A Random General Trivia Quiz – 20 Trivia Questions

The largest planet in our solar system by far is Jupiter, more significant than all the other planets in mass and volume.

Gold has the symbol, Au. Atomic numbers, names, and symbols all serve independently as unique identifiers for chemical elements.

The Rolling Stones performed at the Super Bowl XL in 2006. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers performed in 2008. The Black Eyed Peas performed in 2011.

Drunk in Love is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé featuring rapper Jay-Z. The song topped the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) and reached #2 on Billboard Hot 100.

Another Brick in the Wall is the title of three songs set to variations of the same basic theme on Pink Floyd's 1979 rock opera, The Wall.

It's Raining Men is a song by the American duo The Weather Girls from their third studio album, Success (1983). In 2001, Geri Halliwell released a cover version on her album Scream if You Wanna Go Faster. It was also featured as the lead single internationally to the soundtrack of the 2001 film Bridget Jones's Diary. The single became Halliwell's fourth consecutive number-one hit single on the UK Singles Chart.

Jack Gyllenhaal began acting as a child with a screen debut in City Slickers (1991), followed by roles in A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Homegrown (1998).

Young Frankenstein is a 1974 film directed by Mel Brooks and starring Gene Wilder. Spaceballs was released in 1987. It is co-written, produced, and directed by Mel Brooks.

The first season of Lost begins with the crash of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 and its surviving passengers on what seems to be a deserted tropical island.

Line of Duty is a British television series created by Jed Mercurio that premiered on 26 June 2012. The series features Martin Compston as Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott, Vicky McClure as Detective Sergeant Kate Fleming, and Adrian Dunbar as Superintendent Ted Hastings.

The Jolly Roger is any of the flags flown to identify a ship's crew as pirates about to attack. The most common Jolly Roger today is the skull and crossbones.

Mastretta is a Mexican car maker established by industrial designer Daniel Mastretta in Mexico City in 1987.

Cujo is a 1981 novel by Stephen King about a rabid dog. The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1982 and was made into a film in 1983.

Nineteen Eighty-Four, sometimes published as 1984, is a novel by George Orwell. It was first published in 1949.

Darts is a throwing game in which small missiles are thrown at a circular target (dartboard) fixed to a wall. The board is divided into 20 radial sections, numbered from 1 to 20.

Boris Spassky became the 10th World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972. He is known as one of the greatest chess players of all time.

The average life expectancy rate in Japan is above 86. Afghanistan and Ethiopia have a rate close to 60, and Pakistan close to 67. The overall life expectancy in India is 66. (Life expectancy equals the average number of years a person born in a given country would live if mortality rates at each age were to remain constant in the future.)

The $5 note features Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Parliament House, Canberra. A special centenary issue of the $5 note featured Sir Henry Parkes and Catherine Helen Spence in 2001.

The weekday name Wednesday derives from Old English Wodnesdæg. It is, in turn, derived from Proto-Germanic Wodensdag, a weekday named after the God Odin.

Britain granted independence to India and Pakistan in 1947. The Proclamation of the People's Republic of China happened in 1949. The Republic of South Africa was declared in 1961. Eritrea declared independence from Ethiopia in 1993.