General Knowledge Quiz

One of the planets is called 'the red planet'. Which one?

• Venus
• Mars
• Mercury
• Uranus

The light bulb was invented by...

• Edison
• Tesla
• Newton
• Bell

The first hamburger was made in...

• Germany
• France
• the USA
• China

'The Blue Danube Waltz' was composed by...

• Franz List
• Johann Beethoven
• Amadeus Mozart
• Johann Strauss

'The Theory of Evolution' was written by...

• Albert Eins
• Charles Darwin
• James Watson
• Alexander Fleming

Our solar system is composed of the Sun, the planets and smaller bodies, such as asteroids, comets and moons. How many planets are there?

• six
• seven
• eight
• nine

Which chemical element has the symbol, Au?

• Aluminium
• Bronze
• Silver
• Gold

The first Spanish explorers who reached the Americas were looking for...

• proof that the world was flat
• gold
• a new route to Africa
• a new route to Asia

If you were putting these inventions on a timeline, which would come last?

• Electric light
• Telephone
• Computer
• Car

The world's largest ocean is the...

• Atlantic
• Pacific
• Indian
• Arctic