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General knowledge quiz

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the Chinese company that runs the social media app “Tik Tok”?

a)

Bytedance

b)

Gigadance

c)

Teradance

2.

The Beatles hailed from which English city?

a)

Manchester

b)

Liverpool

c)

London

3.

On which continent is the country of Ghana?

a)

Asia

b)

South America

c)

Africa

4.

Li is the symbol for which element?

a)

Lithium

b)

Gold

c)

Tungsten

5.

How many UK parliamentary constituencies were there in 2019?

a)

550

b)

650

c)

750

6.

Who presents the TV series My Million Pound Menu?

a)

Gordon Ramsey

b)

Gino D'Acampo

c)

Fred Sirieix

7.

Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) was a sequel to which animated film?

a)

Jurassic World

b)

The Hobbit

c)

Ice Age

8.

Wembley Stadium is located in which English city?

a)

Preston

b)

Manchester

c)

London

9.

What part of the body would be examined by an audiologist?

a)

Ears

b)

Legs

c)

Hands

10.

During which war did Wilfred Owen write his famous war poems?

a)

World war 1

b)

Vietnam war

c)

World war 2

11.

In athletics, are races run clockwise or anti-clockwise?

a)

Clockwise

b)

Anti clockwise

c)

Both

12.

In Roman mythology, Diana is equivalent to which Greek goddess?

a)

Hestia

b)

Demeter

c)

Artemis

13.

Which luxury car brand features a trident on its logo?

a)

Maserati

b)

Ferrari

c)

Lamborghini

14.

What is a red dwarf in the cosmos?

a)

A moon that orbits Saturn

b)

A planet

c)

A star

15.

The 1964, film Zulu was set in which century?

a)

18th century

b)

19th century

c)

20th century

16.

Proverbially, what does a bad workman always blame?

a)

Lack of instructions

b)

His work colleagues

c)

His tools

17.

In which country were Oldsmobile cars manufactured?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

USA

18.

What in relation to motoring is the DVSA?

a)

Driver and vehicle standards authority

b)

Driver and vehicle Supreme agency

c)

Driver and vehicle standards agency

19.

The Lazarus Group that stole $1 billion from the US is based in which country?

a)

North Korea

b)

Venezuela

c)

China

20.

What is the name of the actor who played “Mr Robot” in the TV show Mr Robot?

a)

Cillian Murphy

b)

Rami Malek

c)

Pedro Pascal

21.

What was the title of the second novel in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy?

a)

Northern Lights

b)

The Amber Spyglass

c)

The Subtle Knife

22.

In which US State is Pebble Beach Golf Course?

a)

California

b)

Florida

c)

Texas

23.

What type of creature is a whinchat?

a)

Cat

b)

Fox

c)

Bird

24.

In what decade was the Highway Code first printed in colour?

a)

1940s

b)

1950s

c)

1960s

25.

Which fruit used to be called a melonette?

a)

Lime

b)

Cherry

c)

Kiwi

26.

What is the capital of Costa Rica?

a)

Buenos Aires

b)

San José

c)

Managua

27.

Carpo and Elara are moons of which planet?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Venus

c)

Neptune

28.

How many books are there in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)?

a)

16 books

b)

20 books

c)

24 books

29.

Sir David Jason played what role in Porridge?

a)

Blanco Webb

b)

Geoffrey Venables

c)

Norman Fletcher

30.

In what country was Lego invented in 1958?

a)

Norway

b)

Sweden

c)

Denmark

31.

What is the highest-ranking post in the Royal Air Force?

a)

Air Commodore

b)

Group Captain

c)

Marshall of the Royal Air Force

32.

What is the currency of Uruguay?

a)

Peso

b)

Real

c)

Bolívares

33.

What country’s flag has a white cross on a red background?

a)

Sweden

b)

Switzerland

c)

Senegal

34.

Which sign of the zodiac runs from 23 August to 22 September?

a)

Libra

b)

Virgo

c)

Scorpio

35.

What is the name of the American national anthem?

a)

Motherland

b)

The Star-Spangled Banner

c)

The Wilhelmus

36.

What are a group of Tigers called?

a)

Ambush

b)

Trap

c)

Rampage

37.

What is the doll, Barbie’s, full name?

a)

Barbie Melinda Yates

b)

Barbara Virginia Williams

c)

Barbara Millicent Roberts

38.

In the game Pac man the colours of the 4 ghosts are light red, red, orange and what other colour?

a)

Lime green

b)

Yellow

c)

Aqua

39.

In computing, what is a GUI?

a)

Graphical user intelligence

b)

Graphical user interface

c)

Gaming user interface

40.

Unavailable in other countries, what is the biggest social media platform in China, with over 445 million monthly active users?

a)

Weibo

b)

Tencent

c)

Tik tok

41.

Although he lost, which Hungarian-British boxer twice went the distance with Muhammad Ali?

a)

Larry Holmes

b)

Joe Bugner

c)

George Foreman

42.

What is the term for the vertical distance between two matching design elements on a roll of wallpaper?

a)

Parallel

b)

Perpendicular

c)

Repeat

43.

Glisson’s capsule can be found in which organ of the human body?

a)

Liver

b)

Heart

c)

Lungs

44.

In chess, what is the maximum number of squares that the king can move in at a time?

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

45.

In the world of business, what is the CFO of a business?

a)

Chief Federal Officer

b)

Chief Financial Officer

c)

Chief Executive officer

46.

What is the main ingredient of guacamole?

a)

Red chilli

b)

Olive oil

c)

Avocados

47.

What is the chemical formula for snow?

a)

CO2

b)

CAG

c)

H2O

48.

Steve Rogers was the alter ego of which Marvel Comics superhero?

a)

Captain America

b)

Batman

c)

Iron Man

49.

The Heidelberg School was an impressionist art movement of the late 19th century in which country?

a)

Germany

b)

Austria

c)

Australia

50.

What is the name of the fictional nation in the Hunger Games film series?

a)

Pangea

b)

Panem

c)

Lemuria

51.

Although they are almost all uninhabited, which European country has the most islands, with more than a quarter of a million?

a)

Sweden

b)

Finland

c)

Norway

52.

With which instrument would you associate jazz musicians Thelonious Monk and Art Tatum?

a)

Piano

b)

Violin

c)

Saxophone

53.

As well as being the name of a cheese, Stinking Bishop is also a type of which fruit?

a)

Apple

b)

Lemon

c)

Pear

54.

Which Greek goddess is the muse of erotic poetry?

a)

Erato

b)

Hera

c)

Prometheus

55.

How many wings does a mosquito have?

a)

2 wings

b)

4 wings

c)

6 wings

56.

“Put on your red shoes and dance the blues” is a lyric from which David Bowie song?

a)

Let’s dance

b)

Young Americans

c)

Life on Mars?