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General knowledge quiz

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one of this men WASN'T president of USA?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

Abraham Lincoln

2.

Which animal represents USA?

a)

Eagle

b)

Raven

c)

Dove

d)

Pidgeotto

3.

What is the name of this cloth?

a)

Kirt

b)

Scottish skirt

c)

Kilt

d)

Tilk

4.

how many brains does an octopus have?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

9

d)

7

5.

how many planets are there in our solar system?

a)

9

b)

6

c)

8

d)

7

6.

what language do people speak in Brazil?

a)

German

b)

Spanish

c)

French

d)

Portuguese

7.

The sister of my mother is my...

a)

Uncle

b)

Cousin

c)

Aunt

d)

Sister

8.

What is the name of Peter Pan's enemy?

a)

Captain Gofio

b)

Captain Black Beard

c)

Captain Hook

d)

Captain Anti-Peter-Pan

9.

What is the name of Shrek's wife?

a)

Shreka

b)

Aurora

c)

Fiona

d)

Ariel

10.

What is the fastest land animal?

a)

Jaguar

b)

Leopard

c)

Panther

d)

Cheetah

11.

How many colours are in the rainbow?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

4

d)

6

12.
What is the name of the red earthenware pottery, which remains porous when unglazed?
a)
terracotta
b)
sand
c)
rubber
d)
canvas
13.

What do you call the time span of one thousand years?

a)

millennnium

b)

decade

c)

century

d)

centenial

14.
How many degrees are found in a circle?
a)
360
b)
84
c)
720
d)
90
15.

The Dewey Decimal system is used to categorise what?

a)

Mt. Dew

b)

Books

c)

Magazines

d)

Authors

16.
Who wrote a series of novels about orcs, hobbits, goblins, and elves?
a)
JR Tolkien
b)
Howard Hughes
c)
Curtis Reed
d)
Ayn Rand
17.

What is New York's nickname?

a)

NYC

b)

Concrete Jungle

c)

The Big Apple

d)

NY

18.

Which car logo features a black prancing horse on a yellow background?

a)

Ferrari

b)

BMW

c)

Jaguar

d)

Audi

19.

What does the chemical symbol H20 stand for?

a)

Carbon Dioxide

b)

Carbon Monoxide

c)

Water

d)

Hydrogen

20.

How many hours are equal to 360 minutes?

a)

3

b)

6

c)

10

d)

12

21.

How many months of the year have 31 days?

a)

6

b)

12

c)

5

d)

10

22.

Are all strawberries red?

a)

Yes

b)

No, white strawberries exist too

c)

No, yellow strawberries exist too

d)

No, black strawberries exist too

23.

Cotton candy was invented by a dentist.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Name the largest animal currently living on this planet

a)

elephant

b)

dinosaur

c)

blue whale

d)

giraffe

25.

This is the only food that will never go moldy

a)

milk

b)

honey

c)

bananas

d)

McDonalds

26.

In which film did an actor says: "May the force be with you"?

a)

Star Treck

b)

Star Wars

c)

Back to the Future

27.

What superpower does Batman have?

a)

superintelligence

b)

invisibility

c)

none

d)

X-ray vision

28.

At the start of a chess game, who moves first?

a)

Black

b)

White

c)

Rock, Paper, Scissors

d)

Doesn't matter

29.

The Great Wall of China is visible from the Moon.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Which female pop singer had a big hit called "Baby, One More Time"?

a)

Katy Perry

b)

Britney Spears

c)

Lady Gaga

d)

Shakira

31.

What is a baby goat called?

a)

a foal

b)

a kid

c)

a baby

d)

a goat

32.

End this phrase: "See you later,"

a)

Crocodile

b)

Guy

c)

Man

d)

Alligator

33.

Trout, carp and, barracuda are names of what?

a)

fish

b)

birds

c)

mammals

d)

Insects

34.

How many consonants are there in the English alphabet?

a)

20

b)

21

c)

22

d)

23

35.

What grows quicker—hair or toenails?

a)

Hair

b)

Toenails

36.

