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Mr Rees' Big Quiz - October 2020

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the capital of Scotland?

a)

Glasgow

b)

Edinburgh

c)

Dundee

d)

Aberdeen

2.

What is the capital of Wales?

a)

St David's

b)

Cardiff

c)

Newport

d)

Swansea

3.

What is the capital of Northern Ireland?

a)

Belfast

b)

Lisburn

c)

Armagh

d)

Omagh

4.

What is 7 x 8?

a)

78

b)

56

c)

42

d)

59

5.

Who wrote 'Hamlet'?

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

William Golding

6.

What is the name of Natalia's pet dog?

a)

Benji

b)

Benjamin

c)

Bendy

d)

Bob

7.

What was the main pledge in Tyler's election manifesto?

a)

A bigger playground

b)

More footballs at breaktime

c)

Hot dogs for lunch

d)

Ice cream for lunch

8.

Which of these was NOT the son or daughter of Henry VIII?

a)

Mary I

b)

Lady Jane Grey

c)

Elizabeth I

d)

Edward VI

9.

Which is the CLOSEST answer to 23,200 + 21,900? (Clue: use rounding to make it easier).

a)

45,000

b)

34,000

c)

55,000

d)

54,000

10.

In 'Hamlet', who does Claudius get married to?

a)

Ophelia

b)

Juliet

c)

Gertrude

d)

Rapunzel

11.

Muslims pray in the direction of which holy city?

a)

Medina

b)

Riyadh

c)

Mecca

d)

Kabul

12.

What is the name of the recess (carving in the wall) inside a mosque that points in the direction of the holy city?

a)

Qubba

b)

Mihrab

c)

Imam

d)

Qur'an

13.

Mansa Musa was the king of which African empire?

a)

Mali

b)

Chad

c)

Nigeria

d)

Sudan

14.

Which of these is NOT a homophone?

a)

Bye

b)

Buy

c)

By

d)

Bee

15.

Which of these sentences is correctly written?

a)

"Come here!" yelled the teacher.

b)

"Come here! yelled the teacher.

c)

"Come here"! yelled the teacher.

d)

Come here yelled the teacher!

16.

How many wives did Henry VIII have that were called Anne?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4