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The weird and the strange

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Did you know that you can hypnotize a frog by placing it on its back and stroking its stomach.

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2.

Where is the heart of a shrimp located?

a)

Head

b)

Neck

c)

Eyes

d)

Feet

3.

How long can a snail sleep for?

a)

3 minutes

b)

3 hours

c)

3 days

d)

3 years

4.

Which is the only animal in the world that can’t jump?

a)

Kangaroos

b)

Elephants

c)

Pandas

d)

Crows

5.

What is a rhinoceros horn made from?

a)

Hair

b)

Bone

c)

Skin

d)

Sweetcorn

6.

Did you know that earwax is a type of Sweat!

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7.

At what age do human ears stop growing?

a)

20

b)

30

c)

40

d)

Never

8.

If you walked 12 hours a day, how long would it take an average person to walk around the world?

a)

90 days

b)

6 months

c)

690 days

d)

60 years

9.

Spread across their lifetime, how long on average do most people spend on the toilet?

a)

1 day

b)

1 month

c)

1 year

d)

1 decade

10.

Did you know that Toy Story 2 was almost deleted! A command entered in the “master machine” where the animation for Toy Story 2 was sorted deleted 90 percent of the work that the Pixar team had done, and the backup system had failed. Luckily the films technical director had been working from home and managed to save a copy she had been working on, and much of it was restored.

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11.

In the movie ‘The Matrix’ where did the production designer get the green symbols from?

a)

Sushi Cookbook

b)

Morse code

c)

Crisp packet

d)

A calculator

12.

What was the first TV show to use Google as a verb?

a)

Friends

b)

Golden Girls

c)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

d)

Malcom in the Middle

13.

Who was Disney’s first original character?

a)

A rabbit called Oswald

b)

A dog called Pluto

c)

A chipmunk called Chip

d)

A mouse called Mickey

14.

Which Disney film received a customised honorary Oscar awarded?

a)

Pinocchio

b)

Dumbo

c)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

d)

The Little Mermaid

15.

Who became the first animated character to get a star on the Hollywood walk of fame?

a)

Mickey Mouse

b)

Bugs Bunny

c)

Sherk

d)

The Simpsons

16.

I have been collecting toadstool ornaments for a decade. I now have way too many to count but did you know that the nickname “toadstool” probably came from the fact that they looked like a perfect spot for a toad to sit on!

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17.

What flag is this? (the country where Sid is from)

a)

Northern Cyprus

b)

Cyprus

c)

Turkey

d)

Greece

18.

What colour is Sid's hair?

a)

Blue

b)

Orange

c)

Yellow

d)

Pink

19.

Guess which one is Sid's lie…

a)

I’m not one of Gaga’s Little Monsters

b)

I believe in fairies

c)

I believe in aliens

d)

I believe my third eye is open

20.

Sid is from which part of London? (not lives in)

Hint: George Michael lived and is now buried there.

a)

Stratford East London

b)

Highgate North London

c)

Brixton South London

d)

Hammersmith West London

21.

Did you know that a group of unicorns is called a blessing. This is because unicorns were a symbol of pure innocence and magic, seeing one was supposed to bring good luck and fortune, ergo seeing a hard of unicorns would be a phenomenally wonderful thing, hence the blessing.

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22.

In 1493, Christopher Columbus, sailing near the Dominican Republic, claimed he had seen three mermaids and describes them as “not half as beautiful as they are painted”. What did he actually see?

a)

A manatee

b)

A seal

c)

A sea lion

d)

An actual real-life mermaid

23.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used a series of photographs taken by two young cousins who live in Bradford titled “The Cottingley Fairies”. In what decade did both the girls admit that the photographs were fake?

a)

1940s

b)

1960s

c)

1980s

d)

2000s

24.

Pegasus was from...

a)

China

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Australia

d)

Iran

25.

Who is this?

This creature has snakes for hair. Beware! If you look into her eyes, you will turn to stone.

a)

Cyclops

b)

Medusa

c)

Hera

d)

Snake Lady

26.

Hope you enjoyed the weird and the strange!

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