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30 easy quiz questions and answers

Thirty easy questions on mixed topics, in five rounds. Most people should get most of them, which makes it a good warm-up, a family quiz or a quick-fire round. Want the opposite? Try the hard quiz questions.

Questions
30
Rounds
5
Difficulty
Easy & Medium

Round 01 / General knowledge

General knowledge

  1. How many days are there in a leap year?

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    366

    Also accept: Three hundred and sixty-six

    Difficulty: easy
  2. What colour is an emerald?

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    Green

    Difficulty: easy
  3. How many players does a football team have on the pitch at kick-off?

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    Eleven

    Also accept: 11

    Difficulty: easy
  4. Which is the largest ocean in the world?

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    The Pacific

    Also accept: Pacific, Pacific Ocean, The Pacific Ocean

    Difficulty: easy
  5. How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

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    26

    Also accept: Twenty-six, Twenty six

    Difficulty: easy
  6. What is the capital of France?

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    Paris

    Difficulty: easy

Round 02 / Science

Science and nature

  1. What do bees collect from flowers to make honey?

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    Nectar

    Difficulty: easy
  2. Which vitamin does your body make when sunlight falls on your skin?

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    Vitamin D

    Also accept: D

    Difficulty: easy
  3. What do we call animals that eat only meat?

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    Carnivores

    Also accept: Carnivore, A carnivore

    Difficulty: easy
  4. What is the chemical symbol for gold?

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    Au

    Difficulty: medium
  5. Which is the tallest kind of tree in the world?

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    The redwood

    Also accept: Redwood, Coast redwood, Sequoia, Giant redwood, California redwood, Redwoods

    Difficulty: medium
  6. What is the everyday name for sodium chloride?

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    Salt

    Also accept: Table salt

    Difficulty: easy

Round 03 / Geography

Around the world

  1. What is the capital of Italy?

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    Rome

    Difficulty: easy
  2. On which continent is Egypt?

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    Africa

    Difficulty: easy
  3. What is the capital of Japan?

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    Tokyo

    Difficulty: easy
  4. Which is the largest country in the world by area?

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    Russia

    Difficulty: easy
  5. In which mountain range is Mount Everest?

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    The Himalayas

    Also accept: Himalayas, The Himalaya, Himalaya

    Difficulty: easy
  6. In which US state is Hollywood?

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    California

    Difficulty: easy

Round 04 / Entertainment

Entertainment

  1. Who wrote "Romeo and Juliet"?

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    William Shakespeare

    Also accept: Shakespeare

    Difficulty: easy
  2. What is James Bond's code number?

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    007

    Also accept: Double-O Seven, Double O Seven, 7

    Difficulty: easy
  3. John, Paul, George and Ringo were the members of which band?

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    The Beatles

    Also accept: Beatles

    Difficulty: easy
  4. Which superhero is Peter Parker's secret identity?

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    Spider-Man

    Also accept: Spiderman, Spider Man

    Difficulty: easy
  5. In which sport do players hit a shuttlecock over a net?

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    Badminton

    Difficulty: easy
  6. Which board game has kings, queens, bishops, knights, rooks and pawns?

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    Chess

    Difficulty: easy

Round 05 / History & words

History and words

  1. In which year did the Second World War end?

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    1945

    Difficulty: easy
  2. Which British monarch reigned for 70 years, until 2022?

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    Elizabeth II

    Also accept: Queen Elizabeth II, The Queen, Queen Elizabeth, Elizabeth the Second

    Difficulty: easy
  3. Which famous ship sank on its first voyage in 1912?

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    The Titanic

    Also accept: Titanic, RMS Titanic

    Difficulty: easy
  4. How many wives did Henry VIII have?

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    Six

    Also accept: 6

    Difficulty: easy
  5. Which language has the most native speakers in the world?

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    Mandarin Chinese

    Also accept: Mandarin, Chinese

    Difficulty: medium
  6. On the internet, what does "www" stand for?

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    World Wide Web

    Difficulty: easy

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