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Friday Trivia- Year 8

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How many people have walked on the moon?
a)
12
b)
15
c)
32
d)
55
2.
What kind of dog is Snoopy from the comic peanuts?
a)
Golden Retriever
b)
Weiner Dog 
c)
Beagle 
d)
Golden lab
3.
What country are the Pyramids in? 
a)
Egypt 
b)
Africa
c)
Europe 
d)
South America
4.
What sweet food made by bees using nectar from flowers?
a)
honey
b)
nectar
c)
juice
d)
pollen
5.
In the nursery rhyme, who sat on a wall before having a great fall?
a)
Humpty Dumpty
b)
Little Miss Muffet
c)
The Old Woman in the Shoe
d)
Puss n' Boots
6.
How many colors are in a rainbow?
a)
5
b)
6
c)
7
d)
8
7.
What is the name of the Australian toy that is designed to come back to you when thrown?
a)
boomerang
b)
pogo stick
c)
wallabaloo
d)
there is no such thing
8.
Where did the Olympic Games originate?
a)
Greece
b)
USA
c)
Canada
d)
Germany
9.

What does H2O stand for?

a)

Food

b)

Water

c)

Calcium

d)

Chloride

10.
How long did it take Leonardo da Vinci to paint Mona Lisa?
a)
5 years
b)
10 years
c)
7 years
d)
8 years
11.

In what year was basketball invented?

a)

1981

b)

1891

c)

1881

12.

Who invented the game of basketball?

a)

John Smith

b)

Labron James

c)

James Naismith

d)

Stephen Curry

13.

In Basketball, when a player stops dribbling and shuffles their feet the violation is called a ____________________.

a)

Carry

b)

Double Dribble

c)

Travel

d)

Held ball

14.
Rhode Island had a basketball team in 1946. What was its name?
a)
The Providence Steamrollers
b)
The Providence Steam Trains
c)
The Providence Tanks
d)
The Providence Stars and Stripes
15.

Name this player

a)

Kareem Abdul Jabbar

b)

Wilt Chamberlain

c)

Walt Frazier

d)

Oscar Robertson

16.

Name this Player

a)

Draymond Green

b)

Klay Thompson

c)

Malik Monk

d)

Andre Iguodala

17.

Name this player

a)

Oscar Robertson

b)

Bill Russel

c)

Jerry West

d)

Karl Malone

18.

In what year did Lebron James decide to join the Heat?

a)

2011

b)

2009

c)

2010

d)

2013

19.

What is Pop Music

a)

Music that evolved out of the rock and roll revolution of the mid-1950's.

b)

Music that is popular

c)

Music that originated in Spain

d)

Old music

20.

What TV channel boosted Pop music's populairty?

a)

Fox 8

b)

The History Channel

c)

CNN

d)

MTV

21.

What was the "Music Video" originally used for?

a)

A promotional tool

b)

To boost clothing sales

c)

The artist could dance

d)

Award ceremonies

22.

Who is this?

a)

P!nk

b)

Cher

c)

Whitney Houston

d)

Pamela Anderson

23.

Who sings the song Purple Rain?

a)

Michael Jackson

b)

Madonna

c)

Taylor Swift

d)

Prince

24.

Who is this?

a)

Christina Aguilera

b)

Madonna

c)

Cher

d)

Stevie Nicks

25.

What two places did Pop Music originate in?

a)

California

b)

United States

c)

China

d)

United Kingdom

26.

Who is this?

a)

Cher

b)

David Bowie

c)

Britney Spears

d)

Eminem

27.

Who sings the song "Take On Me?"

a)

George Michael

b)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

c)

Van Halen

d)

A-HA

28.

what song did lady gaga NOT write?

a)

Bad Romance

b)

Judas

c)

Womanizer

d)

Poker Face

29.

The song "Hey Ya" is by which artist?

a)

Blink-182

b)

MIKA

c)

BlackMix

d)

OutKast

30.

Bruno Mars sang lots of songs, which one of these did he sing?

a)

Dreams

b)

Changes

c)

Never Let You Go

d)

Marry You

31.

"you change your mind like a girl changes clothes" is the lyrics of a song from which artist?

a)

Lady Gaga

b)

Katy Perry

c)

Taylor Swift

d)

Britney Spears

32.

"Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind wanting to start again" are the lyrics from which song

a)

Bad romance

b)

Firework

c)

Poker face

d)

California girls

33.

Who sung the song "Havana?"

a)

Nicki Minaj

b)

Camilla Cabello

c)

Taylor Swift

d)

Ariana Grande.

34.

What year was shape of you brought out?

a)

2016

b)

2015

c)

2017

d)

2018

35.

When did Maroon 5's She will be loved come out?

a)

2000

b)

2002

c)

2004

d)

2006

e)

2008

36.

What year did "Gangnam Style" come out?

a)

2010

b)

2011

c)

2012

d)

2013

37.

Which is NOT a spice girl?

a)

Sporty

b)

Salty

c)

Baby

d)

Ginger

38.

Lead singer of the Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, was the drummer for this band.

a)

House of Pain

b)

No Doubt

c)

Nirvana

d)

Garbage

39.

Don't go chasing waterfalls....

a)

TLC

b)

Spice Girls

c)

Whitney Houston

d)

Brittany Spears

40.

What band sung the song "High Hopes?"

a)

Panic! at the Disco

b)

Take That

c)

Fifth Harmony

d)

Backstreet boys

41.

What is the name of the band that sung "CAKE BY THE OCEAN?"

a)

DNCE

b)

ANCE

c)

NCEA

d)

DCNE

42.

Who sung the song "Fancy?"

a)

Iggy Azalea & Charli XCX

b)

Iggy Azalea & Ariaina Grande

c)

Iggy Azalea & Nicki Minaj

d)

Iggy Azalea & Rita Ora

43.

What are the three kingdoms of Korea where Korean Music started?

a)

Gorguryeo, Baekje, and Silla

b)

Seoul, Pyeongyang, and Wa

c)

Tamna, Xia, ans Shang

d)

None of the Above

44.

What is the other name of Korean Music?

a)

Eum-Ak

b)

Minyo

c)

Wa

d)

Tamna

45.

Which of these is not a Folk Music of Korea?

a)

Pansori

b)

Pungmul

c)

Baekje

d)

Salpuri

46.

What are the Types of Korean Instruments?

a)

Wind, Percussion, and Gamelan

b)

Angklung, Gamelan and Nongak

c)

String, Wind and Percussion

d)

Shinawi, Salpuri and Pungmul

47.

Which of these is a String instrument of Korea?

a)

Geomungo

b)

Doegum

c)

Janggu

d)

Chuk

48.

At least ______ genres of traditional Japanese music exist.

a)

30

b)

40

c)

50

d)

60

49.

What is this instrument called?

a)

Koto

b)

Shakuhachi

c)

Taiko

d)

Shamisen

50.

Which Japanese musical theater used masks?

a)

Bunraku

b)

Gagaku

c)

Noh

d)

Kabuki

51.

What instrument is this?

a)

Taiko

b)

Shakuhachi

c)

Koto

d)

Rhyuteki

52.

What is this instrument?

a)

Noh

b)

Taiko

c)

Koto

d)

Geisha

53.

What is this intrument?

a)

Noh

b)

Taiko

c)

Shakuhachi

d)

Shamisen