Year 8 General Knowledge Quiz

Name the longest reptile in the world.

• Viper
• King Cobra
• Alligator lizard
• Anaconda snake

How many colors are in the rainbow?

• 7
• 8
• 4
• 6

Spell this animal correctly

• rinoceros

• rhinoseros

• rhinocerous

• rhinoceros

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CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.2.3B

CCSS.RF.1.3C

CCSS.L.1.2E

CCSS.L.K.2D

What sense dolphins don't have?

• hear

• smell

• sight

• taste

In what year did the Titanic sink?

• 1921

• 1915

• 1912

• 1951

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

What is the official language of Brazil

• Brazilian

• Spanish

• Portuguese

• Cumbucha

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CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

On which continent is the Sahara desert?

• Africa

• Asia

• North Africa

• South Africa

Which famous explorer discovered Cuba?

• Christopher Columbus

• Captain James Cook

• Sir Francis Drake

• Marco Polo

Jackson Pollock was one of the artists who invented

• Cubism

• Action Painting

• Surrealism

• Impressionism

The name of the river which flows both north and south of the Equator is

• The Congo

• The Nile

• The Mississippi

• The Amazon