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General Knowledge

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these food groups is your main source of carbohydrates?

a)

dairy

b)

fruit

c)

grain

d)

vegetables

2.

About how many miles do you need to run a 5km?

a)

1.6 miles

b)

3.1 miles

c)

4.8 miles

d)

6.2 miles

3.

The Pacific Ocean was named after this European explorer?

a)

James Cook

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

4.

Which sense does olfactory bulb process?

a)

balance

b)

hearing

c)

sight

d)

smell

5.

What is the object of this sentence? "Maya happily kicked the ball."

a)

Maya

b)

happily

c)

kicked

d)

ball

6.

Which is the most spoken language in the world?

a)

English

b)

Hindi

c)

Mandarin

d)

Russian

7.

Green tea originated in which country?

a)

England

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

Thailand

8.

Which country has the longest coastline in the world?

a)

Russia

b)

Canada

c)

USA

d)

India

9.

How many legs do butterflies have?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

10.

How did the Titanic sink?

a)

It was overloaded.

b)

It hit an iceberg.

c)

The water was frozen.

d)

There were too many passengers.

11.

Which is the correct spelling?

a)

beggining

b)

beginning

c)

beegining

d)

begginning

12.

How many moons do Jupiter have?

a)

62

b)

63

c)

64

d)

65

13.

Which popular flag colour is not featured on the Brazilian flag?

a)

yellow

b)

blue

c)

red

d)

white

14.

Snow White ate this fruit that had poison in it.

a)

pear

b)

banana

c)

apple

d)

mango

15.

The age of a tree can be determined by _______.

a)

measuring its height

b)

measuring its width

c)

counting the rings on its trunks

d)

counting its leaves

16.

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

a)

Michael Angelo

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Pablo Picasso

d)

Leonardo di Carpio

17.

What is a food chain?

a)

animals eating humans

b)

humans eating animals

c)

humans eating all creatures

d)

the eating relationship between species within an ecosystem

18.

If you are a boy which gender are you?

a)

guy

b)

male

c)

boy

d)

human

19.

Which colour is the most popular in the world's flags?

a)

yellow

b)

blue

c)

white

d)

red

20.

Which is the largest bone in the human body?

a)

femur

b)

tibia

c)

fibula

d)

talus

21.

The first modern Olympics were held in which city?

a)

Tokyo

b)

Athens

c)

Geneva

d)

Istanbul

22.

What do you call a whale's fat?

a)

bubble

b)

blubber

c)

blooper

d)

blabber

23.

What is prepared in a tannery?

a)

wool

b)

leather

c)

polyester

d)

nylon

24.

What is the name of the princess in Alladin ?

a)

Elsa

b)

Mulan

c)

Jasmine

d)

Bella

25.

How many years of marriage is celebrated in a golden anniversary?

a)

25 years

b)

50 years

c)

75 years

d)

100 years

26.

How many rings are there in the Olympic flag?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

27.

Which planet is called the gas giant?

a)

Saturn

b)

Uranus

c)

Neptune

d)

Jupiter

28.

Which is the basic unit of life?

a)

cell

b)

nucleus

c)

bacteria

d)

electron

29.

Which of these words does not belong with the others?

a)

violet

b)

rose

c)

bud

d)

daisy

30.

What do you call a group of wolves?

a)

pride

b)

pack

c)

herd

d)

colony

31.

Where in the body is the temporal lobe located?

a)

heart

b)

lungs

c)

brain

d)

liver

32.

What does "echolalia" mean?

a)

The manner in which flock of birds communicate among

themselves.

b)

The manner in which pod of dolphins communicate among

themselves.

c)

A precious stone

d)

Meaningless repetition of another person's words.

33.

Where in the world is Louvre?

a)

Rome

b)

Paris

c)

Berlin

d)

Oslo

34.

What is a "rhombus?"

a)

a specific time of day

b)

a technique used in football

c)

a cardboard box

d)

a parallelogram with equal sides

35.

Which of these words does not belong with the others?

a)

eel

b)

shrimp

c)

crab

d)

lobster

36.

Cynophobia is a fear of ____?

a)

heights

b)

insects

c)

dogs

d)

birds

37.

Who said this? " What goes up must come down."

a)

John Lenon

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Amelia Earhart

d)

Isaac Newton

38.

How many sides are there in a hexagon?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

39.

How many muscles are there in a human body?

a)

309

b)

570

c)

640

d)

810

40.

Which is the most abundant gas in our atmosphere?

a)

hydrogen

b)

helium

c)

nitrogen

d)

carbon dioxide