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Year 5's Big Bad Brainteaser

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Big Bad Brainteaser. Is an example of what?

a)

metaphor

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

2.

Mr Gray ran as fast as lightening. Is an example of which two of these?

a)

metaphor

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

3.

Which is the proper noun?

a)

cake

b)

football

c)

Jupiter

d)

pencil

4.

Which is the abstract noun?

a)

happiness

b)

tree

c)

helium

d)

Paris

5.

Which are modal verbs?

a)

drive

b)

should

c)

couldn't

d)

eat

6.

 78+216\frac{7}{8}+\frac{2}{16}   

(a)  

7.

Sum means?

a)

multiply

b)

subtract

c)

divide

d)

add

8.

3,677,401. What is the value of the 3?

a)

Three hundred

b)

Three

c)

Three hundred thousand

d)

Three million

9.

What is the name for this shape?

a)

septagon

b)

octagon

c)

pentagon

d)

heptagon

10.

A rectangle has an area of 24cm2. Which of these could be its width and length?

a)

6cm long and 4cm wide

b)

5cm long and 4cm wide

c)

20cm wide and 4cm long

d)

18cm wide and 6cm long

11.

Which is the correct order for the planets in our solar system?

a)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

b)

Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Mercury, Venus

c)

Venus, Mercury, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

d)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

12.

What causes the seasons?

a)

The Earth travelling around the sun.

b)

The moon travelling around the Earth

c)

The polar regions

d)

The Earth being tilted on its axis

13.

Which of these is the start of the Lunar Phase

a)

New Moon

b)

Waxing Gibbous

c)

Full Moon

d)

Waning Crescent

e)

First Quarter

14.

How do cells take on water

a)

absorption

b)

Osmosis

c)

chomping

d)

drinking

15.

True or false: drugs are bad

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Day and night are created by?

a)

The Earth orbiting the Sun

b)

The Sun going round the Earth

c)

The Earth spinning (rotating) on its axis

d)

God switching the lights on and off

17.

Choose all the statements that are correct.

a)

The British Empire was created to gain resources

b)

The British Empire was created to teach people to speak English

c)

The British Empire was created to gain Soldiers

d)

The British Empire was created to be the largest empire ever

18.

Who was the British leader during the Falklands War?

a)

Tony Blair

b)

Theresa May

c)

Leopoldo Galtieri

d)

Margaret Thatcher

19.

Volcanoes are found?

a)

At the border of tectonic plates

b)

Anywhere where the Earth's crust is thin

c)

In Africa

d)

In the Himalayas

20.

Iceland is on which continent?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

Europe

21.

Who is this?

a)

Darth Maul

b)

Darth Sidious

c)

Darth Vader

d)

Darth Palegius

22.

Who is his brother?

a)

Wario

b)

Bob

c)

Vincent

d)

Luigi

23.

What is the proper name for a sausage dog?

a)

Dachshund

b)

Pomeranian

c)

Doberman

d)

Rottweiler

24.

What style of dance?

a)

Foxtrot

b)

Macarena

c)

Gangnam

d)

Whip nae nae

25.

Who created me?

a)

Elsa

b)

Anna

c)

Grand Pabbie

d)

Kristoff

26.

Who is this Minecraft character?

a)

Steve

b)

Ghast

c)

Zombie

d)

Enderman

27.

Spheal eventually evolves into Walerin.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Who is the oldest of the Disney Princesses?

(a)  

29.

What is the name of Spongebob's pet snail?

a)

Harry

b)

Gary

c)

Barry

d)

Rumpelstiltskin

30.

Mr. Gray thinks that you are all amazing.

a)

True

b)

False