The Impossible Quiz
We have put together an impossible general knowledge quiz that only a true genius could even begin to have any hope of answering more than 10% of the questions. Think trick questions, random facts and unsolvable riddles for inspiration to ace our free Impossible quiz.
You’ll find 50 questions divided into 5 rounds, so gather around for some insuperable quizzing.
Round 1
1 – What is the IUPAC name of CH3 CH2 CH2 CH2 Br?
2 – Who is known as the “Father of Gastric Physiology”?
3 – Where is Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein located?
4 – Who swam the entire length of the Amazon river in 2007?
5 – Who invented instant noodles?
6 – Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling between which years?
7 – What is the hexadecimal number 20 in binary?
8 – How many number 1 hits were in the 1960s
9 – Who was the last Duchess of Leeds?
10 – Which illegitimate son of King Louis XIV was born on March 31st 1670?
Round 2
1 – Where is Bullaunancheathrairaluinn located?
2 – Who invented the Gyrocompass?
3 – Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in Loch Leven Castle on which date?
4 – What is the chemical formula of Formic acid?
5 – Who wrote the 1943 book ‘The Little Prince’?
6 – Ames Research Center (ARC) at Moffett Field was named after who?
7 – Who filed a patent for the telephone on the same day as Alexander Graham Bell?
8 – Which muscle raises the upper eyelid?
9 – What is the ASCII code for uppercase M?
10 – What is the full name for an AST blood test?
Round 3
1 – What are the main nerves of the parasympathetic nervous system?
2 – What is the scientific name for a ‘Pink Fairy Armadillo’?
3 – What are the two known sets of fusion reactions by which stars convert hydrogen to helium?
4 – What is the cube root of 125?
5 – What is the common name of ‘Achillea Millefolium’?
6 – Who wrote ‘The City and the Pillar’ in 1948?
7 – How much did Microsoft buy Activision for?
8 – Name Robert Williams Daniel’s champion French Bulldog who died on the Titanic?
9 – How many vertebrae make up the spine?
10 – Who invented the Xerographic copier?
Round 4
1 – What is the scientific name for a ‘Tasselled Wobbegong’?
2 – Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria?
3 – What is the common name of ‘Hypericum Perforatum’?
4 – Who is known as “The father of Thermosonic Bonding”?
5 – Which poet is called Romi of Kashmir?
6 – What type of poison did Claudius use on Hamlet’s father?
7 – How many times does Earth rotate in a year?
8 – Who was the first black millionaire?
9 – What did John Bennett Fenn invent?
10 – What length is the river Nile?
Round 5
1 – Who invented the chocolate chip cookie?
2 – Which cells build bone tissue?
3 – What is the common name of ‘Cichorium Intybus’?
4 – In which year was the Antikythera mechanism rediscovered?
5 – What is a series of numbers in which each number is the sum of the two that precede it?
6 – Who is considered the father of Western monasticism?
7 – What plane did amelia Earhart disappear in?
8 – The plutonium bomb dropped on Nagasaki was nicknamed what?
9 – What is the scientific name for a ‘Fried Egg Jellyfish’?
10 – Who directed the 1988 film ‘Mac and Me’?
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