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KS4 Excellence Quiz 2025

Total questions: 116

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Shakespeare play is known as the ‘Scottish Play’?

a)
Hamlet
b)
Julius Caesar
c)
Macbeth
d)
Othello
2.

Which mountain range separates French from Spain?

a)
Rockies
b)
Alps
c)
Andes
d)
Pyrenees
3.

Which Spanish tennis player won the most French Opens?

a)
Rafael Nadal
b)
Juan Carlos Ferrero
c)
David Ferrer
d)
Carlos Moya
4.

Which Roman Emperor is said to have played the fiddle as Rome burnt?

a)
Tiberius
b)
Augustus
c)
Nero
d)
Caligula
5.

Who was the Roman equivalent to Zeus?

a)
Jupiter
b)
Hades
c)
Apollo
d)
Mars
6.

What region of Spain will you find Barcelona?

a)
Madrid
b)
Catalonia
c)
Andalusia
d)
Valencia
7.

Who wrote Animal Farm?

a)
Aldous Huxley
b)
Ray Bradbury
c)
George Orwell
d)
Ernest Hemingway
8.

Which prison was stormed triggering the French Revolution?

a)
Bastille
b)
Versailles
c)
Conciergerie
d)
Louvre
9.

Which Shakespeare play involved a Danish Prince?

a)
Macbeth
b)
Othello
c)
King Lear
d)
Hamlet
10.

Which river passes through Paris?

a)
Garonne
b)
Rhone
c)
Loire
d)
Seine
11.

Which countries makes up the Iberian Peninsula?

a)
France and Italy
b)
Germany and Belgium
c)
Greece and Turkey
d)
Spain and Portugal
12.

Which classical figure rode elephants over the mountains?

a)
Hannibal
b)
Alexander the Great
c)
Julius Caesar
d)
Genghis Khan
13.

What is the name of the gothic horror book written by Mary Shelly?

a)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
b)
The Haunting
c)
Dracula
d)
Frankenstein
14.

Which French city does the Le Shuttle train terminates at?

a)
Nice
b)
Lille
c)
Calais
d)
Paris
15.

Which Spanish football club was honoured by the Spanish royal family in 1920?

a)
Barcelona
b)
Atletico Madrid
c)
Real Madrid
d)
Sevilla FC
16.

What does the phrase ‘carpe diem’ mean?

a)
Cherish the moment.
b)
Live for tomorrow.
c)
Embrace the night.
d)
Seize the day.
17.

Which element was known as ‘quicksilver’ in ancient times?

a)
Lead
b)
Mercury
c)
Gold
d)
Silver
18.

What does DNA stand for?

a)
Deoxyribonucleic Compound
b)
Dioxyribonucleic Base
c)
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
d)
Deoxyribonuclear Acid
19.

What process describes the bending of light upon entering a different medium?

a)
Reflection
b)
Diffraction
c)
Dispersion
d)
Refraction
20.

Which programming language was ChatGPT written in?

a)
Java
b)
C++
c)
Ruby
d)
Python
21.

Which birds did Charles Darwin study for his Theory of Evolution?

a)
African grey parrots
b)
Galápagos finches
c)
Australian magpies
d)
Hawaiian honeycreepers
22.

Where is CERN located?

a)
CERN is based in Paris, France.
b)
CERN is situated in Berlin, Germany.
c)
CERN is found in Rome, Italy.
d)
CERN is located in Geneva, Switzerland.
23.

What part of the computer is responsible for data processing?

a)
Random Access Memory (RAM)
b)
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
c)
Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
d)
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
24.

Express pi to the nearest fraction?

a)
3/1
b)
22/7
c)
14/5
d)
10/3
25.

What type of planets are Jupiter/Saturn?

a)
Gas giants
b)
Dwarf planets
c)
Ice giants
d)
Terrestrial planets
26.

What metal ion produces a lilac flame?

a)
Sodium (Na)
b)
Calcium (Ca)
c)
Potassium (K)
d)
Barium (Ba)
27.

What process manages the flow of water in plants?

a)
Transpiration
b)
Evaporation
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Osmosis
28.

What is the name of the list of calculations or other problem solving operations a computer follows?

a)
Procedure
b)
Formula
c)
Method
d)
Algorithm
29.

What number system involves only 0s and 1s?

a)
Decimal
b)
Octal
c)
Hexadecimal
d)
Binary
30.

What chemical process allows us to obtain petrol from crude oil?

a)
Catalytic reforming
b)
Fractional distillation
c)
Thermal decomposition
d)
Hydrocracking
31.

What forces resists motion when two objects slide against each other?

a)
Momentum
b)
Inertia
c)
Gravity
d)
Friction
32.

