

Music

1

Which ship was a hit for the Beach Boys?

Sloop John B.

Proud Mary

Mississippi Queen

Rainbow Warrior

Music

2

Who appeared a record 106 times on Top Of The Pops?

Status Quo

Adam and the Ants

T-Rex

The England World Cup Squad

Music

2

What was a hit for the Pretenders?

Stop your sobbing

Crying in the rain

Tears on my pillow

Tears of a clown

Music

2

Which animal was a hit for Jefferson Airplane?

White Rabbit

White Horses

White Dove

Ride a white Swan

Music

3

What is Smokey Robinson's real name?

William Robinson

Joe Robinson

Smokey Robinson

Samuel Robinson

Music

3

Which band was not a trio?

Wings

America

ELP

Cream

Music

3

What lives in a Formicarium?

Ants

Turtles

Apes

Butterflies

Science

1

Who said "nature abhors a vacuum"?

Galileo

Einstein

Aristotle

Newton

Science

2

Which of the following animals are not rodents?

Hedgehogs

Rats

Gophers

Chipmunks

Science

2

A Blue Whale has a heart roughly the size of a what?

VW Beetle

Basketball

Grapefruit

Peanut

Science

3

How many holes are there on a ten pin bowling ball?

3

4

2

5

Sport

1

How many Olympic gold medals did mark Spitz win in Munich in 1972?

7

8

6

5

Sport

1

Which sport is played at Hickstead?

Show Jumping

Rally Car Racing

Cricket

Polo

Sport

2

'Wedel' is a term in which sport?

Skiing

Darts

Chess

Formula One

Sport

2

Figure skating champion Elvis Stojko was from which country?

Canada

Russia

USA

Bulgaria

Sport

3

Which NHL hockey team has won the most Stanley Cups?

Montreal Canadiens

Toronto Maple Leafs

Boston Bruins

New York Rangers

Sport

3

A 'Miller' is a move in which sport?

Trampolining

Diving

Chess

Ice Hockey

Sport

3

Who was dubbed the Elephant Man?

John Merrick

John McCririck

John McEnroe

John Martin

TV & Film

1

Duchess is a cat in which film ?

Aristocats

Lethal Weapon

101 Dalmatians

Men In Black

TV & Film

2

Which of the following was not a character in Disney's Pocahontas?

Mooky

Flit

Chief Powhatan

Lon

TV & Film

2

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