WorksheetsHouse Quiz Year 8
Total questions: 95
Worksheet time: 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where is the original Green Room found?
a)
Space
b)
Auditorium
c)
Opposite the Library
d)
B Block
2.
What is the name of the school cat?
a)
Charlie
b)
Lizzy
c)
Woody
d)
Mylo
3.
Which is the correct name of a block?
a)
Jafar Block
b)
Jafar Hub
c)
Jafar Centre
d)
Jenga Centre
4.
How many sports captains are on the photo outside the auditorm overlooking the pitch?
a)
19
b)
18
c)
17
d)
16
5.
What year was the Auditorium completed?
a)
1978
b)
1991
c)
2000
d)
2008
6.
What is D Block's official name?
a)
Learning and Teaching Innovation Centre
b)
D Block
c)
The Teaching and Learning Centre of Excellence
7.
How many fridges does the Geography office have?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
8.
What year did DC open?
a)
1977
b)
1978
c)
1979
d)
1980
9.
How many languages does DC teach?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
10.
Which famous premier league football player trained the girls football team many years ago?
a)
Ashley Young
b)
Wayne Rooney
c)
Cristiano Ronaldo
d)
Mason Mount
11.
What does the name of the Space block stand for?
a)
Sports & Performing Arts Centre of Excellence
b)
Spanish & performing arts centre of excellence
c)
Sports & Presenting Arts of excellence
d)
Spanish & philosophical arts centre of excellence
12.
How many teaching staff are there at DC?
a)
174
b)
203
c)
114
d)
144
13.
In DC's first year open, how many students were enrolled?
a)
17
b)
6
c)
22
d)
37
14.
What was the first building built at DC?
a)
D-block
b)
A-block
c)
C-block
d)
Auditorium
15.
How many stairs are there in the lecture theatre?
a)
19
b)
21
c)
18
d)
20
16.
How many blue doors are in the pavilion?
a)
12
b)
15
c)
7
d)
5
17.
How many forms are in each of the lower school years?
a)
7
b)
6
c)
8
d)
10
18.
How many teaching classrooms are there in DC?
a)
100
b)
62
c)
74
d)
94
19.
How many basketball courts does DC have?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
20.
What University has a DC student never been to...
a)
Stanford
b)
MIT
c)
Harvard
d)
Penn
21.
Who's the founder of DC?
a)
Ben Blackwood
b)
Tim Charlton
c)
Michael Lambert
d)
Tomas Duckling
22.
True or False: DC was founded before DESS
a)
True
b)
False
23.
How many netball posts are there at DC?
a)
14
b)
10
c)
12
d)
8
24.
How many buses are there?
a)
13
b)
11
c)
24
d)
10
25.
What animals have never been in the A block zoo? (before it was closed down)
a)
hedgehogs
b)
tortoise
c)
rabbits
d)
iguanas
26.
How many art classrooms are there?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
27.
How many Mr/Mrs Jones' are there in DC?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
1
d)
2
28.
Can you reach B22 from inside of B block?
a)
Yes
b)
No
29.
D block used to be reception block?
a)
True
b)
False
30.
How many maps are up in D18?
a)
9
b)
12
c)
6
d)
7
31.
How many form classes are in sixth form?
a)
more than 20
b)
18
c)
20
d)
19
32.
How many squat racks are there in the gym at DC?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
6
d)
8
33.
How many times did Heyerdahl win the house cup in a row the last time they won?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
34.
From the outside, is the Geography office a push or pull door?
a)
Push
b)
Pull
35.
How many prep rooms does the Science department have?
a)
3
b)
5
c)
7
d)
9
36.
How many Biology teachers are there?
a)
4
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
37.
How many males are there in the maths department?
a)
9
b)
10
c)
11
d)
12
38.
Where is the Science staff room?
a)
S14
b)
S16
c)
S20
d)
S22
39.
How long has Mr Jones (PE) been working at DC?
a)
29
b)
17
c)
24
d)
27
40.
Where is library be located?
a)
E Block
b)
Jafar
c)
C Hub
d)
Space
41.
What separates the two adjacent workshop classrooms in C hub
a)
Doors
b)
Windows
c)
Garage Doors
d)
a Cork wall
42.
Who is the Tennis Coach?
a)
Mr. Woolley
b)
Mr. Rushworth
c)
Mr. Lambert
d)
Mr. Jones
43.
Who is the head of Year 8?
a)
Ms. Paice
b)
Mr. Woolley
c)
Ms. Husain
d)
Ms. Tomkins
44.
How many windows are there in S17?
a)
6
b)
7
c)
8
d)
10
45.
What is the Heyerdahl shield creature?
a)
Pheonix
b)
Griffin
c)
Sea Monster
d)
Dragon
46.
What is the Barbarossa shield creature?
a)
Pheonix
b)
Griffin
c)
Sea Monster
d)
Dragon
47.
What is the Cousteau shield creature?
a)
Pheonix
b)
Griffin
c)
Sea Monster
d)
Dragon
48.
What is the Chichester sheild creature?
a)
Pheonix
b)
Griffin
c)
Sea Monster
d)
Dragon
49.
How many steps are there from the first floor to the second floor?
a)
22
b)
27
c)
29
d)
25
50.
