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General Knowledge Quiz

Total questions: 107

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which number is a prime?

a)

21

b)

49

c)

53

d)

1

2.

Which device measures air pressure?

a)

Barometer

b)

Hygrometer

c)

Ammeter

d)

Seismograph

3.

Which planet has the most moons confirmed?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

4.

Which gas makes up most of Earth’s atmosphere?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Carbon dioxide

d)

Argon

5.

What is the hardest natural substance?

a)

Quartz

b)

Sapphire

c)

Diamond

d)

Corundum

6.

What is the capital of Canada?

a)

Toronto

b)

Ottawa

c)

Vancouver

d)

Montreal

7.

Which writing system is used in Japan with Chinese characters?

a)

Hangul

b)

Kanji

c)

Cyrillic

d)

Devanagari

8.

Which instrument is a woodwind?

a)

Violin

b)

Clarinet

c)

Trumpet

d)

Cello

9.

The acronym “URL” stands for…

a)

Universal Resource Locator

b)

Uniform Resource Locator

c)

Unified Reference Link

d)

Universal Reference Link

10.

Which element is liquid at room temperature?

a)

Mercury

b)

Potassium

c)

Lithium

d)

Sodium

11.

Which ocean is the smallest by area?

a)

Indian

b)

Arctic

c)

Atlantic

d)

Southern

12.

A heptagon has how many sides?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

13.

Which animal is a marsupial?

a)

Koala

b)

Panda

c)

Lemur

d)

Meerkat

14.

Which continent has the most countries?

a)

South America

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

15.

The Great Barrier Reef is primarily composed of…

a)

Basalt

b)

Coral

c)

Granite

d)

Sandstone

16.

What is the longest river in the world by most modern measurements?

a)

Amazon

b)

Nile

c)

Yangtze

d)

Mississippi

17.

Which language has the most native speakers?

a)

English

b)

Mandarin Chinese

c)

Spanish

d)

Hindi

18.

What is the currency of South Korea?

a)

Yen

b)

Yuan

c)

Won

d)

Dong

19.

Which organ produces insulin?

a)

Liver

b)

Pancreas

c)

Spleen

d)

Thyroid

20.

Which metal is most abundant in Earth’s crust?

a)

Iron

b)

Aluminum

c)

Copper

d)

Calcium

21.

Photosynthesis occurs mainly in which organelle?

a)

Mitochondrion

b)

Chloroplast

c)

Ribosome

d)

Nucleus

22.

The speed of light in vacuum is approximately…

a)

3×10³ m/s

b)

3×10⁵ m/s

c)

3×10⁸ m/s

d)

3×10¹¹ m/s

23.

Which vitamin helps blood clotting?

a)

A

b)

C

c)

D

d)

K

24.

HTML is primarily used to…

a)

Style web pages

b)

Structure web content

c)

Query databases

d)

Secure connections

25.

CRISPR is a tool for…

a)

Protein folding

b)

Gene editing

c)

Imaging cells

d)

Making vaccines only

26.

Which particle carries a negative charge?

a)

Proton

b)

Neutron

c)

Electron

d)

Positron

27.

Earth’s most common rock type in the crust is…

a)

Basalt

b)

Granite

c)

Limestone

d)

Marble

28.

1 kilobyte equals…

a)

100 bytes

b)

1024 bytes

c)

1000 bytes exactly

d)

2048 bytes

29.

The Doppler effect is a change in…

a)

Temperature

b)

Frequency

c)

Mass

d)

Charge

30.

Which blood type is a universal donor for red cells?

a)

A−

b)

O−

c)

AB+

d)

B+

31.

Which planet has the longest day (rotation)?

a)

Venus

b)

Mars

c)

Earth

d)

Mercury

32.

The SI unit of electric current is…

a)

Volt

b)

Ohm

c)

Ampere

d)

Watt

33.

“HTTPS” adds which protocol for security?

a)

FTP

b)

SSH

c)

TLS/SSL

d)

SFTP

34.

In chemistry, pH 2 is…

a)

Strongly acidic

b)

Neutral

c)

Weakly basic

d)

Strongly basic

35.

A light-year measures…

a)

Time

b)

Distance

c)

Brightness

d)

Temperature

36.

The aurora is caused by interactions between solar wind and…

a)

Ozone layer

b)

Magnetosphere

c)

Jet stream

d)

Tectonic plates

37.

