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Core Solutions Q1 2022

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the motto of the Canadian mounties

a)

We always get our man

b)

Uphold the Right

c)

Justice across the land

d)

We always get our person

2.

Who wrote the Wheel of Time books

a)

Salman Rushie

b)

Isaac Asimove

c)

George RR Martin

d)

Robert Jordan

3.

Does Neo take the red pill or the blue one?

a)

Red

b)

Blue

c)

Both

d)

Neither

4.

What similarites are there between the Queens of Denmark and UK this year

a)

Husbands died last year

b)

Jubilee

c)

Significant Birthday's

d)

Problem with sons

5.

Which Caribbean Island celebrated independence in 2022

a)

Bermuda

b)

Haiti

c)

Barbados

d)

Nevis & St Kitts

6.

Who was the Labour party leader before Neil Kinnock

a)

Tony Blair

b)

Harold Wilson

c)

Jeremy Corbyn

d)

Michael Foot

7.

Which book won the Booker prizein 2021

a)

Nadifa Mohamed, The Fortune

b)

Damon Galgut, The Promise

c)

Douglas Stuart, Shuggie Bain

d)

Margaret Atwood, The Testaments

8.

Who won I'm a celebrity, get me out of here in 2021

a)

Danny Miller

b)

Kadeena Cox

c)

Giovanna Fletcher

d)

Jacqueline Jossa

9.

Who was the Queen's grandma

a)

Queen Victoria

b)

Queen Elizabeth

c)

Queen Mary

d)

Queen Anne

10.

What book starts with "no one would have believed in the middle of the 19th century"

a)

War of the Worlds

b)

A Tale of Two Cities

c)

The Time Machine

d)

The Scarlet Pimpernell

11.

What is the capital of Bermuda

a)

Nassau

b)

Kiev

c)

Bridgetown

d)

St Johns

12.

What does is Oikophobia a fear of

a)

Oiks

b)

Eggs

c)

War

d)

Embryos

13.

Where in your body are the incus, malleus and stapes?

a)

Eyes

b)

Ears

c)

Fingers

d)

Intestines

14.

Who was the last person executed at the Tower of London

a)

Ruth Ellis

b)

Josef Jakobs

c)

Sir Walter Raleigh

d)

Albert Pierpoint

15.

Who was the last English King born in Scotland

a)

Charles I

b)

Charles II

c)

Edward VIII

d)

George VII

16.

Who is the Prime Minister of the Russian republic.

a)

Vladimir Putin

b)

Boris Yeltsin

c)

Sergy Lavrov

d)

Mikhail Mishustin

17.

Who is the Prime Minister of Pakistan

a)

Benazir Bhutto

b)

Wasim Akrm

c)

Imran Khan

d)

Yoanis Khan

18.

What was the name of the pony who accompanied Frodo and friends from Rivendell

a)

Friend

b)

Teddy

c)

Bob

d)

Bill

19.

What is the capital of Slovakia

a)

Prague

b)

Bratislava

c)

Ljubljana

d)

Paris

20.

What does SARS stand for

a)

Sudden Attack Respiritory Syndrome

b)

Stand Alone Respiritory Syndrome

c)

Sever, Acute Respiritory Syndrome

d)

South Asian Respiritory Syndrome

21.

In which year was the World Drivers’ Championship first awarded?

a)

1965

b)

1950

c)

1960

d)

1955

22.

Which circuit hosted the first World Championship race?

a)

Aintree

b)

Brooklands

c)

Donington Park

d)

Silverstone

23.

Who was the first driver to win 7 World Championships?

a)

Michael Schumacher

b)

Lewis Hamilton

c)

George Russell

d)

Sergio Perez

24.

How old was Max Verstappen when he became the youngest driver to start an F1 race?

a)

21

b)

19

c)

23

d)

17

25.

In which year did Lewis Hamilton win his first World Championship?

a)

2006

b)

2008

c)

2010

d)

2012

26.

In which country did Max Verstappen take his first win?

a)

Canada

b)

Monaco

c)

Spain

d)

England

27.

What team did Michael Schumacher win his first 2 championships with?

a)

Red Bull Racing

b)

Benetton

c)

McLaren

d)

Haas F1 Team

28.

In 1768, Captain James Cook set out to explore which ocean?

a)

Indian

b)

Pacific

c)

Atlantic

d)

Arctic

29.

Which of the following is not an international organisation?

a)

FBI

b)

FIFA

c)

NATO

d)

ASEAN

30.

Which of the following disorders is the fear of being alone?

a)

Agoraphobia

b)

Aerophobia

c)

Acrophobia

d)

Arachnophobia

31.

What is the speed of sound?

a)

400 km/h

b)

700 km/h

c)

120 km/h

d)

1200 km/h

32.

What was the first country to use tanks in combat during World War I?

a)

France

b)

Britain

c)

Japan

d)

Germany

33.

In the United States, football is called soccer. So what is American football called in the United Kingdom?

a)

American Football

b)

Rugby

c)

Handball

d)

Combball

34.

Which football club does Jordan Henderson play for?

a)

Man City

b)

Chelsea

c)

Liverpool

d)

Man Utd

35.

How many time zones are there in total in the world?

a)

8

b)

16

c)

24

d)

32

36.

What is the rarest type of blood in the human body?

a)

O Positive

b)

AB Negativeat

c)

B Negative

d)

A Positive

37.

When did the first Winter Olympic Games take place?

a)

1924

b)

1926

c)

1928

d)

1930

38.

As of 2021, how many sports are currently completed in the Winter Olympic Games?

a)

10

b)

15

c)

20

d)

17

39.

What is the body position of an athlete when competing in the skeleton, a sport featured in the Winter Olympic Games?

a)

Lie face up

b)

Stand Upright

c)

Sit Upright

d)

Lie face down

40.

What made the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, different from previous events?

a)

They were held indoors

b)

They used only renewable energy

c)

They only lasted half as long

d)

They only had half of the events