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General Knowledge Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which chess piece can only move diagonally?

a)

Pawn

b)

Rook

c)

Bishop

d)

Knight

2.

Which musical instrument is known as the "king of instruments"?

a)

Violin

b)

Organ

c)

Piano

d)

Trumpet

3.

What is the national flower of Japan?

a)

Lotus

b)

Cherry Blossom

c)

Camellia

d)

Chrysanthemum

4.

In Greek mythology, who was condemned to hold up the sky for eternity?

a)

Prometheus

b)

Atlas

c)

Perseus

d)

Hercules

5.

Which Shakespearean play features the characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

a)

Hamlet

b)

Macbeth

c)

Othello

d)

King Lear

6.

What is the approximate value of the mathematical constant "e"?

a)

2.141

b)

2.718

c)

3.141

d)

1.618

7.

Which river flows through Paris?

a)

Danube

b)

Rhine

c)

Seine

d)

Thames

8.

Which scientist discovered the theory of radioactivity?

a)

Marie Curie

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Ernest Rutherford

d)

Wilhelm Röntgen

9.

In which city was the United Nations founded in 1945?

a)

New York

b)

San Francisco

c)

Geneva

d)

London

10.

In which year did the United Kingdom switch to decimal currency?

a)

1965

b)

1971

c)

1980

d)

1959