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General knowledge quiz for bake off day

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many nationalities did Albert Einstein have?

a)

3 German/Swiss/

American

b)

2 German/Swiss

c)

1 German

d)

4 German/Swiss/

French/American

2.

Which of these facts is NOT true about Sir Isaac Newton?

a)

His last job was to work at the London mint

b)

He discovered the theory of inertia

c)

An apple fell on his head

d)

He was a professor at Cambridge

3.

Which of these facts about Marie Curie is NOT true?

a)

She was the first person to win 2 nobel prizes

b)

She named Polonium after Poland

c)

She died of aplastic anaemia

d)

She was welcomed back to Poland after her discoveries

4.

The half life of radium is....

a)

1000 years

b)

1600 years

c)

600 years

d)

100 years

5.

Which of these facts about Charles Darwin is NOT true?

a)

He was born in Shrewsbury

b)

He left medical school as he didn't like the sight of blood

c)

He was a naturalist, biologist and geologist

d)

He was a vegetarian

6.

How many letters does the longest word in the English dictionary have?

a)

45

b)

35

c)

25

d)

30

7.

What is it?

(a)  

8.

The second longest word is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. What does it mean?

a)

Fear of long words

b)

Fear of large animals

c)

Fear of hippopotamus

d)

Fear of Muggles

9.

My favourite word is floccinaucinihilipilification, what does it mean

a)

the act of estimating something as worthless

b)

the act of shreading sticks

c)

the act of destroying text books

d)

the act of joining sandals together

10.

What is a single confetti called?

a)

Confetti

b)

Confetto

c)

Confetta

d)

Barry

11.

Which word has 3 sets of double letter concurrently?

(a)  

12.

Listen is an anagram of (a)  

13.

What does the word quarantine mean?

a)

Forty days

b)

Keep away

c)

Stay home

d)

Take care