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Almost nobody can score a lousy 7 out of 10 on this general knowledge quiz.

Average Score: 8

72% knows the answer to this question: "Per the Broadway song, what country should not cry for Evita? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Cassius Marcellus Coolidge painted a famous picture of some poker players in about 1910. What was so odd about them?"

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Do you like History? Then you definitely will enjoy this challenging quiz.

Average Score: 8

84% knows the answer to this question: "What country thought it was cursed by God after Boris Godunov murdered Ivan the Terrible's son Dmitry? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Bleda the Hun may have been murdered on a hunting trip by what brother of his, who succeeded him?"

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Very hard quiz about books and their writers!

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Average Score: 8

86% knows the answer to this question: "Who was the author of "Treasure Island"? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Hedwig the Angry Inch was a cult movie. Hedwig the Owl was whose pet?"

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Are you Arty enough to get a perfect score in this quiz?

Average Score: 7

49% knows the answer to this question: "The blue in what vases, named for a Chinese dynasty, also inspired Dutch delftware, and came from cobalt imported from Persia? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Henri Rousseau became famous for painting jungle scenes, which is odd, because as far as we know, he never left what city?"

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Test how much knowledge about literature you have stored in your brain

Average Score: 8

69% knows the answer to this question: "A privateer named Alexander Selkirk quarrelled with the captain of the Cinque Ports and spent 52 months in the Juan Fernandez islands. On his return, he inspired Daniel Defoe to create which fictional character? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "In her diary, she obsessed over the actor Colin Firth. In the movie version of that diary, Colin Firth played one of the characters. Who is she?"

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Impossible General Knowledge Quiz.

Average Score: 8

51% knows the answer to this question: "What do vertebrates have that invertebrates do not? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "The eruption of a volcano on the island of Thera (Santorini) is sometimes held to have inspired what destroyed civilization?"

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Very hard History quiz. Can you get a decent score?

Average Score: 5

75% knows the answer to this question: "Three of these are South African writers. One is a South African runner known for racing barefoot ... and for Britain. Who is the odd person out? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What fictional sleuth produced a handbook on bees and a monograph on more than a hundred varieties of tobacco ash?"

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10 Multiple choice questions about television.

Average Score: 6

72% knows the answer to this question: "Sagdiyev was for being last of name what not-real Kazakhstan reporter? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What name was shared by a member of Archie Bunker's lodge and by a sitcom starring Kevin James?"

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Quiz for only the smartest of the smartest.

Average Score: 6

83% knows the answer to this question: "As the Broadway lyric goes, "a kiss on the hand may be quite continental," but what are a girl's best friend? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Feeling under the weather, I self-medicate with cysteine, as well as water hot enough to dissolve alliin, piperine and potassium ions. What traditional remedy have I prescribed myself?"

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How much do you know about history?

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Average Score: 7

90% knows the answer to this question: "In 1912, 1513 people died when what ship sank? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Most Italian American immigrants arrived from 1899 to 1924 and about a third of these were from what island?"

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Geography Quiz. How much do you know about cities and countries

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Average Score: 7

55% knows the answer to this question: "What does the World Book Encyclopedia describe as "a great gash in the earth 1 mile deep and between 14 and 18 miles wide in some places"? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Part of the Everglades National Park, Cape Sable in what state is the southernmost point on the US mainland?"

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Pop Music Quiz. Most people fail.

Average Score: 8

30% knows the answer to this question: "After escaping an abusive marriage, I point blank refused to record a song called What's Love Got To Do With It. But I did and it relaunched my career. Who am I? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What Temptations song notes, "I've got sunshine on a cloudy day; when it's cold outside, I've got the month of May"?"

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