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General Knowledge 2021

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

We know who didn’t win the Euro Cup 2020... but who came in third place?

a)

No one

b)

Denmark

c)

Spain

d)

Belgium

2.

Give the correct spelling for the new name of Port Elizabeth?

(a)  

3.

How many bones make up the adult human skeleton?

a)

198

b)

206

c)

210

d)

218

4.

Which of these millionaires was first to go into space?

a)

Elon Musk

b)

Jeff Bezos

c)

Bill Gates

d)

Richard Brandson

5.

Give the name of the coffee shop in the well-known FRIENDS sitcom?

(a)  

6.

What is the name of T’Challa AKA Black Panther’s younger sister, seen in the photo?

a)

Shuri

b)

Nakia

c)

Ramonda

d)

Okoye

7.

In eSwatini, according to the director of the Civil Aviation Authority, a witch on a broomstick should not fly above what height?

a)

1 km

b)

150 m

c)

500 m

d)

1.73 km

8.

What element is denoted by the chemical symbol Sn in the periodic table?

(a)  

9.

Z and which other letter are worth the most in Scrabble?

(a)  

10.

What was significant about the mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska who served from 1997 until 2017?

a)

He was 110 years old.

b)

She had 3 husbands.

c)

She was not born in Alaska.

d)

He was a cat.

11.

What is the currency of Denmark?

a)

Euro

b)

Franc

c)

Krone

d)

Pound

12.

In F1 racing, what is Max Verstappen’s race number?

a)

#77

b)

#4

c)

#44

d)

#33

13.

In what year did The Beatles split up?

(a)  

14.

What are the five colours of the Olympic rings?

a)

Blue, yellow, black, green, red

b)

Black, purple, green, orange, red

c)

Red, orange, green, yellow, blue

d)

Blue, purple, orange, red, yellow

15.

How many notes are there in a musical scale?

a)

3

b)

7

c)

11

d)

12

16.

How many centimetres are in a metre?

a)

10

b)

50

c)

100

d)

500

17.

What is the name of the cowboy in Toy Story?

(a)  

18.

Who was the third astronaut that remained on Apollo 11 while Neil Armstrong and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin stepped on the moon?

a)

Michael Collins

b)

Mark Shuttleworth

c)

Alan Bean

d)

Pete Conrad

19.

How many keys are there on a piano?

a)

75

b)

88

c)

92

d)

101

20.

How many hearts does an octopus have?

a)

3

b)

6

c)

9

d)

0

21.

What is the highest-grossing Marvel movie without the word ‘Avengers’ in the title?

a)

Thor: Ragnarok

b)

Iron Man 2

c)

Doctor Strange

d)

Black Panther

22.

In Monsters Inc., what is Sulley’s full name?

a)

Paul J. Sullivan

b)

Mark Sulley

c)

James P. Sullivan

d)

Mike Sulley

23.

What is the largest animal on the planet?

a)

Colossal squid

b)

Saltwater crocodile

c)

Blue whale

d)

Giraffe

24.

What percentage of the Earth’s surface is made up of the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

5%

b)

20%

c)

30%

d)

60%

25.

What was Nelson Mandela’s prison number on Robben Island?

(a)  

26.

What is South Africa’s national fish?

a)

Snoek

b)

Geelbek

c)

Galjoen

d)

Great white shark

27.

A nephrologist is a doctor specialising in the treatment of which human organ?

a)

Lung

b)

Brain

c)

Intestines

d)

Kidney

28.

Who is the man in the photo?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Oscar Wilde

c)

Nikola Tesla

d)

Isaac Newton

29.

What is the deadliest animal in South Africa?

a)

Brown button spider

b)

Great white shark

c)

Reticulated python

d)

Hippopotamus

30.

How many spice options are there at Nandos?

a)

6 – Plain(ish), Medium, Hot, Extra Hot, Passion Fruit and Mango, Lemon and Herb.

b)

5 – Plain(ish), Medium, Hot, Extra Hot, Lemon and Herb.

c)

4 – Medium, Hot, Extra Hot, Lemon and Herb.

d)

3 – Medium, Hot, Lemon and Herb.