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PASSIVE TRIVIA

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Email was invented in...

a)

1971

b)

1981

c)

1991

d)

1992

2.

A baby cat is called..

a)

a kitten

b)

a calf

c)

a cub

d)

a catty

3.

The American actress Marilyn Monroe was married ...

a)

twice

b)

three times

c)

four times

d)

five times

4.

More than 300 languages are spoken in...

a)

China

b)

Peru

c)

Indonesia

d)

India

5.

The books 1984 and Animal Farm were written by...

a)

Oscar Wilde

b)

George Orwell

c)

Agatha Christie

d)

William Shakespeare

6.

The 19th football World Cup took place in 2002. The 25th football World Cup will be held in...

a)

2026

b)

2028

c)

2030

d)

2032

7.

King Henry VIII of England was married...

a)

three times

b)

five times

c)

six times

d)

seven times

8.

The 28th Olympic Games took place in 2004. The 35th Olympic Games were held in...

a)

2030

b)

2032

c)

2034

d)

2036

9.

The telephone was invented by...

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

John Logie Baird

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Pierre Curie

10.

The painting Mona Lisa has been stolen ____________in the last hundred years.

a)

once

b)

twice

c)

three times

d)

four times

11.

In the film Titanic, Rose Dewitt Bukater was played by...

a)

Kate Winslet

b)

Julia Roberts

c)

Gwyneth Paltrow

d)

Scarlett Johansson

12.

A baby dog is called...

a)

a cub

b)

a foal

c)

a puppy

d)

a kitty

13.

Acupuncture _______________ (first use) in 2700 BC y Chinese Emperor Shen Nung.

a)

is first used

b)

were first used

c)

was first used

d)

was first use

14.

Christmas ______________ (become) a national holiday in the USA by 1890.

a)

was become

b)

became

c)

become

d)

was became

15.

Roman coins _______________ (discover) in the USA.

a)

discovered

b)

was discovered

c)

will discover

d)

were discovered

16.

National beauty contests ________________ (cancel) in Canada in 1992.

a)

cancelled

b)

was cancelled

c)

were cancelled

d)

cancel

17.

All gondolas in Venice ________________ (paint) black.

a)

are painted

b)

is painted

c)

am painted

d)

painted

18.

Richard Nixon ______________ (visit) China in 1972, the first US President to do so.

a)

was visited

b)

visited

c)

visit

d)

is visited

19.

The "Black Death" ____________________ (reduce) the population of Europe by one third from 1347 to 1351.

a)

was reduced

b)

were reduced

c)

reduce

d)

reduced

20.

The first modern Olympics _______________ (hold) in Athens in 1896.

a)

were hold

b)

held

c)

were held

d)

hold