The classic general knowledge quiz — a mix of science, history, geography, literature, and everyday facts. Whether you're preparing for a pub quiz or just love trivia, these 10 questions will put your knowledge to the test. Share your score and challenge your friends!
Q: Why is gold's symbol Au?
A: It comes from 'aurum', the Latin word for gold.
Many chemical symbols come from Latin or Greek names. Other examples: Fe (iron, from 'ferrum'), Pb (lead, from 'plumbum'), Ag (silver, from 'argentum').
Q: Why do babies have more bones than adults?
A: Many infant bones are still cartilage and fuse together as children grow.
Newborns have around 270-300 bones/cartilage segments. By adulthood, many have fused, resulting in 206 bones. The skull, for example, starts as several plates that fuse in early childhood.
Q: What exactly ended World War II?
A: Germany's unconditional surrender on May 8, 1945, and Japan's on September 2, 1945.
Germany surrendered after the fall of Berlin and the suicide of Adolf Hitler. Japan surrendered after the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima (Aug 6) and Nagasaki (Aug 9), 1945.
An adult human body has 206 bones. Babies start with around 270-300, which fuse as they grow.
The chemical symbol for gold is Au, from the Latin word 'aurum'.
Our solar system has 8 planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006.
Pride and Prejudice was written by Jane Austen and published in 1813.
The speed of light in a vacuum is approximately 299,792 km/s (about 300,000 km/s or 186,000 miles per second).