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WHS Staff Quiz-General Knowledge

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name for the Jewish New Year?

a)

Hanukkah

b)

Yom Kippur

c)

Kwanza

d)

Rosh Hashanah

2.

How many blue stripes are there on the U.S. flag?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

13

d)

0

3.

Which one of these characters is not friends with Harry Potter?

a)

Ron Weasley

b)

Neville Longbottom

c)

Draco Malfoy

d)

Hermione Granger

4.

What is the color of Donald Duck’s bowtie?

a)

Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Blue

d)

White

5.

What was the name of the band Lionel Richie was a part of?

a)

King Harvest

b)

Spectrums

c)

Commodores

d)

The Marshall Tucker Band

6.

Which animal does not appear in the Chinese zodiac?

a)

Dragon

b)

Rabbit

c)

Dog

d)

Hummingbird

7.

Which country held the 2016 Summer Olympics?

a)

China

b)

Ireland

c)

Brazil

d)

Italy

8.

Which planet is the hottest?

a)

Venus

b)

Saturn

c)

Mercury

d)

Mars

9.

Who was the only U.S. President to resign?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

George W. Bush

d)

Barack Obama

10.

What does the “D” in “D-Day” stand for?

a)

Dooms

b)

Dark

c)

Denmark

d)

Dunkirk

11.

In Pirates of the Caribbean, what was the name of Captain Jack Sparrow’s ship?

a)

The Marauder

b)

The Black Pearl

c)

The Black Python

d)

The Slytherin

12.

The British band One Direction was made up of Harry, Louis, Niall, Zayn, and…

a)

Paul

b)

Callum

c)

Kevin

d)

Liam

13.

What is the rarest blood type?

a)

O

b)

A

c)

B

d)

AB-Negative

14.

Holly Golightly is a character in which film?

a)

Breakfast at Tiffany's

b)

Pretty In Pink

c)

Funny Face

d)

Singing In The Rain

15.

In The Wizard of Oz, the Tin Man wanted to see the Wizard about getting…

a)

A brain

b)

An oil can

c)

Courage

d)

A heart

16.

How many bones are there in the human body?

a)

206

b)

205

c)

201

d)

209

17.

Fe is the chemical symbol for…

a)

Zinc

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Iron

d)

Fluorine

18.

How old do you have to be to enter in the hunger games?

a)

12

b)

11

c)

10

d)

15

19.

What is Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy?

a)

Macbeth

b)

Hamlet

c)

Romeo and Juliet

d)

Othello

20.

How many hearts does an octopus have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

21.

Which social media platform came out in 2003?

a)

Myspace

b)

Twitter

c)

Facebook

d)

Tumblr

22.

Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the U.S.?

a)

Germany

b)

China

c)

France

d)

Italy

23.

In which city were Anne Frank and her family in hiding?

a)

Paris

b)

Amsterdam

c)

Brussels

d)

Frankfurt

24.

Which country consumes the most chocolate?

a)

Spain

b)

Germany

c)

Belgium

d)

Switzerland

25.

What is Sodium Chloride?

a)

Salt

b)

Sugar

c)

Chlorine

d)

Bleach

26.

Who wrote the songs for The Lion King?

a)

Elton John

b)

Phil Collins

c)

Celine Dion

d)

Stevie Wonder

27.

Which Disney princess sings “Just Around The Riverbend”?

a)

Snow White

b)

Pocahontas

c)

Elsa

d)

Belle

28.

What is the longest river in the world?

a)

Amazon

b)

Congo

c)

Nile

d)

Hudson

29.

How many degrees are in a circle?

a)

360

b)

180

c)

270

d)

90

30.

What was the name of the boy who won Willy Wonka’s factory?

a)

Charlie Baxter

b)

Charlie Brown

c)

Charlie Bones

d)

Charlie Bucket

31.

In which city would you find the Fisherman’s Bastion?

a)

Rome

b)

Budapest

c)

Barcelona

d)

Athens

32.

Which Olympic sport is Michael Phelps known for?

a)

Snowboarding

b)

Skiing

c)

Running

d)

Swimming

33.

What is the complementary color of green?

a)

Blue

b)

Yellow

c)

Red

d)

Purple

34.

How many sides does a hexagon have?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

35.

How many elements are there on the periodic table?

a)

112

b)

118

c)

120

d)

143

36.

Which famous singer sings with Taylor Swift in her song “Me!”?

a)

Brendan Urie

b)

Shawn Mendes

c)

Ellie Goulding

d)

Halsey

37.

What is the most populous city in Canada?

a)

Toronto

b)

Ontario

c)

Quebec

d)

Vancouver

38.

In Greek Mythology, who is the Queen of the Underworld?

a)

Pandora

b)

Medusa

c)

Helen

d)

Persephone

39.

How many feet are in a mile?

a)

1,037

b)

5,288

c)

5,280

d)

6,201

40.

At what temperature (Fahrenheit) does water freeze at?

a)

32 degrees

b)

40 degrees

c)

-10 degrees

d)

0 degrees

41.

Which classic novel has the line “Stay Gold, Ponyboy”?

a)

The Catcher in the Rye

b)

1984

c)

The Outsiders

d)

Catch-22

42.

Steve Jobs is known for wearing a black…

a)

Button-down shirt

b)

T-shirt

c)

Turtleneck

d)

Blazer

43.

The movie 10 Things I Hate About You was based on which play by Shakespeare:

a)

Taming of the Shrew

b)

Hamlet

c)

Romeo and Juliet

d)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

44.

What age did Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix die?

a)

26

b)

27

c)

29

d)

30

45.

Which two planets in our solar system are known as “ice giants”?

a)

Neptune and Jupiter

b)

Uranus and Pluto

c)

Pluto and Jupiter

d)

Neptune and Uranus

46.

How many ribs are in the human body?

a)

16

b)

24

c)

19

d)

29

47.

In 2016, a musician won the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature. Who was it?

a)

Lenny Kravitz

b)

Eric Clapton

c)

Bob Dylan

d)

Elton John

48.

How many time zones are there in the world?

a)

7

b)

24

c)

23

d)

9

49.

How many eyes does a spider have?

a)

8

b)

9

c)

10

d)

2

50.

What was the first Disney film that was produced in color?

a)

Cinderella

b)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

c)

Sleeping Beauty

d)

Pocahontas