Daily Quiz Daily

Our daily general knowledge quiz

Quiz Archive Archive

A complete history of our quiz challenges

By Subject Subjects

Choose from seven quiz categories

Personalised Personalised

Build a quiz by subject and difficulty

Daily Quiz #6424

General Knowledge Quiz

Quizwise is a general knowledge quiz site for serious trivia enthusiasts. A new challenge is available every day. Our quizzes are the perfect way to relax over a morning coffee or wind down before bed.

0 out of ?

Q1. For which novel, a study of provincial life published in 1856, were the author, Gustave Flaubert, and his publisher prosecuted for "an offence against morals"?

A
Madame Bovary
B
Lady Chatterley's Lover
C
Salome
D
Fanny Hill
Select from the options above.

Q2. When Spanish commander de Heredia founded a city in 1533 on an indigenous village in a bay in the north-west of what is now Colombia what was the source of the name he gave to it?

A
The city of Carthage, Tunisia
B
The city of Medellín, Spain
C
Bacatá, the indigenous name for the area
D
"Barranca", the Spanish word for the nearby canyons
Select from the options above.

Q3. Akram Khan, MBE, creates as a what?

A
Sculptor
B
Novelist
C
Dancer and choreographer
D
Research scientist
Select from the options above.

Q4. What is the Olympic motto?

A
Cave canem
B
Semper fidelis
C
Caveat emptor
D
Citius, Altius, Fortius - Communiter
Select from the options above.

Q5. "Dastardly" means cowardly treacherous, but what did it mean when it was first recorded in the English language in mid-16th century?

A
Lazy or dull
B
Ineffectual
C
Mean-spirited
D
Stupid
Select from the options above.

Q6. The Greeks constructed hippodromes for holding what events?

A
Bird racing
B
Fights with African animals
C
A form of Sumo wrestling
D
Chariot and horse races
Select from the options above.

Q7. What shape are honeycomb cells?

A
Triangles
B
Pentagons
C
Squares
D
Hexagons
Select from the options above.
0%
There are 0 questions in this quiz.
You've completed 0 questions.
You've answered 0 questions correctly.
You've answered 0 questions incorrectly.