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general knowledge competition

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these describes the first fairy tales?

a)

Told orally

b)

Written in caves

c)

Printed in books

d)

Shown in movies

2.

True or False: Every Culture has fairy tales

a)

True

b)

False

3.

True or False: Animals never talk in fairy tales

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which of these is a common phrase from fairy tales?

a)

Once upon a time

b)

It was a dark and stormy night..

c)

Four score and seven years ago

d)

Where were you on the night of the 14th?

5.

Stories about ordinary folks

a)

a. Folk tales

b)

b. Fable

c)

c. Fiction

6.

Old stories that teach a lesson

a)

Epic

b)

Novel

c)

Fable

7.

Collection of poems

a)

Epic

b)

Fiction

c)

c. Poetry book

8.

Whose idea is it for Greg to write in his diary?

a)

HIS DAD

b)

HIS MOM

c)

HIS ENGLISH TEACHER

9.

What do you say when recommending a book?

a)

Start your text by saying something.

b)

by author.

c)

Write 1 or 2 sentences describing what it is about.

d)

all of the above

10.

A book you read changed your bad mood?!

a)

Atomic Habits

b)

Life on the refrigerator door

c)

Finnegan wake

11.

“HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS” PICTURE.

WHAT’S THE NUMBER OF THIS PART IN HARRY POTTER SERIOUS?

a)

(5)

b)

(7)

c)

(2)

12.

13. Tom was very good at:

a)

a. Drawing

b)

b. Math

c)

c. Singing

d)

d. Writing stories

13.

Which event in the article happened FIRST?

a)

Charles Dickens became a famous and popular writer.

b)

Charles Dickens visited the city of Manchester.

c)

Charles Dickens read 'A Christmas Carol' to audiences

14.

It is important to read newspapers to keep up with what is going on in the world.

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

15.

What is the title of Christie's 1923 murder mystery in which a body is found on a golf course?

a)

Murder on the Fairway

b)

Murder on the Links

c)

Murder on the Green

d)

Murder in the Rough

16.

What is the name of the comic strip Rowley and Greg creating?

a)

Lighting Man

b)

Zoo-wee-Mama!

c)

Creighton the cretin

d)

How to make your principal Mad

17.

What was the name of Holmes' archenemy?

a)

Colonel Munro

b)

Jack the Ripper

c)

Professor Moriarty

d)

Charles Augustus Milverton

18.

How did Holmes describe himself professionally?

a)

Private Investigator

b)

Sleuth to the Masses

c)

Consulting Detective

19.

Which of these books turned into movies 2015?

a)

The Lost City of Z

b)

The Hunger Games

c)

Death on the Nile

20.

who is the most famous author of all time?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

Jane Austen

21.

Which Victorian era book by Anna Sewell is told through the eyes of a horse?

a)

Brown Beauty

b)

Black Beauty

c)

My little pony

22.

The Film Babe was based on which book by Dick King-Smith?

a)

Little Women

b)

The sheep-pig

c)

The Wizard of Oz

23.

Name the character and book title about a man interested in wealth distribution,

who helped the poor, and who lived in the time of King John?

a)

Robin Hood

b)

Price on Their Heads

c)

Think and Grow Rich

24.

What does the white witch want to kill the human children?

a)

Because they are the ones that always make it winter in Narnia.

b)

Because of the prophecy(they will rule over Narnia)

c)

Because she hates all humans

25.

What is the name of the encyclopedia that talks about animals in the school library?

a)

A world full of animals

b)

Dinosaurs

c)

Wild life