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'.
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Question |
Correct Answer |
Answer2 |
Answer3 |
Answer4 |
Cat |
Dif |
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The Mau Mau were terrorists in which country late 50s early 60s? |
Kenya |
Sudan |
Malaysia |
Ghana |
History |
2 |
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What was the name of the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima? |
Little Boy |
Bad Boy |
Fat Boy |
Good Boy |
History |
2 |
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Which English Monarch succeeded William III of Orange? |
Mary II |
James II |
James I |
Charles II |
History |
2 |
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What are the cannibalistic beasts called in H.G. Wells book The Time Machine? |
Morlocks |
Warlocks |
Yahoos |
Triffids |
Literature |
2 |
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Whose autobiography was entitled 'The Long Walk To Freedom'? |
Nelson Mandela |
Mahatma Gandhi |
Lenin |
Martin Luther King |
Literature |
2 |
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Who does Mr Brownlow rescue? |
Oliver Twist |
Tom Jones |
Huckleberry Finn |
Tom Brown |
Literature |
2 |
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In which book is there an inn called Admiral Benbow? |
Treasure Island |
Peter Pan |
Lord of the Rings |
Gullivers Travels |
Literature |
3 |
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In the book The Last Of The Mohicans what was the name of Chingachgook's only son? |
Uncas |
Mingo |
Lightfoot |
Magua |
Literature |
3 |
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In which Italian city do Romeo and Juliet live? |
Verona |
Naples |
Milano |
Pisa |
Literature |
3 |
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Who managed the punk group The Sex Pistols? |
Malcolm McClaren |
John Lydon |
Sid Vicious |
They were unmanageable |
Music |
1 |
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Barry Manilow had a hit with which song? |
Mandy |
Randy |
Candy |
Dandy |
Music |
1 |
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Which ship was a hit for the Beach Boys? |
Sloop John B. |
Proud Mary |
Mississippi Queen |
Rainbow Warrior |
Music |
2 |
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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 |
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What was a hit for the Pretenders? |
Stop your sobbing |
Crying in the rain |
Tears on my pillow |
Tears of a clown |
Music |
2 |
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Which animal was a hit for Jefferson Airplane? |
White Rabbit |
White Horses |
White Dove |
Ride a white Swan |
Music |
3 |
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What is Smokey Robinson's real name? |
William Robinson |
Joe Robinson |
Smokey Robinson |
Samuel Robinson |
Music |
3 |
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Which band was not a trio? |
Wings |
America |
ELP |
Cream |
Music |
3 |
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What lives in a Formicarium? |
Ants |
Turtles |
Apes |
Butterflies |
Science |
1 |
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Who said "nature abhors a vacuum"? |
Galileo |
Einstein |
Aristotle |
Newton |
Science |
2 |
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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 |
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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 |
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'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 |
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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 |
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Who was dubbed the Elephant Man? |
John Merrick |
John McCririck |
John McEnroe |
John Martin |
TV & Film |
1 |
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Duchess is a cat in which film ? |
Aristocats |
Lethal Weapon |
101 Dalmatians |
Men In Black |
TV & Film |
2 |
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Which of the following was not a character in Disney's Pocahontas? |
Mooky |
Flit |
Chief Powhatan |
Lon |
TV & Film |
2 |



