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Quiz Wiz 9

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Class
Date
1.

Find this English word. A man in Dublin, Ireland wanted to make a new English word. So, he paid somebody and made them write a 4-letter word which he made up by himself. It had no meaning then. Later, this word came to mean a ‘test’. Though many quote this as the origin of this word; this is not a true story. This word supposedly comes from a word that means an odd or strange person. What is this 4-letter word? (4 letters)

(a)  

2.

A glass tumbler A has plain, pure water (green colour). A glass tumbler B has red coloured water with lots of sugar added to it. Tumbler A is covered with a flat plate tilted and kept on Tumbler B. Once the flat plate is removed; what will happen to the 2 waters?

a)

Green and red will mix to form yellow water.

b)

Red water will move slowly to the top.

c)

Green water will stay on top

d)

None of these

3.

Which pendulum swings faster?

a)

Blue short pendulum

b)

Brown long pendulum

c)

Both takes the same time

d)

None of these

4.

In German folk-lore, ‘maron’ is an evil female spirit that rides the horses (which are also called mares) in the night and tires the horses. The same evil female spirit is also said to sit on top of the chest of humans who are sleeping and make it difficult for them to breathe and give them bad dreams too. This folklore about ‘Maron’ – the eveil female spirit gave rise to a word related to bad sleep that we use very often. What is this word? (9 letters)

(a)  

5.

Why is ocean water salty?

a)

Salt water comes from ocean sand

b)

Salt comes from dead bodies of ocean animals.

c)

Rivers discharge minerals/salt into ocean

d)

Because of less rain on oceans

6.

1,1,2,3,5, __ .Which is number that comes after 5 in this series of number?

a)

9

b)

8

c)

7

d)

10

7.

Which country is odd one out?

a)

UK

b)

New Zealand

c)

Japan

d)

Australia

8.

Where do you find Koala bears?

a)

China

b)

Australia

c)

Brazil

d)

South Africa

9.

Where do you come across the characters – Huey, Dewey, Louie?

a)

Duck Tales (Donald Duck’s Nephews)

b)

Lion King (The three Hyenas)

c)

Three musketeers

d)

The Powerpuff Girls

10.

Which Indian martial art/sport is this?

a)

Kalaripayattu

b)

Mallakhamba

c)

Kushti

d)

Vallamkali