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General Knowledge Questions

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is on the United States $10 bill?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Benjamin Franklin

2.

The word equine refers to which kinds of animals?

a)

Bears

b)

Goats

c)

Cows

d)

Horses

3.

Who is on the United States $5 bill?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Benjamin Franklin

4.

What is the spanish word for yellow?

a)

morado

b)

amarillo

c)

naranja

d)

izquierda

5.

What kind of cloud is this?

a)

Stratus

b)

Altostratus

c)

Cumulus

d)

Cumulonimbus

e)

Cirrus

6.

Which of the following is not a primary color?

a)

red

b)

yellow

c)

green

d)

blue

7.

Which planet is the largest?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Earth

d)

Venus

8.

Which word below is a palindrome?

a)

sticks

b)

racecar

c)

moon

d)

drama

9.

How old must a U.S. citizen be in order to vote in elections?

a)

21

b)

25

c)

18

d)

19

10.

Which verb is irregular?

a)

walk

b)

jump

c)

sit

d)

play

11.

Which state does not border the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Maine

b)

Florida

c)

New York

d)

Alabama

12.

How many bones are in the adult human?

a)

56

b)

109

c)

148

d)

206

13.

Who's face is on the dime?

a)

Lincoln

b)

Roosevelt

c)

Jefferson

d)

Washington

14.

Pharaoh is the title given to the rulers of which ancient county?

a)

Israel

b)

Egypt

c)

Russia

d)

China

15.

What state shape is this

a)

New Mexico

b)

Delaware

c)

Kansas

d)

California

16.

Which planet in our Solar System is known for having a ring?

a)

Earth

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Jupiter

17.

What is the top number of a fraction called?

a)

commandor

b)

denominator

c)

numerator

d)

algorithm

18.

In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?

a)

right

b)

left

c)

both

19.

In Major League Baseball, how far are the bases?

a)

60 feet

b)

75 feet

c)

90 feet

d)

110 feet

20.
On our flag, is the top stripe red or white?
a)
White
b)
Stars
c)
Red
d)
Blue
21.

How many weeks are in a year?

a)

36

b)

46

c)

52

d)

365

22.

In what war did the United States fight itself?

a)

Revolutionary War

b)

Civil War

c)

World War I

d)

Vietnam War

23.

What is the largest ocean in the world?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Artic

c)

Indian

d)

Pacific

24.

Who lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, D.C.?

a)

Bill Gates

b)

The President

c)

The Governor

d)

Oprah Winfrey

25.

Who was this President of the United States?

a)

John Adams

b)

John Tyler

c)

John Polk

d)

John Kennedy

26.

What is the nickname for the state of Tennessee?

a)

The Music City

b)

The Bluegrass State

c)

The Sunshine State

d)

The Volunteer State

27.

Oil, natural gas and coals are examples of...

a)

Biofuels

b)

Geothermal resources

c)

Renewable resources

d)

Fossil fuels

28.
What is the largest state in the United States?
a)
Texas
b)
Washington
c)
California
d)
Montana
29.
According to a proverb about hope, "There's always light at the end of..." what?
a)
The journey
b)
The day
c)
The tunnel
d)
E.T.'s finger
30.
How fast can a cheetah run?
a)
68-75 mph
b)
51-56 mph
c)
56-67 mph
31.
Which animal sleeps with one eye open?
a)
gorillas
b)
dolphins
c)
snakes
d)
lions
32.
How long did it take Leonardo da Vinci to paint Mona Lisa?
a)
5 years
b)
10 years
c)
7 years
d)
8 years
33.

How many teeth does a normal adult mouth have?

a)

34

b)

32

c)

24

d)

40

34.

How many straight edges does a cube have?

a)

8

b)

4

c)

16

d)

12

35.

What is the chemical formula for water?

a)

Mg

b)

HS2

c)

H2O

d)

SP50

36.

Which is the longest river on the earth?

a)

Jagir

b)

Nile

c)

Amazon

d)

Victoria

37.

Who was Dimitri Ivanovich Mendeleev?

a)

Periodic table inventor

b)

Sandwich

c)

A singer

d)

An Astronomer

38.

What female Nobel Prize winner conducted research on radioactivity?

a)

Sandwich

b)

Tierra Guinn

c)

Marie Curie

d)

Isaac Newton

39.

Energy=____to the speed of light squared

a)

Gravity

b)

Mass

c)

Sandwich

d)

Lightning

40.

Biology is the study of what?

a)

Life

b)

Sandwich

c)

The human brain

d)

Weather

41.

What is Newton's first law of motion?

a)

Every action has an equal opposite reaction

b)

An object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force

c)

The force acting on an object is equal to the mass of an object times its acceleration

d)

Sandwich

42.

What are the coordinates of the blue star? (x, y)

a)

(7, 4)

b)

(1, 3)

c)

(3, 1)

d)

(1, 7)

43.

Identify the complete Rhyme Scheme

a)

A , A, A, B

b)

A, A, B, A

c)

A, A, A, A

d)

A, A, B, B

44.

What is the capital of France?

a)

Budapest

b)

London

c)

Bucharest

d)

Paris

45.

The flag that has ( green, white and red) belongs to which country?

a)

Spain

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Cyprus

46.

How far is the Sun from the Earth?

a)

93 million miles away

b)

39 million miles away

c)

54 km

d)

125 meters