General knowledge quiz — 10 questions with answers
A ten-minute quiz for a team event, a class or a pub night. Each question has a 20-second timer, and the fastest correct answers win.
Questions and answers
- Which is the largest planet in our solar system?
- Saturn
- Jupiter ✓
- Earth
- Neptune
- What is the chemical symbol for gold?
- Ag
- Gd
- Au ✓
- Go
- Who painted the Mona Lisa?
- Michelangelo
- Leonardo da Vinci ✓
- Raphael
- Sandro Botticelli
- What is the smallest country in the world by area?
- Monaco
- San Marino
- Vatican City ✓
- Liechtenstein
- How many bones are there in an adult human body?
- 186
- 206 ✓
- 212
- 230
- What is the capital of Australia?
- Sydney
- Melbourne
- Canberra ✓
- Perth
- Which is the largest ocean on Earth?
- Atlantic
- Pacific ✓
- Indian
- Arctic
- What is the hardest natural substance?
- Quartz
- Granite
- Iron
- Diamond ✓
- About how fast does light travel in a vacuum?
- 30,000 km per second
- 150,000 km per second
- 300,000 km per second ✓
- 3,000,000 km per second
- How many continents are there in the model most schools teach in English?
- Five
- Six
- Seven ✓
- Eight
How to run it
- Ask players for a name so the leaderboard can crown a winner.
- Turn on “show the correct answer” so the room reacts after every question.
- Swap a few questions for ones about your own team or city — the editor keeps everything else.
Everything can be changed after copying: wording, questions and options, timers and who sees what.