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WorksheetsQuiz 7 Nov 2025
Total questions: 87
Worksheet time: 44mins
Where might you find an aurora? ________
The polar skies
The desert
The rainforest
The ocean
Which gas in the atmosphere can be turned into fertilizer by some microbes?
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Argon
Which layer of the Earth is believed to be formed of molten iron and nickel?
Outer core
Crust
Mantle
Inner core
Which is the world's largest nature reserve?
Etosha Reserve in Namibia
Yellowstone National Park in USA
Serengeti National Park in Tanzania
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Australia
What is the collective noun for rhinoceri? ________
Crash
Herd
Flock
Pod
What type of rock is formed by the rapid cooling of molten lava?
Obsidian
Granite
Sandstone
Limestone
What name is given to the rock formations used as a source of water?
Aquifers
Basalt
Granite
Sandstone
How long does it take for the Earth to spin once on its axis?
One day
One week
One month
One year
What is a very hard, naturally-occurring mineral, of which ruby and sapphire are gem quality varieties?
Corundum
Quartz
Calcite
Gypsum
Which common mineral is used to make casts, moulds, blackboard chalk and plaster of Paris?
Gypsum
Quartz
Calcite
Talc
The Thomas Hardy novel often referred to in the book 'Fifty Shades of Grey' by E L James is:
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Far from the Madding Crowd
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Jude the Obscure
The writer who had a pet cat called Caterina, that was the inspiration for his story 'The Black Cat', was:
Edgar Allan Poe
Charles Dickens
Mark Twain
Oscar Wilde
Identify the South African author, born in 1905, who was a reporter for London’s Daily Express, a World War II BBC broadcaster, and wife of a British Admiral.
Sarah Gertrude Millin
Nadine Gordimer
Olive Schreiner
Bessie Head
In the William Wordsworth poem 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud', the number of daffodils mentioned is:
Ten thousand
One hundred
Five thousand
One thousand
The US author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962 was:
Ernest Hemingway
John Steinbeck
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mark Twain
The name of the blind beggar in the novel 'Treasure Island' by Robert Louis Stevenson is:
Pew
Ben Gunn
Long John Silver
Billy Bones
______ is a great story teller.
Time
Money
Weather
Book
He is head over ______.
heels
toes
hands
ears
Do not speak of ______ in a field that is full of little hills.
secrets
flowers
stones
clouds
He who begins too much ______ little accomplishes.
accomplishes
finishes
tries
fails
Do not use a ______ to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.
hatchet
tissue
feather
stick
24. Stick in the ______.
mud
sand
water
grass
25. ______ the mustard.
Cut
Slice
Spread
Mix
Half a loaf is better than ______.
none
one
some
all
27. Every ______ has a silver lining.
cloud
storm
night
rain
The islands Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu are part of which country?
Japan
China
Philippines
South Korea
The patron saint of Australia is:
St. Patrick
St. George
St. Mary MacKillop
St. Francis Xavier
What is the Latin name for the North Star?
Polaris
Vega
Sirius
Betelgeuse
Scientists study the red shift to investigate which aspect of cosmology?
The expansion of the universe
The formation of black holes
The structure of atoms
The behavior of comets
Which planet possesses the Galilean satellites?
Jupiter
Mars
Venus
Saturn
What is brighter than a hundred million suns?
A supernova
A black hole
The moon
A comet
Who developed the 'aperture synthesis' method of radio astronomy?
Martin Ryle
Karl Jansky
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Antony Hewish
Which planet was located only in 1930?
Pluto
Neptune
Mars
Venus
What is a parsec?
A unit of distance
A type of star
A measure of time
A kind of telescope
A unit of mass
If edu appears at the end of an address, what is the host computer?
College or University
Government Agency
Commercial Organization
Military Site
What does D stand for in CAD?
Design
Drawing
Device
Data
What does H stand for in http? _______
Hyper
Host
Home
Hash
What was the name of the first satellite to relay live TV pictures between the USA and Europe?
Telstar
Sputnik 1
Echo 1
Intelsat I
On the Internet, what does the first B stand for in BBS?
Bulletin
Broadcast
Binary
Browser
What does the first W stand for in WWW?
World
Wide
Web
Word
If you log off, what do you do? _______
Disconnect
Connect
Restart
Update
If you surf the Internet, what do you do? _______
Look around
Go swimming
Ride a bicycle
Cook food
What does D stand for in CAD?
Design
Drawing
Device
Data
What does H stand for in http?
Hyper
Host
Home
Header
What was the name of the first satellite to relay live TV pictures between the USA and Europe?
Telstar
Sputnik 1
Echo 1
Intelsat I
On the Internet, what does the first B stand for in BBS?
