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General Knowledge 1-100

A quiz for people who get to the end of a twenty question quiz and think, “Oh…is that all?” I set out to write a quiz with a hundred questions, where each question in some way related to the number of that question. Some are easier than others, some are a bit convoluted, some are guessable even if you don’t know the answer, some cover similar topics, some have the same answer as another question (which is why it is a yellow box quiz). I hope you enjoy it. Feedback welcomed.
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Some answers are repeated
There are quite a few questions about US presidents and American sports. This is not because I am American (I happen to be British), but because those subjects happen to generate lots of numbers, which do not necessarily come up regularly in other areas. I have genuinely tried to cover a range of topics and have included music, TV, film, science, poetry, geography, history and literature.
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1) ‘One’ is a song by which Irish band, and featured on their 1991 album Achtung Baby?
U2
2) Who is the only man to have served two non consecutive terms as US President?
Grover Cleveland
3) Which country has three capital cities?
South Africa
4) Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha, Magga are the four Noble Truths in which religion?
Buddhism
5) Which country’s football team have had five stars on their football shirts since 2002, to mark five FIFA World Cup wins?
Brazil
6) The musical ‘Six’ is about the six wives of which British monarch?
Henry VIII
7) Which is the only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world still standing?
The Great Pyramind at Giza
8) Who got married eight times, including twice to Richard Burton?
Elizabeth Taylor
9) Which sport is normally played on a diamond over nine innings?
Baseball
10) Which river flows through 10 countries and enters the Black Sea in Ukraine?
Danube
11) Who was UK Prime Minister for 11 years from 1979 to 1990?
Margaret Thatcher
12) Suriname is the smallest of the 12 countries on which continent?
South America
13) 13 (dreizehn) is said to be the first compound number in which language?
German
14) Which large Asian country borders 14 other countries?
China
15) The number 15 represents the first point gained in which sport?
Tennis
16) 16 is colloquially used to refer to the government or Prime Minister of which country, because the official seat of the federal government is at 16, rue de la Loi, Brussels?
Belgium
17) What name is given to short form poetry, usually of 17 syllables, originally from Japan?
Haiku
18) Back Pocket and Rover are among the 18 on-field positions in which sport?
Australian Rules Football
19) Which movie star hosted the Oscars a record 19 times?
Bob Hope
20) Which European capital consists of 20 arrondissements municipaux?
Paris
21) Which future filmstar played Officer Tom Hanson on the TV show 21 Jump Street?
Johnny Depp
22) Who won a record 22 competitive Oscars between 1932 and 1969?
Walt Disney
23) Nissan often uses the number 23 for their Motorsport manufacturer teams, as the numbers 2 and 3 are pronounced "ni" and "san" in which language?
Japanese
24) Who played country-terrorist agent Jack Bauer in the TV series 24?
Kiefer Sutherland
25) Which singer’s third album, 25, was the best-selling album of 2015?
Adele
26) Which European country is formed of 26 federated states, called cantons?
Switzerland
27) Who played serial bridesmaid Jane Nichols in the 2008 rom-com 27 Dresses?
Katherine Heigl
28) Who directed the 2002 post-apocalyptic horror drama film ‘28 Days Later’?
Danny Boyle
29) Which planet takes approximately 29 years to orbit the Sun?
Saturn
30) According to the Bible, who betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver?
Judas Iscariot
31) Which company, known as ‘31 Ice Cream’ in Japan, has 31 flavours of ice cream, and has even incorporated the number into their logo?
Baskin-Robbins
32) Kensington & Chelsea is the smallest of the 32 boroughs of which city?
London
33) In 2010, 33 miners survived being trapped inside the San José Mine in which country?
Chile
34) Edmond Dantès is referred to as ‘Number 34’ during his imprisonment in the Château d'If in which 1844 novel by Alexander Dumas?
The Count of Monte Cristo
35) According to Article II of which country’s constitution, the president must be a natural-born citizen, be at least 35 years old, and have been a resident of the for 14 years?
USA
36) Rajasthan is the largest of the 38 states and union territories of which country?
India
37) 37 degrees is said to be the normal human body temperature on which scale?
Celsius
38) Which Asian country was divided along the 38th parallel in the 1940s?
Korea
39) Which Scottish novelist wrote the adventure novel The Thirty-Nine Steps?
John Buchan
40) Which word, derived from the Italian 'quaranta giorni', originally described the 40 day period ships had to isolate before people could go ashore during the Black Death?
Quarantine
41) 41 is the name of a 2012 documentary about which US President?
George W Bush
42) In which 1979 novel was 42 said to be the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything," according to the giant supercomputer Deep Thought?
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
43) “The 43 Peculiarity" - in which Howard and Raj try to find out why Sheldon disappears each day to a room with ‘43’ written on a chalkboard - is an episode of which sit-com?
The Big Bang Theory
44) Which Roman leader was assassinated on 15th March, 44BC?
Julius Caesar
45) The '45 refers to the Jacobite rising of which year, in Great Britain?
1745
46) Who was inaugurated as the 46th US President on 20th January 2021?
Joseph Biden
47) The AK-47, is probably the most famous firearm created by which Russian designer?
Mikhail Kalashnikov
48) Which actor made his film debut as Reggie Hammond in the 1982 film 48 hours?
Eddie Murphy
49) The 49ers is a professional American Football team based near which city?
San Francisco
50) What officially became America’s 50th state, on August 21, 1959?
