Find out if you're smarter than high school student with general knowledge quiz

With a new term in full swing, it can be stressful for parents to prepare for the back to school period. But for students, the thought of exams and learning a whole new topic can also feel quite daunting.

High school isn't easy with many kids preparing for their GCSEs or even A-Levels this year. Now if you want to know what being a student feels like, you could try this general knowledge quiz to see if you're really smarter than your kids. Mahan, who boasts 1.6million followers on TikTok, is a guru when it comes to quizzes – and his latest one is no different.

Posting to his fans, he asked: "Are you smarter than a smart high school student? See if you can get most of these right."

• 'I'm a baby name expert and these are my predictions for top monikers in 2026'
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Make sure you answer all 10 of these questions and if you're already up for the challenge, stick a timer on!

And don't cheat! The answers are below the video so make sure you don't scroll down too early.

Questions:

What comes first? Thunder or lightening?

In what part of the human body is the fastest muscle?

Which animal's fingerprints are almost identical to humans?

What is the word for a big explosion that results in the formation of a new star?

What is a rhino's horn made of?

What is the main gas found in fizzy drinks?

What is the bottom number in a fraction called?

Optics is the study of what?

What were the names of Christopher Columbus' three ships

What does LED stand for?

So how did you find those? If you're ready to check your answers, scroll down below...

Answers:

Lightening

Eye

Koala

Supernova

Keratin

Carbon dioxide

Denominator

Light

Pinta, Nina and Santa Maria

Light Emitting Diode

Since the quiz was shared, it racked up 8,500 likes and nearly 200 comments

One said: "6/10 I barely passed." Another added: "0/10." A third commented: "9/10." Someone else chimed in: "I got 7, pleased with that."

According to Mahan, another quiz was so hard people are barely getting half correct.

Others couldn't believe people would have struggled as some got 8 or 9 out of 10 questions right. Meanwhile some TikTok users even went as far to say the quiz wasn't hard at all.

Although one person said: "10/10. Not a single difficult question."