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Quiz of Knowledge: A Global Journey

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first Emperor of the Roman Empire?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Augustus

c)

Nero

d)

Caligula

2.

Which British author wrote "Pride and Prejudice"?

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

Jane Austen

c)

Emily Brontë

d)

George Eliot

3.

What is the chemical symbol for the element with atomic number 6?

a)

C

b)

O

c)

N

d)

H

4.

Which river is the longest in Europe?

a)

Danube

b)

Volga

c)

Rhine

d)

Seine

5.

Which art movement is associated with Pablo Picasso?

a)

Impressionism

b)

Cubism

c)

Surrealism

d)

Baroque

6.

Who is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as of 2023?

a)

Boris Johnson

b)

Rishi Sunak

c)

Liz Truss

d)

Keir Starmer

7.

In which year did the Battle of Hastings take place?

a)

1066

b)

1215

c)

1415

d)

1588

8.

Which Shakespearean play features the character of Iago?

a)

Macbeth

b)

Othello

c)

Hamlet

d)

King Lear

9.

What is the name of the first artificial Earth satellite launched by the Soviet Union?

a)

Sputnik 1

b)

Apollo 11

c)

Voyager 1

d)

Hubble

10.

Which country is the smallest by land area in Europe?

a)

Monaco

b)

Vatican City

c)

San Marino

d)

Liechtenstein

11.

Which artist painted the "Mona Lisa"?

a)

Vincent van Gogh

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Raphael

12.

Which country won the FIFA World Cup in 2018?

a)

Germany

b)

Brazil

c)

France

d)

Argentina

13.

Who was the British monarch during the American Revolution?

a)

George I

b)

George II

c)

George III

d)

George IV

14.

Which novel begins with the line "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"?

a)

Great Expectations

b)

A Tale of Two Cities

c)

Wuthering Heights

d)

Jane Eyre

15.

What is the unit of electrical resistance?

a)

Ampere

b)

Volt

c)

Ohm

d)

Watt

16.

Which European city is known as the "City of Canals"?

a)

Amsterdam

b)

Venice

c)

Bruges

d)

Stockholm

17.

Which art movement is associated with Claude Monet?

a)

Impressionism

b)

Expressionism

c)

Realism

d)

Romanticism

18.

Which country is set to host the 2024 Summer Olympics?

a)

Japan

b)

France

c)

USA

d)

Australia

19.

Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

a)

Theresa May

b)

Margaret Thatcher

c)

Angela Merkel

d)

Indira Gandhi

20.

Which British author wrote "1984"?

a)

Aldous Huxley

b)

George Orwell

c)

J.R.R. Tolkien

d)

C.S. Lewis

21.

What is the formula for calculating the area of a circle?

a)

2πr2\pi r

b)

πr2\pi r^2

c)

12πr2\frac{1}{2} \pi r^2

d)

2πr22\pi r^2

22.

Which mountain range separates Europe and Asia?

a)

Alps

b)

Pyrenees

c)

Ural Mountains

d)

Carpathians

23.

Which art movement is associated with Salvador Dalí?

a)

Cubism

b)

Surrealism

c)

Fauvism

d)

Dadaism

24.

Who is the current President of the United States as of 2023?

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Joe Biden

c)

Kamala Harris

d)

Barack Obama