How Many of These 35 General Knowledge Trivia Questions Can You Get Right?

You probably know someone who knows everything about dinosaurs or U.S. presidents and is able to rattle off a series of arcane trivia notes at the drop of a hat. But there’s also something to be said for those who can dispense knowledge about a breadth of subjects, from history to science to knowing the most popular song of 2003 (“In Da Club” by 50 Cent, in case you were wondering).

Being a jack of all trivia trades is how Jeopardy! champions are made. It’s also how you can ace this quiz that takes you through 35 general knowledge questions. See how much you know about a little bit of everything.

If you did well, congratulations. If not, don’t worry: There are ways to stuff your brain with more knowledge. One technique championed by trivia buffs is mnemonic sentences. If you want to remember all of the Great Lakes from largest to smallest by surface area, for example, you might memorize the phrase Super Heroes Must Eat Oats. The first letter in each word in that sentence correlates with one of the lakes: Superior, Heron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario.

Even if you’re not cut out for trivia, it still pays to be well-rounded. Martianus Capella was an early champion (circa 5th century CE) of a classical education system via the seven liberal arts: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music, grammar, rhetoric, and logic. The latter three were considered less consequential and were known as the trivium, loosely meaning a place where three roads converge. It’s a word that later spawned trivia.

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