What is the highest classroom number on the second floor?
a)
C206
b)
C210
c)
C208
d)
C205
51.
What is the name of the presentation space in the Charlton Centre?
a)
The Auditorium
b)
The Forum
c)
The Hub
d)
The Theatre
52.
What is the name of the room to your left as you enter on the ground floor?
a)
The Conference Room
b)
The Learning Hub
c)
The Seminar Room
d)
The Study Centre
53.
The information board on the ground floor tells us that Dubai College was founded in which year?
a)
1980
b)
1976
c)
1982
d)
1978
54.
Whose quote is this from the Charlton Centre: "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."?
a)
Socrates
b)
Aristotle
c)
Plato
d)
Confucius
55.
What subject would you be studying in classroom C102?
a)
Mathematics
b)
Science
c)
English
d)
Geography
56.
Which planet has the most moons currently known?
a)
Mars
b)
Jupiter
c)
Venus
d)
Mercury
57.
What is the capital city of Canada?
a)
Toronto
b)
Vancouver
c)
Ottawa
d)
Montreal
58.
Which element has the chemical symbol Ag?
a)
Gold
b)
Argon
c)
Silver
d)
Aluminium
59.
In which year did the first humans land on the Moon?
a)
1965
b)
1969
c)
1972
d)
1959
60.
What is the largest desert in the world?
a)
Sahara
b)
Arabian
c)
Gobi
d)
Antarctic Desert
61.
Who wrote The Hobbit?
a)
C.S. Lewis
b)
J.R.R. Tolkien
c)
Roald Dahl
d)
Philip Pullman
62.
What is the square root of 144?
a)
10
b)
11
c)
12
d)
14
63.
Which country is home to Machu Picchu?
a)
Chile
b)
Mexico
c)
Peru
d)
Bolivia
64.
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
a)
Diamond
b)
Quartz
c)
Granite
d)
Iron
65.
Which ocean is the largest?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Indian
c)
Arctic
d)
Pacific
66.
What gas do plants absorb for photosynthesis?
a)
Oxygen
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Carbon Dioxide
d)
Hydrogen
67.
Which language has the most native speakers worldwide?
a)
English
b)
Spanish
c)
Mandarin Chinese
d)
Hindi
68.
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
a)
Leonardo da Vinci
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Donatello
69.
How many bones are in the adult human body?
a)
206
b)
201
c)
196
d)
212
70.
What is the currency of Japan?
a)
Won
b)
Yuan
c)
Yen
d)
Ringgit
71.
Which river flows through Egypt?
a)
Amazon
b)
Yangtze
c)
Danube
d)
Nile
72.
What is the fastest land animal?
a)
Cheetah
b)
Lion
c)
Pronghorn
d)
Leopard
73.
Which scientist developed the theory of relativity?
a)
Newton
b)
Einstein
c)
Galileo
d)
Curie
74.
What is the smallest prime number?
a)
0
b)
1
c)
2
d)
3
75.
Which continent contains the most countries?
a)
Asia
b)
Europe
c)
Africa
d)
South America
76.
What is the main language spoken in Brazil?
a)
Spanish
b)
Portuguese
c)
French
d)
English
77.
Which organ pumps blood around the human body?
a)
Liver
b)
Lung
c)
Heart
d)
Kidney
78.
What is the capital of New Zealand?
a)
Auckland
b)
Christchurch
c)
Wellington
d)
Hamilton
79.
Which instrument has 88 keys?
a)
Violin
b)
Piano
c)
Flute
d)
Trumpet
80.
How many players are on the field per team in football (soccer)?
a)
9
b)
10
c)
11
d)
12
81.
Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
a)
Mars
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
82.
What is the longest river in South America?
a)
Orinoco
b)
Parana
c)
Nile
d)
Amazon
83.
Who discovered penicillin?
a)
Alexander Fleming
b)
Louis Pasteur
c)
Darwin
d)
Faraday
84.
Which country invented pizza?
a)
France
b)
Italy
c)
Greece
d)
Turkey
85.
What is the freezing point of water in Celsius?
a)
0
b)
10
c)
32
d)
100
86.
Which metal is liquid at room temperature?
a)
Mercury
b)
Copper
c)
Lead
d)
Tin
87.
What does WWW stand for?
a)
World Wide Web
b)
World Web Wide
c)
Wide World Web
d)
Web World Wide
88.
Which is the largest internal organ in the human body?
a)
Brain
b)
Liver
c)
Lung
d)
Stomach
89.
What is the national sport of Japan?
a)
Karate
b)
Judo
c)
Sumo Wrestling
d)
Kendo
90.
Which star is at the centre of our solar system?
a)
Polaris
b)
Sirius
c)
Alpha Centauri
d)
The Sun
91.
How many sides does a regular hexagon have?
a)
5
b)
6
c)
7
d)
8
92.
Which country has the most population?
a)
India
b)
China
c)
USA
d)
Indonesia
93.
What is the name of the process by which water turns into vapour?
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Freezing
d)
Melting
94.
Who composed The Four Seasons?
a)
Mozart
b)
Beethoven
c)
Vivaldi
d)
Bach
95.
Which blood type is known as the universal donor?
a)
AB+
b)
O-
c)
A+
d)
B-
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