Quiz  /  Not-So-Common Knowledge Quiz

  • 1. 
    Which city hosted the second modern Olympic Games?

  • Athens
  • London
  • Berlin
  • Paris

  • 2. 
    During the Apollo 11 lunar mission, who piloted the command module while Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin explored the surface of the Moon?

  • Yuri Gagarin
  • John Glenn
  • Michael Collins
  • John McCain

  • 3. 
    Who was the second of King Henry VIII of England’s wives?

  • Catherine Parr
  • Jane Seymour
  • Anne Boleyn
  • Anne of Cleves

  • 4. 
    Who wrote the Johnny Cash classic “A Boy Named Sue”?

  • Waylon Jennings
  • Shel Silverstein
  • June Carter Cash
  • Andy Kaufman

  • 5. 
    Who assassinated Robert Kennedy in 1968?

  • John Wilkes Booth
  • Sirhan Sirhan
  • Lee Harvey Oswald
  • Jack Ruby

  • 6. 
    Which of these actors was born Maurice Micklewhite?

  • Michael Caine
  • Errol Flynn
  • Sean Connery
  • Mel Gibson

  • 7. 
    Better known for his exploits as a professional wrestler, Jesse Ventura also served as governor of which American state from 1999 to 2003?

  • California
  • Oregon
  • Minnesota
  • Rhode Island

  • 8. 
    Which of these legendary bands was originally known as Warsaw?

  • Pearl Jam
  • Joy Division
  • Coldplay
  • Radiohead

  • 9. 
    During the American Revolution, where did the Battle of Bunker Hill actually take place?

  • Lexington
  • Lake Champlain
  • Breed’s Hill
  • Morristown

  • 10. 
    Who won the second season of American Idol?

  • Ruben Studdard
  • Fantasia Barino
  • Carrie Underwood
  • David Cook

  • 11. 
    Who was Richard Nixon’s vice president from 1969 to 1973?

  • Alben Barkley
  • Hubert Humphrey
  • Gerald Ford
  • Spiro Agnew

  • 12. 
    Which of these ships was a sister ship to the British luxury liner Titanic?

  • Emblematic
  • Historic
  • Republic
  • Olympic

  • 13. 
    Which of these actors was the second “Doctor” in the BBC’s science fiction television series Doctor Who?

  • William Hartnell
  • Patrick Troughton
  • Peter Davison
  • Jon Pertwee

  • 14. 
    In which county is the English city of Canterbury located?

  • Kent
  • Surrey
  • Cornwall
  • Dorset
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