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Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 28mins
What is the name of the Chinese company that runs the social media app “Tik Tok”?
Bytedance
Gigadance
Teradance
The Beatles hailed from which English city?
Manchester
Liverpool
London
On which continent is the country of Ghana?
Asia
South America
Africa
Li is the symbol for which element?
Lithium
Gold
Tungsten
How many UK parliamentary constituencies were there in 2019?
550
650
750
Who presents the TV series My Million Pound Menu?
Gordon Ramsey
Gino D'Acampo
Fred Sirieix
Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) was a sequel to which animated film?
Jurassic World
The Hobbit
Ice Age
Wembley Stadium is located in which English city?
Preston
Manchester
London
What part of the body would be examined by an audiologist?
Ears
Legs
Hands
During which war did Wilfred Owen write his famous war poems?
World war 1
Vietnam war
World war 2
In athletics, are races run clockwise or anti-clockwise?
Clockwise
Anti clockwise
Both
In Roman mythology, Diana is equivalent to which Greek goddess?
Hestia
Demeter
Artemis
Which luxury car brand features a trident on its logo?
Maserati
Ferrari
Lamborghini
What is a red dwarf in the cosmos?
A moon that orbits Saturn
A planet
A star
The 1964, film Zulu was set in which century?
18th century
19th century
20th century
Proverbially, what does a bad workman always blame?
Lack of instructions
His work colleagues
His tools
In which country were Oldsmobile cars manufactured?
China
Japan
USA
What in relation to motoring is the DVSA?
Driver and vehicle standards authority
Driver and vehicle Supreme agency
Driver and vehicle standards agency
The Lazarus Group that stole $1 billion from the US is based in which country?
North Korea
Venezuela
China
What is the name of the actor who played “Mr Robot” in the TV show Mr Robot?
Cillian Murphy
Rami Malek
Pedro Pascal
What was the title of the second novel in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy?
Northern Lights
The Amber Spyglass
The Subtle Knife
In which US State is Pebble Beach Golf Course?
California
Florida
Texas
What type of creature is a whinchat?
Cat
Fox
Bird
In what decade was the Highway Code first printed in colour?
1940s
1950s
1960s
Which fruit used to be called a melonette?
Lime
Cherry
Kiwi
What is the capital of Costa Rica?
Buenos Aires
San José
Managua
Carpo and Elara are moons of which planet?
Jupiter
Venus
Neptune
How many books are there in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)?
16 books
20 books
24 books
Sir David Jason played what role in Porridge?
Blanco Webb
Geoffrey Venables
Norman Fletcher
In what country was Lego invented in 1958?
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
What is the highest-ranking post in the Royal Air Force?
Air Commodore
Group Captain
Marshall of the Royal Air Force
What is the currency of Uruguay?
Peso
Real
Bolívares
What country’s flag has a white cross on a red background?
Sweden
Switzerland
Senegal
Which sign of the zodiac runs from 23 August to 22 September?
Libra
Virgo
Scorpio
What is the name of the American national anthem?
Motherland
The Star-Spangled Banner
The Wilhelmus
What are a group of Tigers called?
Ambush
Trap
Rampage
What is the doll, Barbie’s, full name?
Barbie Melinda Yates
Barbara Virginia Williams
Barbara Millicent Roberts
In the game Pac man the colours of the 4 ghosts are light red, red, orange and what other colour?
Lime green
Yellow
Aqua
In computing, what is a GUI?
Graphical user intelligence
Graphical user interface
Gaming user interface
Unavailable in other countries, what is the biggest social media platform in China, with over 445 million monthly active users?
Tencent
Tik tok
Although he lost, which Hungarian-British boxer twice went the distance with Muhammad Ali?
Larry Holmes
Joe Bugner
George Foreman
What is the term for the vertical distance between two matching design elements on a roll of wallpaper?
Parallel
Perpendicular
Repeat
Glisson’s capsule can be found in which organ of the human body?
Liver
Heart
Lungs
In chess, what is the maximum number of squares that the king can move in at a time?
One
Two
Three
In the world of business, what is the CFO of a business?
Chief Federal Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Executive officer
What is the main ingredient of guacamole?
Red chilli
Olive oil
Avocados
What is the chemical formula for snow?
CO2
CAG
H2O
Steve Rogers was the alter ego of which Marvel Comics superhero?
Captain America
Batman
Iron Man
The Heidelberg School was an impressionist art movement of the late 19th century in which country?
Germany
Austria
Australia
What is the name of the fictional nation in the Hunger Games film series?
Pangea
Panem
Lemuria
Although they are almost all uninhabited, which European country has the most islands, with more than a quarter of a million?
Sweden
Finland
Norway
With which instrument would you associate jazz musicians Thelonious Monk and Art Tatum?
Piano
Violin
Saxophone
As well as being the name of a cheese, Stinking Bishop is also a type of which fruit?
Apple
Lemon
Pear
Which Greek goddess is the muse of erotic poetry?
Erato
Hera
Prometheus
How many wings does a mosquito have?
2 wings
4 wings
6 wings
“Put on your red shoes and dance the blues” is a lyric from which David Bowie song?
Let’s dance
Young Americans
Life on Mars?