Moore’s Law originally observed the doubling of…

a)

Battery life

b)

Transistor count

c)

Pixel density

d)

Storage speed

38.

Which disease is caused by a prion?

a)

Rabies

b)

Mad cow disease

c)

Tuberculosis

d)

Malaria

39.

In electricity, P = VI means power equals…

a)

Voltage × Current

b)

Voltage ÷ Current

c)

Current ÷ Voltage

d)

Resistance × Current

40.

The nearest star system to Earth is…

a)

Barnard’s Star

b)

Alpha Centauri

c)

Sirius

d)

Vega

41.

The capital of Kenya is…

a)

Addis Ababa

b)

Nairobi

c)

Kampala

d)

Dar es Salaam

42.

The Taj Mahal is in…

a)

New Delhi

b)

Jaipur

c)

Agra

d)

Varanasi

43.

The world’s largest desert (non-polar) is…

a)

Sahara

b)

Arabian

c)

Gobi

d)

Kalahari

44.

Mount Kilimanjaro is in…

a)

Kenya

b)

Tanzania

c)

Ethiopia

d)

Uganda

45.

Which country is landlocked?

a)

Peru

b)

Bolivia

c)

Ecuador

d)

Colombia

46.

The Danube flows into which sea?

a)

Baltic

b)

Black

c)

Adriatic

d)

Aegean

47.

The strait between Spain and Morocco is the…

a)

Bosporus

b)

Dover

c)

Gibraltar

d)

Magellan

48.

Which U.S. state is called the “Sunshine State”?

a)

California

b)

Florida

c)

Arizona

d)

Nevada

49.

The driest continent is…

a)

Antarctica

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

d)

Asia

50.

Which country has the city of Medellín?

a)

Mexico

b)

Colombia

c)

Chile

d)

Argentina

51.

The Mekong River does NOT flow through…

a)

Laos

b)

Cambodia

c)

Myanmar

d)

Vietnam

52.

The city historically known as Constantinople is…

a)

Ankara

b)

Istanbul

c)

Izmir

d)

Bursa

53.

Which country uses the forint?

a)

Hungary

b)

Romania

c)

Czechia

d)

Croatia

54.

The world’s highest waterfall by uninterrupted drop is…

a)

Victoria

b)

Angel

c)

Niagara

d)

Iguazu

55.

The city of Timbuktu is in…

a)

Mali

b)

Niger

c)

Sudan

d)

Chad

56.

Which country has the most time zones (including territories)?

a)

USA

b)

France

c)

Russia

d)

UK

57.

The Atacama Desert is in…

a)

Peru

b)

Chile

c)

Argentina

d)

Bolivia

58.

Lake Baikal is notable for being…

a)

Highest altitude

b)

Saltiest

c)

Deepest freshwater

d)

Largest by area

59.

The “Emerald Isle” refers to…

a)

Iceland

b)

Ireland

c)

New Zealand

d)

Sri Lanka

60.

Lake Baikal is notable for being…

a)

Highest altitude

b)

Saltiest

c)

Deepest freshwater

d)

Largest by area

61.

The “Emerald Isle” refers to…

a)

Iceland

b)

Ireland

c)

New Zealand

d)

Sri Lanka

62.

The longest European river is the…

a)

Rhine

b)

Danube

c)

Volga

d)

Dnieper

63.

The Magna Carta was signed in…

a)

1066

b)

1215

c)

1492

d)

1649

64.

The ancient city of Machu Picchu was built by the…

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

d)

Olmec

65.

The “Cold War” primarily involved the USA and…

a)

Germany

b)

Japan

c)

Soviet Union

d)

China

66.

Who discovered penicillin?

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Alexander Fleming

c)

Robert Koch

d)

Edward Jenner

67.

The first successful powered flight (Wright brothers) was in…

a)

1903

b)

1914

c)

1899

d)

1927

68.

The Berlin Wall fell in…

a)

1987

b)

1988

c)

1989

d)

1991

69.

The Titanic sank after striking an iceberg in…

a)

1905

b)

1912

c)

1918

d)

1925

70.

Genghis Khan founded the…

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

Mughal Empire

c)

Mongol Empire

d)

Persian Empire

71.

The Rosetta Stone helped scholars read…

a)

Sanskrit

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Egyptian hieroglyphs

d)

Linear B

72.

The Meiji Restoration modernized which country?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

Korea

d)

Thailand

73.

The French Revolution began in…

a)

1776

b)

1789

c)

1804

d)

1815

74.