What organ regulates insulin levels in the body?

a)
Liver
b)
Kidneys
c)
Spleen
d)
Pancreas
33.

Who is Britain's longest serving monarch?

a)
Queen Elizabeth II
b)
King Henry VIII
c)
Queen Victoria
d)
King George VI
34.

Which controversial treaty was signed in 1919 after World War 1?

a)
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
b)
Treaty of Saint-Germain
c)
Treaty of Trianon
d)
Treaty of Versailles
35.

Which two houses fought during the War of the Roses?

a)
Lancaster and York
b)
Bourbon and Habsburg
c)
Plantagenet and Windsor
d)
Tudor and Stuart
36.

Who redesigned London after the Great Fire of London?

a)
Robert Hooke
b)
John Evelyn
c)
Sir Isaac Newton
d)
Sir Christopher Wren
37.

What year did D-Day happen?

a)
1944
b)
1942
c)
1943
d)
1945
38.

Which British monarch reigned after the English Civil War?

a)
Charles II
b)
Edward VI
c)
Henry VIII
d)
James I
39.

Who first discovered penicillin in 1928?

a)
Alexander Fleming
b)
Isaac Newton
c)
Louis Pasteur
d)
Marie Curie
40.

Which American president was assassinated during a theatre performance?

a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Washington
41.

What author wrote Oliver, Bleak House and a Christmas Carol?

a)
Mark Twain
b)
Charles Dickens
c)
Jane Austen
d)
Leo Tolstoy
42.

Which battle did Lord Nelson perish in?

a)
Battle of Waterloo
b)
Battle of Trafalgar
c)
Battle of Hastings
d)
Battle of Agincourt
43.

Which Spanish dictator presided over the Spanish Civil War?

a)
Augusto Pinochet
b)
Francisco Franco
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
Hugo Chavez
44.

Which English monarch abdicated in 1938?

a)
Queen Mary
b)
King George VI
c)
King Henry VIII
d)
King Edward VIII
45.

Which British Prime Minster famously served until the end of World War 2?

a)
Neville Chamberlain
b)
Clement Attlee
c)
David Lloyd George
d)
Winston Churchill
46.

What honour did King James 1 have in British history?

a)
He was the first to establish the British Parliament.
b)
He was the first monarch to rule over both England and Scotland.
c)
He was the last monarch to rule over Ireland.
d)
He was the first king to unite Wales and England.
47.

What was the name of several global economic downturn in 1929 caused by the US stock market crash?

a)
Market Recession
b)
Economic Collapse
c)
Financial Crisis
d)
Great Depression
48.

What project lead to the development of the atomic bomb?

a)
The Trinity Project
b)
The Manhattan Project
c)
The Manhattan Initiative
d)
The Apollo Program
49.

Say what you see

a)
Lionheart
b)
Lion King
c)
Heartbreaker
d)
Royal Heart
50.

Say what you see

a)

Card in a Square

b)

Jack in a Square

c)

Jack in a Box

d)

Card in a Box

51.

Say what you see

a)
Silk Road
b)
Marco Polo Trail
c)
Silk Way
d)
Spice Route
52.

Say what you see

a)
Bach
b)
Schubert
c)
Mozart
d)
Beethoven
53.

Say what you see

a)
Crystal Castle
b)
Crystal Gardens
c)
Crystal Palace Park
d)
Crystal Palace
54.

Say what you see

a)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
b)
The Chronicles of Narnia
c)
The Wizard of Oz
d)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
55.

Say what you see

a)
Wolf of the Night
b)
Wolf in the City
c)
Wall Street Wolf
d)
Wolf of Wall Street
56.

Say what you see

a)
All ways lead to Athens
b)
Every journey ends in London
c)
All roads lead to Rome
d)
All paths lead to Paris
57.

Say what you see

a)
Chutes and Ladders
b)
Ladders and Snakes
c)
Snakes and Ramps
d)
Snakes and Ladders
58.

Say what you see

a)
Bermuda Triangle
b)
Dragon's Triangle
c)
Sargasso Sea
d)
Devil's Triangle
59.

Say what you see

a)
Lemon Shark
b)
Lemon Sole
c)
Lemon Snapper
d)
Lemon Trout
60.

Say what you see

a)
Eye of the Storm
b)
Heart of the Lion
c)
Face of the Moon
d)
Eye of the Tiger
61.

Say what you see

a)
Leicester Square
b)
Covent Garden
c)
Trafalgar Square
d)
Piccadilly Circus
62.

Say what you see

a)
Big Ben
b)
Eiffel Tower
c)
Angel of the North
d)
Statue of Liberty
63.

Say what you see

a)
The Wizard of Oz
b)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
c)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
d)
Charlotte's Web
64.

