General knowledge
5,308 questions across 12 topics: Arts & Literature, Economics & Finance, Entertainment, Geography and Mathematics and more. Short rounds that bring back what you missed.
General knowledge is a quiz you play in short rounds, topic by topic. It remembers every question you've answered, and the ones you got wrong come back in a later round until you know them.
Your progress#
At the top you'll see three numbers:
- Known: questions you've answered correctly.
- To revisit: questions you got wrong that are due to come back.
- Unseen: questions you haven't met yet.
Play a round#
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Open General Knowledge in the Assessments menu.
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Set up your round: tick the topics you want (or all of them), choose a difficulty (Any, Easy, Medium or Hard) and how many questions (10, 20, 30 or 50). Then start.
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Choose an answer with the mouse, or press A to D (or 1 to 4). You see straight away whether you were right.
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Press Enter or Space for the next question.
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At the end, your score and a list of the questions worth another look.
On the free plan#
A free account has 10 questions in every topic. The General Knowledge add-on ($4.99 a month) or Membership unlocks the whole library.