The first woman in space was…

a)

Sally Ride

b)

Valentina Tereshkova

c)

Mae Jemison

d)

Svetlana Savitskaya

75.

The Silk Road primarily linked China with…

a)

The Americas

b)

Europe

c)

Oceania

d)

Antarctica

76.

The “Scramble for Africa” was in the…

a)

1500s

b)

1600s

c)

1700s

d)

1800s

77.

The city of Petra is in modern-day…

a)

Egypt

b)

Jordan

c)

Syria

d)

Israel

78.

“To Kill a Mockingbird” was written by…

a)

Harper Lee

b)

Toni Morrison

c)

Jane Austen

d)

George Eliot

79.

A word that sounds like what it describes (buzz, hiss) is…

a)

Metaphor

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Irony

80.

“La Belle Dame sans Merci” is by…

a)

John Keats

b)

William Blake

c)

Lord Byron

d)

T.S. Eliot

81.

The Filipino epic featuring Lam-ang is…

a)

Biag ni Lam-ang

b)

Hudhud

c)

Ibalon

d)

Darangen

82.

“One Hundred Years of Solitude” was written in…

a)

English

b)

Spanish

c)

Portuguese

d)

French

83.

A haiku traditionally has how many syllables?

a)

14

b)

17

c)

19

d)

21

84.

The author of “1984” is…

a)

Aldous Huxley

b)

George Orwell

c)

Kurt Vonnegut

d)

Ray Bradbury

85.

The comparative form of “good” is…

a)

Gooder

b)

Best

c)

Better

d)

More good

86.

“Ibong Adarna” is written in…

a)

Ilocano

b)

Filipino/Tagalog

c)

Cebuano

d)

Kapampangan

87.

A palindrome reads the same forwards and backwards. Which is a palindrome?

a)

Noon

b)

Later

c)

Soon

d)

Moon

88.

The Greek muse of history is…

a)

Calliope

b)

Clio

c)

Erato

d)

Terpsichore

89.

“Noli Me Tangere” critiques…

a)

Colonial society

b)

Astronomy

c)

Agriculture

d)

Music theory

90.

The main character of “The Little Prince” meets a fox who teaches about…

a)

War

b)

Taming

c)

Flight

d)

Mathematics

91.

“Florante at Laura” was written by…

a)

Francisco Balagtas

b)

Jose Rizal

c)

Nick Joaquin

d)

Carlos Bulosan

92.

The plural of “cactus” (standard) is…

a)

Cactuses or cacti

b)

Cacti only

c)

Cactus

d)

Cactae

93.

How many players start for one team in basketball?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

94.

The Olympics are held every…

a)

2 years

b)

3 years

c)

4 years

d)

5 years

95.

In soccer, the 2022 FIFA World Cup was won by…

a)

France

b)

Argentina

c)

Brazil

d)

Germany

96.

A perfect score in a single bowling game is…

a)

200

b)

250

c)

300

d)

350

97.

The Wimbledon surface is…

a)

Clay

b)

Grass

c)

Hard

d)

Carpet

98.

The term “birdie” is used in…

a)

Golf

b)

Tennis

c)

Baseball

d)

Cricket

99.

Which nation hosts the Tour de France?

a)

Spain

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Belgium

100.

In volleyball, how many points to win a set (by 2) under rally scoring (most sets)?

a)

21

b)

15

c)

25

d)

30

101.

The NBA team “Heat” is based in…

a)

Orlando

b)

Miami

c)

Phoenix

d)

Houston

102.

In chess, which piece can “castle” with the king?

a)

Bishop

b)

Rook

c)

Knight

d)

Queen

103.

The Filipino boxer nicknamed “Pacman” is…

a)

Nonito Donaire

b)

Manny Pacquiao

c)

Gerry Peñalosa

d)

Donnie Nietes

104.

The maximum score for a single gymnastics routine (open-ended now) was historically…

a)

9.5

b)

10

c)

12

d)

15

105.

In baseball, 3 strikes equals…

a)

Out

b)

Walk

c)

Foul

d)

Balk

106.

The term “grand slam” in tennis means…

a)

Four majors won in one calendar year

b)

Winning any major

c)

Winning Olympic gold

d)

Winning Davis Cup

107.

The PBA stands for…

a)

Philippine Boxing Association

b)

Philippine Basketball Association

c)

Pro Bowling Assoc.

d)

Professional Badminton Assoc.