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Sample General Knowledge questions

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1. 1 Easy

   How many standard playing cards are in a traditional deck, not counting jokers?

   Answer: 52

   Why: The 52 cards correspond to the 52 weeks in a calendar year, with 4 suits representing 4 seasons.

2. 2 Medium

   Why was the inventor of the Frisbee cremated?

   Answer: To become a disc

3. 3 Hard

   Why did ancient Egyptians shave their eyebrows according to Herodotus?

   Answer: To mourn their cats

   Why: Herodotus writes that in a house where a cat died naturally the whole household shaved the eyebrows only, but for a dog they shaved the entire body.

4. 4 Easy

   Why is outer space completely silent to human ears?

   Answer: Sound requires molecules to vibrate

   Why: Because space is a near-perfect vacuum with widely dispersed particles, sound waves have no medium to travel across.

5. 5 Medium

   On which continent do wild Venus flytraps naturally grow?

   Answer: North America

   Why: Wild Venus flytraps grow exclusively within a tiny 75-mile radius around Wilmington, North Carolina.

6. 6 Hard

   What was found still edible in ancient Egyptian tombs?

   Answer: honey

   Why: Jars of it turned up in Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, and the excavators reportedly tasted the contents and found them still sweet.