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WorksheetsWho wants to be a millionaire? Part 2
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 38mins
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Which of these is an old-fashioned term for a tomato?
love apple
darling cherry
dream orange
saucy banana
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What name is given to a year with 366 days?
stride year
leap year
skip year
vault year
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In card games, what name is given to the most important suit?
lumps
bumps
trumps
grumps
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Which term applied to a greyish cat with dark stripes?
tabby
flabby
crabby
scabby
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What was the name of the charter granted by King John?
Magna Carta
Chris Carta
Howard Carta
Jimmy Carta
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What do diners in a restaurant use to take away their leftovers?
piggy bag
doggy bag
kitty bag
bunny bag
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What kind of food is sage?
fungus
bean
herb
wine
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Somebody with more important things to do has other ... ?
fish to fry
potatoes to boil
tomatoes to grill
eggs to scramble
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Complete the proverb: "Once bitten, twice ..."
forgotten
shy
full
hungry
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Which colour is traditionally associated with the Conservative Party?
blue
green
yellow
red
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Which colour has a shade called 'pillar box'?
blue
green
yellow
red
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An item that sells quickly is said to sell like hot what?
cakes
chocolate
soup
dogs
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Which of these is a poetic name for Ireland?
Diamond Country
Ruby region
Emerald Isle
Pearl District
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Which creatures are kept in an aviary?
bees
birds
butterflies
bears
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The Bronx is an area in which US city?
Chicago
New York
Los Angeles
Miami
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What is the name for the celebratory meal after a wedding, whatever the time of day?
wedding breakfast
wedding lunch
wedding tea
wedding supper
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Which of these is a shade of pink?
shocking
disgusting
appaling
horrifying
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Something difficult to understand is said to be as clear as what?
glass
paint
mud
water
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Someone lively and cheerful can be said to be 'full of the joys of ...' what?
spring
summer
autumn
winter
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Where does a person who plays truant refuse to go?
school
church
weddings
dentist
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On which of these occasions is haggis traditionally eaten?
August Bank Holiday
Burns Night
St. Patrick's Day
Queen's Birthday
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What is the name of the seats on the ground floor of a theatre?
booths
shops
counters
stalls
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What kind of arts are karate and judo?
fine
culinary
martial
black
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The traditional opening to the 23rd Psalm is 'The Lord is my ...' who?
guardian
hope
shepherd
father
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What kind of chair can turn around and is commonly used in offices?
rocking chair
easy chair
deck chair
swivel chair
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What kind of chair is made of canvas over a folding frame?
rocking chair
easy chair
deck chair
swivel chair
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In which London building are the Crown Jewels kept?
Buckingham Palace
Houses of Parliament
Westminster Abbey
Tower of London
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The British dependency of Gibraltar is joined by land to which other European country?
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
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Which of these ingredients would you traditionally find in a paella?
pasta
potato
rice
couscous
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The Appalachian mountain range is on which continent?
Asia
Africa
Europe
North America
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What would be the defining characteristic of a narcissistic person?
wealth
anxiety
vanity
intelligence
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Where would you be most likely to see a 'gazebo'?
at a zoo
on a roof
in a garden
under water
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Complete the title of the Umberto Eco book: 'The Name of the ...'
Dahlia
Lilac
Narcissus
Rose
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Whose tomb was discovered by Howard carter in 1922?
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Tutankhamen
Genghis Khan
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The first atom bomb was dropped on which Japanese city?
Nagasaki
Yokohama
Hiroshima
Nagoya
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Which of these words is a slang name for diamonds?
frosr
snow
hail
ice
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What kind of bird is a macaw?
parrot
penguin
puffin
pigeon
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Leonardo DiCaprio starred in which of these films?
The Cruel Sea
The Beach
The Swimmer
The Sea of Sand
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What type of dog is Lady in the cartoon film 'Lady and the Tramp'?
cocker spaniel
beagle
chihuahua
border collie
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Which Shakespeare play features the line 'Something is rotten' in the state of Denmark?
Macbeth
Hamlet
King Lear
Othello
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Jupiter is the Roman name for which God of Greek mythology?
Ares
Eros
Apollo
Zeus
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The song 'A Whole New World' comes from which Disney film?
The Lion King
Aladdin
The Little Mermaid
Pocahontas
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England fought the Hundred Years' War against which country?
Spain
Poland
France
Switzerland
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What shape is the pasta 'fettuccini'?
ribbons
butterflies
parcels
shells
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The Topkapi Palace was home to which emperors?
Holy Roman
Russian
Ottoman
Aztec
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What was the name of Michael Jackson's 1995 album?
HIStory
GEOGraphy
CHEmistry
BIOlogy
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What is the triangular muscle of the shoulder called?
triceps
biceps
gluteus maximus
deltoid
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What is the technical name of the voice box?
larynx
epiglottis
coccyx
mandible
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Arriving in New York, who famously said 'I have nothing to declare except my genius'?
Albert Einstein
John Lennon
Noel Coward
Oscar Wilde
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The American Robert Oppenheimer is best known for the development of what?
telephone
atom bomb
artificial satellite
helicopter
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Which French phrase means 'required by fashion'?
de luxe
de nos jours
de trop
de rigueur
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Which gas was named after the Greek word for 'green'?
argon
neon
chlorine
helium
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Episodes of which TV comedy are regularly titled "The one with ... "?
South Park
Friends
The Simpsons
Frasier
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The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of which ocean?
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
Arctic
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The Indonesian capital Jakarta is on which island?
Sumatra
Bali
Borneo
Java
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Mecca is a city in which country?
India
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Israel
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The girl's name Erica is also the Latin word for which plant, another girl's name?
Daisy
Lily
Pansy
Heather
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In mythology, which creature sprang from the blood of Medusa?
Pegasus
Cerberus
Hydra
Centaur
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The Rosetta Stone was discovered in which country?
Israel
Yemen
Egypt
Ethiopia
32000£
The Daiquiri cocktail is named after a place in which country?
Cuba
Venezuela
Mexico
Guyana
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Petrography is concerned with what?
soil
fossils
rocks
oceans
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What is the literal meaning of the word 'Pharaoh'?
river of light
eat well
great house
lover of gods
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In which modern country is the site of the Battle of Balaklava?
Armenia
Turkey
Ukraine
Georgia
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Who was made the first Holy Roman Emperor?
Augustus
Saladin
Attila
Charlemagne
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Which artist painted 'Guernica'?
Dali
Picasso
Cezanne
Van Gogh
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What is the literal meaning of the word 'cenotaph'?
single pillar
old monument
silent stone
empty tomb
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What is the national anthem of Australia?
O, Australia!
Australia Forever
Advance Australia Fair
Land of Freedom and Sun
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What does the F stand for in the name of the US president John F Kennedy?
Franklin
Finnegan
Frobisher
Fitzgerald
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In October 1956, which country of the Eastern Bloc was invaded by the Soviet Union?
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Poland
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Which amendment to the US constitution says that no-one may be forced to testify against himself in court?
1st
4th
5th
15th
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What nationality was the astronomer Kepler?
German
Danish
Polish
Swiss
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Caliban is a character in which Shakespear play?
The Tempest
Measure for Measure
Julius Caesar
King John
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'The Scarlet Letter' is a novel by which American writer?
Herman Melville
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Jack London
John Steinbeck
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Port Louis is the capital of which island state in the Indian Ocean?
Mauritius
Seychelles
Maldives
Madagascar
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The Roman philosopher Seneca was tutor to which emperor?
Trajan
Constantine
Hadrian
Nero