Bulletin
Broadcast
Binary
Browser
What does the first W stand for in WWW?
World
Wide
Web
Word
If you log off, what do you do?
Disconnect
Reconnect
Restart
Update
What is netiquette?
Good behavior on the Internet
A type of computer virus
A programming language
A social media platform
Which page of a Web site is called a Home Page?
First
Last
Contact
About
If edu appears at the end of an address, what is the host computer?
College or University
Government Agency
Commercial Organization
Military Site
If you surf the Internet, what do you do?
Look around
Go swimming
Ride a bicycle
Cook food
What is netiquette?
Good behavior on the Internet
A type of computer virus
A programming language
A social media platform
The Kunar River, that was recently seen in news, flows through which two countries?
India and Pakistan
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Afghanistan and Iran
Afghanistan and Tajikistan
Bhavani Island, that was recently seen in news, is located in which state?
Maharashtra
Andhra Pradesh
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Which rocket was used by ISRO to successfully launch India’s heaviest communication satellite CMS-03?
PSLV-C58
GSLV Mk II
LVM3-M5
SSLV-D2
World Jellyfish Day is celebrated annually on which day?
November 1
November 2
November 3
November 4
Samia Suluhu Hassan has become the president of which country in November 2025?
Egypt
Kenya
Uganda
Tanzania
In 1999 Shigetaka Kurita invented what keyboard additions for cell phones that would eventually replace emoticons and even get their own movie?
Emojis
Stickers
GIFs
Memes
When a password is limited strictly to numeric characters, the secret is often referred to as a PIN. What does that acronym stand for?
Personal Identification Number
Private Internet Network
Public Identity Name
Personal Input Node
What word is often abbreviated as Fn on a keyboard?
Function
Finder
Format
Font
In 2021, an Apple II computer manual signed by what mock turtleneck enthusiast sold for almost $800,000 at auction?
Steve Jobs
Bill Gates
Tim Cook
Elon Musk
Khula is a startup software platform that aims to provide technological infrastructure for agriculture companies. It is based in what country, with one of its three capitals being Cape Town?
South Africa
Australia
Brazil
India
What do you call a baby cat?
Kitten
Cub
Puppy
Calf
What do you call a baby butterfly?
Caterpillar
Larva
Pupa
Nymph
What do you call a baby horse?
Foal
Colt
Calf
Puppy
In French, what does “merci” mean?
Thank you.
Hello.
Goodbye.
Please.
Which famous scientist developed the theory of gravity after an apple fell on his head?
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Galileo Galilei
Nikola Tesla
Which page of a Web site is called a Home Page?
First
Last
Contact
About
Professional surfer Jordy Smith was born in which country?
South Africa
Australia
Brazil
United States
Garryowen, Shoeing and Mulligrubber are terms used in which sport?
Rugby Union
Cricket
Golf
Basketball
Bobby Cox was manager of which US professional baseball team before his retirement in 2010?
Atlanta Braves
New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs
Los Angeles Dodgers
Which two colour balls were introduced into the game of 'Snooker Plus' in 1959?
Purple and Orange.
Pink and Brown.
Blue and Yellow.
Green and Black.
Japanese baseball player, Ichiro Suzuki, joined which US baseball team in 2001?
Seattle Mariners
New York Yankees
Los Angeles Dodgers
Boston Red Sox
In which year was the first London to Brighton veteran car run in the UK?
1896
1901
1885
1920
Pato, a game played on horseback, is the national sport of which South American country?
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Uruguay
The Peewee Boyz were Europe’s first all-male what?
Cheerleaders
Ballet dancers
Gymnasts
Singers
What is the opposite of dextral (on the right hand side)?
Sinistral
Central
Lateral
Ambidextrous
Felidae is the scientific name for which animals?
Cats
Dogs
Horses
Rabbits
Ergasiomania is the obsessive need to do what?
Work
Eat
Sleep
Travel
What kind of performer is an ecdysiast?
Striptease artist
Opera singer
Ballet dancer
Magician
In medicine, belonephobia is an irrational fear of what?
Needles
Heights
Spiders
Darkness
Gymnogynomani is an urge to spy on people while they are doing what?
Undressing
Eating
Sleeping
Reading
Porphyrophobia is the irrational fear of which colour?
Purple
Green
Red
Yellow
Which four letter word beginning with Z is an ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for holding a coffee cup?
Zarf
Zinc
Zest
Zone
Thalassophobia is the irrational fear of which natural expanse?
Sea
Desert
Forest
Mountain
What does the Latin phrase ‘Caeci caecos ducentes’ translate to in English?
Blind are led by the blind
The wise lead the foolish
Sight guides the lost
The strong help the weak
