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General knowledge 26/11/20

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of Barack Obama's new autobiography released this month?

a)

Of Thee I Sing

b)

Dreams From My Father

c)

A Promised Land

2.

What have Orcas been spotted doing in the Pacific?

a)

Attacking sailing boats

b)

Befriending Dolphins

c)

Eating plastic

3.

How tall is the statue of liberty?

a)

21

b)

34

c)

46

d)

54

4.

Who said 'It is better to be feared than loved, if you can not be both'?

a)

Dante Alighieri

b)

Niccolo Machiavelli

c)

Francesco Petrarca

d)

Donald Trump

5.

How old was Lady Diana Spencer when she married Prince Charles?

a)

18

b)

20

c)

23

d)

25

6.

How much did the pigeon, New Kim, sell for at an auction in Belgium?

a)

£150

b)

£15,000

c)

£1.5million

d)

£2.5 million

7.

Who said 'God makes all things good; man meddles with them and they become evil'?

a)

Jean-Paul Satre

b)

Voltaire

c)

Jean-Jacques Rouss

8.

What was the name of Napoleon's favourite perfume?

a)

Acqua mirabilis

b)

Profumo squisito

c)

L'eau miraculeuse

9.

What do the residents of Belper every evening during lockdown at 6.30pm?

a)

Clap for the NHS

b)

Gather for a two minute moo

c)

Light Lanterns

10.

What is the name of Patrick Hutchinson's new book?

a)

Everyone Versus Racism

b)

Black Lives Always Matter

c)

How to be Anti-Racist

11.

Who was the first human in space?

a)

Laika

b)

Buzz Aldrin

c)

Yuri Gagarin

12.

How many people have visitied the International Space Station?

a)

239

b)

543

c)

671

d)

727