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Record Breakers Quiz

The biggest, smallest, tallest, fastest, oldest — how well do you know the world's record holders?

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About the Record Breakers Quiz

The Record Breakers Quiz is a free medium-level General Knowledge quiz featuring 20 multiple-choice questions. The biggest, smallest, tallest, fastest, oldest — how well do you know the world's record holders? Each question comes with a 20-second countdown timer and instant explanations after every answer so you can learn as you play. This quiz is completely free on GoKwiz — no account or sign up required.

Record Breakers Quiz — Practice Questions

1. What is the tallest building in the world?

  1. Burj Khalifa
  2. Empire State Building
  3. One World Trade Center
  4. Shanghai Tower

2. What is the longest river in the world?

  1. Amazon
  2. Mississippi
  3. Nile
  4. Yangtze

3. Which country is the largest in the world by land area?

  1. Canada
  2. China
  3. Russia
  4. USA

4. What is the world's smallest country by area?

  1. Liechtenstein
  2. Monaco
  3. San Marino
  4. Vatican City

5. Which is the world's most populous country?

  1. China
  2. India
  3. Indonesia
  4. USA

6. What is the world's deepest lake?

  1. Caspian Sea
  2. Lake Baikal
  3. Lake Superior
  4. Lake Titicaca

7. What is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level?

  1. Denali
  2. K2
  3. Kangchenjunga
  4. Mount Everest

8. Which ocean is the largest in the world?

  1. Arctic
  2. Atlantic
  3. Indian
  4. Pacific

9. What is the world's longest wall?

  1. Hadrian's Wall
  2. The Berlin Wall
  3. The Great Wall of China
  4. The Israeli West Bank Wall

10. Which planet in our solar system has the most moons?

  1. Jupiter
  2. Neptune
  3. Saturn
  4. Uranus

11. What is the world's largest desert?

  1. Antarctica
  2. The Arabian Desert
  3. The Gobi Desert
  4. The Sahara

12. What is the world's most spoken language (by native speakers)?

  1. English
  2. Hindi
  3. Mandarin Chinese
  4. Spanish

13. What is the world's oldest university still in operation?

  1. Bologna University
  2. Cambridge University
  3. Oxford University
  4. Paris University (Sorbonne)

14. What is the lowest natural point on Earth's surface?

  1. Death Valley
  2. The bottom of Lake Baikal
  3. The Dead Sea shore
  4. The Mariana Trench

15. Which country has the longest coastline in the world?

  1. Australia
  2. Canada
  3. Norway
  4. USA

16. What is the world's best-selling book of all time (excluding the Bible)?

  1. A Tale of Two Cities
  2. Don Quixote
  3. Harry Potter (series)
  4. The Lord of the Rings

17. What is the fastest speed ever recorded for a land animal?

  1. 100 km/h
  2. 112 km/h
  3. 130 km/h
  4. 140 km/h

18. Which country has won the most Nobel Prizes?

  1. Germany
  2. Japan
  3. UK
  4. USA

19. What is the world's largest living organism?

  1. A giant clam
  2. Blue whale
  3. Giant sequoia tree
  4. Honey fungus in Oregon

20. What is the world's oldest known living tree?

  1. A Greenland spruce
  2. An olive tree in Crete
  3. Methuselah (a bristlecone pine)
  4. The General Sherman sequoia

Frequently Asked Questions

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