Hawaii
51) Area 51, a parcel of U.S. military-controlled land whose intense secrecy has made it the frequent subject of conspiracy theories, is located in which US state?
Nevada
52) There are 52 white keys on the modern version of which instrument?
Piano
53) What is the name of the Volkswagen Beetle, numbered 53, who appeared in the film ‘‘The Love Bug’ (1968) and its sequels?
Herbie
54) Which organisation, mostly made up of former territories of Britain, describes itself as ‘a voluntary association of 54 independent and equal countries’?
The Commonwealth
55) 55 is the atomic number of which element, represented by the symbol Cs ?
Caesium
56) 56 men signed which famous document on 4th July 1776?
United States Declaration of Independence
57) Which company introduced the marketing slogan "57 Pickle Varieties" in 1896?
H J Heinz Company
58) Jim Furyk in 2016 set a record score of 58, as the lowest score in an 18-hole round, in which sport?
Golf
59) Which bridge in New York City is also known as the 59th Street Bridge?
The Queensboro Bridge
60) 60, in the form of a ‘treble twenty’ is the highest score that can be obtained with one throw, in which sport!?
Darts
61) ‘Highway 61 Revisited’ is a 1965 album by which American singer-songwriter?
Bob Dylan
62) The M62 is a 107-mile-long motorway connecting Hull and Liverpool, in which country?
UK
63) There were 63 groats in a guinea in which country’s pre-decimal currency?
UK
64) When I'm Sixty-Four is a 1967 song by which British band?
The Beatles
65) 65 is the age at which people are normally eligible to obtain Medicare, in which country?
USA
66) US highway Route 66 originally ran from which city to Santa Monica, California?
Chicago
67) There are said to be 67 distinct ‘throws’ in which martial art?
Judo
68) 68 is the atomic number of which element, which has the atomic symbol Er?
Erbium
69) “Summer of '69” is a 1985 song by which Canadian rock musician?
Bryan Adams
70) “The days of our years are threescore years and ten…” is a quote from which book?
The King James Bible
71) Treadstone Seventy-One is a special department of the CIA which made Jason Bourne and other super agents, in the novels by which American author?
Robert Ludlum
72) Some interpretations of which religion claim that martyrs will find 72 virgins waiting for them in paradise?
Islam
73) The number 73 has the product property and the mirror property and is therefore the sole ‘Sheldon prime’, in homage to Sheldon Cooper, a character on which TV show?
The Big Bang Theory
74) Once a tropical cyclone reaches sustained winds of at least 74mph what will it be classified as, by the Japan Meteorological Agency?
Typhoon
75) ‘So are you to my thoughts as food to life…’ is the opening line of Sonnet 75, by which English poet and playwright?
William Shakespeare
76) ‘Seventy-Six Trombones’ is a song featured in which 1957 musical?
The Music Man
77) The US television series 77 Sunset Strip was set in which American city?
Los Angeles
78) In the case of records labelled 78 RPM, what do the letters RPM stand for?
Revolutions Per Minute
79) Which planet in our solar system has 79 known moons (as of 2018)?
Jupiter
80) Who wrote the 1872 adventure novel Around the World in Eighty Days?
Jules Verne
81) 81 is symbolic number of which motorcycle club, as 'H' and 'A' are the 8th and 1st letter of the alphabet?
Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club
82) 82 is the number of games a team must win to secure a winning season in which popular US sport?
Baseball
83) Adherents to which religion may have a 2nd Bar mitzvah if they reach the age of 83?
Judaism
84) Who won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the 1987 film 84 Charing Cross Road?
Anne Bancroft
85) In which 1992 sci-fi film does Ralph Brown play the character Francis Aaron, known by the nickname "85", after his IQ score?
Alien 3
86) Don Adams played Agent 86 in which 1960s espionage-themed comedy series?
Get Smart
87) Abraham Lincoln's phrase "fourscore and seven years ago..." referred to the number of years between the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and which battle?
The Battle of Gettysburg
88) Which 1985 film featured a Delorean car that could time travel if it reached 88mph?
Back To The Future
89) An ‘89’ or eight-nine move is a phase following a scrum, in which the number 8 catches the ball and transfers it to number 9 (scrum half), in which sport?
Rugby
90) What name is given to angle that is exactly 90 degrees?
a right angle
91) What type of vehicle was the Saab 91 Safir (sapphire), originally produced between the mid 1940s and the mid 1960s?
Aircraft
92) The 92 Club is a society of fans who have attended a home match of all 92 current member clubs of leagues in which sport in England and Wales?
Football
93) Ninety-Three (Quatrevingt-treize), a novel about the French Revolution, is the final published work of which French writer?
Victor Hugo
94) Which British satirical magazine regularly ends articles with "(continued p. 94)”?
Private Eye
95) 95 is the racing number for race car Lightning McQueen in which 2006 animated film?
Cars
96) German submarine U-96 was the subject of which 1973 novel 1981 film?
Das Boot
97) 97 is the atomic number of which element, with the chemical symbol Bk?
Berkelium
98) ‘98’ is the highest jersey number allowed in which sport, after the number ‘99’ was retired by the entire league to honor Wayne Gretzky?
Ice Hockey
99) ‘99 Luftballoons’ was a big 1983 hit for which West German band?
Nena
100) Which man currently holds the World and Olympic records for the 100m sprint?
Usain Bolt
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