Which is the highest mountain in the world?

a)

Karakoram

b)

Kanchenjunga

c)

Mount Fuji

d)

Mount Everest

37.

Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

a)

Venus

b)

Jupiter

c)

Mars

d)

Uranus

38.

In which ocean did the famous Titanic sink in 1912— Pacific, Caribbean , North Atlantic, or the Mediterranean?

a)

Pacific

b)

Caribbean

c)

North Atlantic

d)

Mediterranean

39.

What is the next number in the following sequence– 7, 14, 21, 28?

a)

35

b)

34

c)

31

d)

38

40.

What makes up (approx.) 80% of our brain’s volume?

a)

Fat

b)

Flesh

c)

Water

41.

Which planet is the smallest: Neptune, Venus, Mars, Mercury?

a)

Neptune

b)

Venus

c)

Mars

d)

Mercury

42.

Which famous explorer discovered Cuba?

a)

Leif Erikson

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Giovanni Caboto

43.

Who invented the lightbulb?

a)

Thomas Edinson

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Charles Jenkins

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

44.

Who invented the telephone?

a)

Thomas Edinson

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Bill Gates

45.

What is the largest country in the world?

a)

China

b)

Australia

c)

Canada

d)

Russia

46.

What's the country with the biggest population?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

Russia

d)

Mexico

47.

What is the smallest country in the world?

a)

Japan

b)

Argentina

c)

Monaco

d)

Vatican City

48.

How many moons are there around saturn?

a)

82

b)

52

c)

20

d)

18

49.

A verb is...

a)

A naming word

b)

An action word

c)

A describing word

d)

A pronoun

50.

Where did the Coronavirus begin?

a)

China

b)

Vietnam

c)

Italy

d)

Spain

51.

How many days does the month of March have?

a)

28

b)

30

c)

29

d)

31

52.

How many straight edges does a cube have?

a)

8

b)

4

c)

16

d)

12

53.

How many teeth does a normal adult mouth have?

a)

34

b)

32

c)

24

d)

40

54.

Which country does volleyball originate from?

a)

Brazil

b)

Mexico

c)

USA

d)

UAE

55.

What is Zumba?

a)

A spanish food

b)

A dance workout

c)

A type of sweet

d)

A Brazilian footballer

56.

Who hunts most – the male or the female lion?

a)

Male

b)

Female

57.

Which first electrical item did Thomas Edison invent?

a)

Telephone

b)

Television

c)

Lightbulb

d)

Toaster

58.
How many squares are there on a chessboard?
a)
64
b)
24
c)
86
d)
39
59.
The horizontal lines on maps and globes are called...
a)
longitudes
b)
latitudes 
c)
geographic grids
d)
poles
60.
What is the hardest naturally occurring substance on earth?
a)
gold
b)
iron
c)
diamond
d)
platinum
61.
What country is the River Thames in?
a)
Australia
b)
Japan
c)
England
d)
Spain
62.
Before being dried, which fruit was a prune?
a)
Plum
b)
Peach
c)
Apricot
d)
Nectarine
63.

Spell this animal correctly

a)

rinoceros

b)

rhinoseros

c)

rhinocerous

d)

rhinoceros

64.

Name this famous cartoon cat?

a)

Sylvester the Cat

b)

Tom cat

c)

Felix the Cat

d)

Cheshire Cat

65.

How many weeks in 3 years?

a)

158

b)

166

c)

156

d)

165

66.

What bone is this?

a)

patella

b)

tibia

c)

femur

d)

tarsals

67.

Your body contains __ percent water?

a)

50%

b)

35%

c)

70%

d)

85%

68.

Who wrote the Harry Potter series

a)

J.J Abrahams

b)

J.K Rowling

c)

J.F Kennedy

d)

Mak Limah

69.
The famous line, "to be or not to be" is from which Shakespeare play?
a)
Romeo and Juliet
b)
Hamlet
c)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
d)
Othello 
70.
Maori are the indigenous people of __________
a)
Australia
b)
New Zealand
c)
Cambodia
d)
Fuji