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WorksheetsGeneral Knowledge Quiz Grades 7 and 8
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 23mins
What one calls someone who is fearful of spiders.
arachnid
arachnidae
arachnophobe
arachnophobia
Which of the following “Scandipop” groups does NOT hail from a Nordic country?
ABBA
Ace of Base
a-Ha
Aqualung
Which of the following is NOT the capital city of the named African country?
Abuja - Nigeria
Accra - Ghana
Addis Ababa - Ethiopia
Arusha - Tanzania
The alphabet and script (lettering) used in many Slavic countries is known as:
Castellar
Continental
Cursive
Cyrillic
The American rapper who had number one hits “Bodak Yellow” and “Girls Like You” with the band Maroon 5 in 2017/2018 is …
Cardi B
Chance The Rapper
Chanel West Coast
Charli XCX
The Zulu king who came to power after assassinating his half-brother, King Chaka, was ...
Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo
Dingiswayo
Dingane
Dumisani
Grown by a viticulturist.
garbanzo
grain
grape
guava
What is the colour of the Gs in the Google logo?
Blue
Green
Red
Yellow
Complete the English phrase: “Necessity is the mother of … “:
innovation
intention
intervention
invention
NOT in the current Top Ten list of most popular names for female dogs:
Millie
Marley
Maggie
Molly
The shadow cast by Earth or its moon that causes an eclipse when one of them moves into that shadow is its …
umber
umbra
umbre
umbrella
Swaziland was officially renamed in 2018 and is now known as …
Eswati
Eswatidi
Eswatini
Eswazi
The official currency of one of these countries is INCORRECTLY stated. Which is it?
China: the renminbi
Indonesia: the rupiah
Nigeria: the shilling
Turkey: the lira
The African country in which the most, distinct languages spoken?
Egypt
Ethiopia
Nigeria
South Africa
When complete, the wall of this dam will be the world’s largest concrete structure.
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile
Itaipu Dam on the Parana River between Paraguay and Brazil
Tarbela Dam on the Indus River, Pakistan
Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, China
Of the ten longest rivers in the world, six are on this continent. Which one is it?
Africa
Asia
North America
South America
The mountains that provide a natural boundary between France and Spain are the:
Alps
Ardennes
Pyrenees
Vosges
Host nations of four Soccer World Cups, in the correct order, ascending or descending, are:
Brazil, Germany, South Africa, Japan-S Korea
Germany, Brazil, South Africa, Russia
Germany, South Africa, Brazil, Russia
South Africa, Germany, Italy, South Korea & Japan
After winning the Soccer World Cup for the third time in 1970, Brazil were allowed to keep the original trophy. The new trophy, a gold sculpture, is officially known as the …
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pele) Trophy
FIFA World Cup Trophy
International Football Association Trophy
Jules Rimet Trophy
Springbok Rugby teams seem to win the Rugby World Cup every …
4 years
8 years
12 years
16 years
Had the Olympic Games taken place in Tokyo in 2020, in which sport would South Africa or a South African have been defending an Olympic title?
Rowing
Seven-a-side rugby
Swimming
Track and Field
The 2020 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year.
Naomi Osaka, Tennis (Japan)
Megan Rapinoe, Football (USA)
Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce, Athletics (Jamaica)
Simone Biles, Gymnastics (USA)
The captain of the England soccer team at the 2018 Soccer World Cup was ...
Marcus Rashford
Jordan Henderson
Harry Maguire
Harry Kane
The colour of the playing kit worn by the Indian Professional League cricket team known as the Chennai Super Kings is:
black
blue
green
yellow
The longest-running number one hit song on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart for 2018.
Ariana Grande’s “Thank You, Next”
Camilla Cabello’s “Havana” (featuring Young Thug)
Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect”
Drake's "God's Plan"
Which of Hans Christian Andersen’s stories tells of a young water bird that does not know what sort he is!
The Little Mermaid
The Ugly Duckling
The Emperor’s New Clothes
The Princess and the Pea
Comic book heroes and superheroes often have normal, everyday guises which hide their crime-busting personas.
Which of the following is NOT entirely correct?
Superman is Clark Kent
Batman is Bruce Wayne
Spiderman is Peter Parker
Captain America is Stone Rogers
Which of the following pairs of numbers are both prime numbers?
1 and 73
2 and 51
51 and 1
73 and 2
The head of the mighty hunter in the Orion constellation (or Orionis with its “3-star belt”) is the …
Orion Nebula (Messier 42)
Horsehead Nebula
star Rigel, or Beta Orionis
red giant Betelgeuse, or Alpha Orionis
The longest bone in the body is the ...
femur
fibula
spine
tibia
Which is the odd one out in this list of members of the camelidae family?
alpaca
dromedary
llama
vicuna
Which of the following pairs of planets in our solar system have no moons?
Mercury & Venus
Earth & Mars
Jupiter & Saturn
Uranus & Neptune
Which of the following inventions was NOT made by a woman?
Dishwasher
Marine life raft
Kevlar, a super-strong polymer fibre
“Dolosse” (concrete tetrahedra) used to stabilise beaches against wave erosion
Which of the following was NOT invented by South Africans?
Industrial process for extracting oil from coal
Hair clips
Computed, axial tomography (CAT) scanning
Pratley’s putty
Which of the following is NOT a dance?
waltz
rumba
arabesque
paso doble
Jamie Oliver, the TV cook, has four interestingly named children.
Which of the following is NOT one of them?
Buddy Bear
Daisy Boo Pamela
Pedal
Poppy Honey Rosie
Which animal’s bladder has been used to make tambourines and drums?
cow
horse
pig
sheep
How does the advertising slogan end? Do you love anyone enough to give them your last …?
… slice of Albany
… square of Cadbury’s
… NikNak
… Polo
Which of the following is alphabetically the last name in the Chinese zodiac?
Dog
Monkey
Tiger
Zebra
In the USA, the national holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November is:
Groundhog Day
Martin Luther King Day
Memorial Day
Thanksgiving Day
The first vegetable to be canned was …
asparagus
beans
peas
tomatoes
Who said: “Don’t cry about your past. Life is full of pain. Let the pain sharpen you, but don’t hold on to it. Don’t be bitter.”
Barak Hussein Obama
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Samuel Johnson
Trevor Noah
The variety of South African birds, now known as lapwings, were formerly known as …
babblers
bustards
plovers
weavers
Which Brazilian city is watched over by the statue named “Christ the Redeemer”?
Brasilia (the capital)
Recife
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
The movie-making centre in India, known as “Bollywood”, is in which city?
Kolkata (formerly Calcutta)
Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
New Delhi
Trivandrum (Thiruvanantapuram)
The Amazon River flows into which sea or ocean?
Atlantic
Caribbean
Indian
Pacific
The internet domains of B… , R… , I… and C… of the BRICS countries are, in order:
.br ; .ru ; .ia ; .ch
.bz ; .rs ; .ia ; .cn
.bz ; .rs ; .in ; .ch
.br ; .ru ; .in ; .cn
Which of the following South African towns is NOT in the Northern Cape Province?
Barkly West
Jan Kempdorp
Kuruman
Vryburg
The northernmost rest camp in the Kruger National Park is:
Pafuri
Punda Maria
Satara
Shingwedzi
Which of the following “Big 5” South African National Parks was established in 1979 in one of the world’s oldest and largest extinct volcanic craters?
Addo
Kgalagadi Transfrontier
Kruger National
Pilanesberg
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