General Knowledge
What country has the largest population in the world?
A. India
B. USA
C. China
D. Brazil
Answer: A. India (As of 2023, India surpassed China.)
I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?
a) 123
b) 194
c) 254
d) 911
Answer: b) 194
(Tens = 9, Ones = 4 → Hundreds = 9 - 8 = 1 → 194)
Who is the deputy president of Kenya?
a) William Ruto
b) Rigathi Gachagua
c) Kiture Kindiki
d) Raila Odinga
c) Kithure Kindiki
I go up but never come down. What am I?
A. Balloon
B. Smoke
C. Age
D. Temperature
I go up but never come down. What am I?
A. Balloon
B. Smoke
C. Age
D. Temperature
✅ Answer: C. Age
Which language has the most native speakers in the world?
A. English
B. Spanish
C. Mandarin Chinese
D. Arabic
Correct Answer: C. Mandarin Chinese
The Equator passes through how many continents?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 2
D. 4
✅ Answer: B. 3 (Africa, South America, Asia)
A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
Answer:
$0.05
(Ball = x, Bat = x + 1 → x + x + 1 = 1.10 → 2x = 0.10 → x = 0.05)
Which West African country was founded as a home for freed American slaves?
A. Ghana
B. Nigeria
C. Liberia
D. Sierra Leone
Answer: C. Liberia
I shrink in the cold and expand in the heat,
I’m in your tires, invisible and neat.
What am I?
A. Water
B. Metal
C. Air
D. Light
Correct Answer: C. Air
I orbit a planet, I’m not a star.
I light up the night but I’m not far.
What am I?
A. Asteroid
B. Moon
C. Comet
D. Meteor
Correct Answer: B. Moon
What is the capital city of Australia?
A. Sydney
B. Melbourne
C. Canberra
D. Perth
Answer: C. Canberra
What is the smallest prime number?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D.3
✅ Answer: C. 2
Kenya gained independence from British rule in which year?
A. 1957
B. 1960
C. 1963
D. 1971
Answer: C. 1963
I have keys but no locks,
I have space but no room,
You can enter but not go outside.
What am I?
A. A spaceship
B. A keyboard
C. A treasure chest
D. A safe
Correct Answer: B. A keyboard
I’m the tallest mountain, my peak so high,
I touch the clouds and kiss the sky.
Where am I?
A. K2
B. Kilimanjaro
C. Mount Everest
D. Alps
Correct Answer: C. Mount Everest
Which desert is the largest in the world (by area)?
A. Gobi
B. Arabian
C. Sahara
D. Antarctic Desert
Answer: D. Antarctic Desert
If you have a glass of water and drop an ice cube into it, what happens to the water level when the ice melts?
Answer:
The water level stays the same.
(Because the ice displaces its own weight in water.)
Which Nigerian nationalist was known as the “Zik of Africa”?
A. Nnamdi Azikiwe
B. Obafemi Awolowo
C. Tafawa Balewa
D. Chinua Achebe
✅ Answer: A. Nnamdi Azikiwe
I’m not alive, but I grow;
I don’t have lungs, but I need air;
I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me.
What am I?
A. Bacteria
B. Fire
C. Shadow
D. Plant
Answer: B. Fire
Which is the only country in the world that is also a continent?
A. South Africa
B. Antarctica
C. Australia
D. Greenland
Correct Answer: C. Australia
How many days are there in a leap year?
A. 364
B. 365
C. 366
D. 367
Answer: C. 366
I change shape but not mass,
From solid to liquid, I pass.
What process am I?
A. Condensation
B. Evaporation
C. Melting
D. Sublimation
Answer: C. Melting
Which country was the first in sub-Saharan Africa to gain independence from colonial rule?
A. Nigeria
B. Ghana
C. Kenya
D. Senegal
B. Ghana (1957)
Using only three 9s, make 100.
Answer:
99 + (9 / 9) = 100
Which famous painting was stolen in 1911 and recovered in 1913?
A. The Starry Night
B. The Last Supper
C. Mona Lisa
D. The Scream
Correct Answer: C. Mona Lisa