Say what you see

a)

Cow Ribbon Lake

b)

Cow Bow Lake

c)

Ox Ribbon Lake

d)

Ox Bow Lake

65.

What is the opposite of Empty Sun?

a)
Bright Star
b)
Full Moon
c)
Dark Cloud
d)
Shining Comet
66.

What is the opposite of Hot Work

a)
Heat Work
b)

Cold Play

c)

Lukewarm Play

d)

Cold Work

67.

What is the opposite of Short Hop?

a)
High Jump
b)
Vertical Leap
c)
Sky Dive
d)
Long Jump
68.

What is the opposite of Peace and War?

a)

Peace and Peace

b)

War and War

c)

War and Peace

d)

Peace and War

69.

What is the opposite of King?

a)
Baron
b)
Prince
c)
Queen
d)
Duke
70.

What is the opposite of Virtuous?

a)
Noble
b)
Righteous
c)
Honorable
d)

Wicked

71.

What is the opposite of South by South East?

a)
North by North West
b)
South by South West
c)
East by East North
d)
North by South East
72.

What is the opposite of The Herb Boys?

a)
The Herb Girls
b)
The Spice Dudes
c)
The Spice Girls
d)
The Spice Brothers
73.

What is the opposite of Wet Muddy?

a)
Dry Clean
b)
Soggy Neat
c)
Damp Dirty
d)
Wet Clean
74.

What is the opposite of Letters?

a)
Characters
b)
Punctuation
c)
Numbers
d)
Symbols
75.

What is the opposite of Young Woman and the Land?

a)
Old Woman and the Sky
b)
Old Woman and the Sea
c)
Old Man and the Sea
d)
Young Man and the Land
76.

What is the opposite of The Bad, The Good and The Beautiful?

a)

The Bad, The Bad, The Ugly

b)

The Good, The Good, The Ugly

c)

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

d)

The Good, The Good and The Good

77.

What is the opposite of Live Easy?

a)
Live Slow
b)

Die Free

c)

Die Hard

d)
Live Wild
78.

What is the opposite of Gold Front?

a)
Platinum Front
b)
Copper Side
c)
Bronze Edge
d)
Silver Back
79.

What is the opposite of Up to Space?

a)
Into the Void
b)
Across the Sky
c)
Up to Heaven
d)
Down to Earth
80.

What is the opposite of Indifference Saved the Dog?

a)

Indifference killed the Cat

b)

Indifference saved the Dog

c)

Curiousity Saved the Dog

d)

Curiousity Killed the Cat

81.

What is the capital of Germany?

a)
Munich
b)
Berlin
c)
Frankfurt
d)
Hamburg
82.

What is the capital of Brasil?

a)
Brasília
b)
Salvador
c)
São Paulo
d)
Rio de Janeiro
83.

What is the capital of South Korea?

a)
Busan
b)
Seoul
c)
Incheon
d)
Sejong
84.

What is the capital of Kenya?

a)
Nakuru
b)
Mombasa
c)
Nairobi
d)
Kisumu
85.

What is the capital of Italy?

a)
Rome
b)
Milan
c)
Venice
d)
Florence
86.

What is the capital of Egypt?

a)
Alexandria
b)
Cairo
c)
Luxor
d)
Giza
87.

What is the capital of Japan?

a)
Bangkok
b)
Beijing
c)
Seoul
d)
Tokyo
88.

What is the capital of Uruguay?

a)
Asunción
b)
Buenos Aires
c)
Santiago
d)
Montevideo
89.

What is the capital of Greece?

a)
Athina
b)
Athenia
c)
Athensburg
d)
Athens
90.

What is the capital of Argentina?

a)
Buenos Aires
b)
Brasilia
c)
Lima
d)
Santiago
91.

What is the capital of Canada?

a)
Montreal
b)
Ottawa
c)
Toronto
d)
Vancouver
92.

What is the capital of Sri Lanka?

a)
Kandy
b)
Galle
c)
Jaffna
d)
Colombo
93.

What is the capital of Spain?

a)
Barcelona
b)
Valencia
c)
Sevilla
d)
Madrid
94.

What is the capital of Mexico?

a)
Guadalajara
b)
Monterrey
c)
Mexico City
d)
Cancun
95.

What is the capital of South Africa?

a)
Cape Town
b)
Johannesburg
c)
Durban
d)
Pretoria
96.

What is the capital of New Zealand?

a)
Hamilton
b)
Christchurch
c)
Wellington
d)
Auckland
97.

What is the longest river in the United Kingdom?

a)
River Severn
b)
River Clyde
c)
River Thames
d)
River Mersey
98.

Which object is Hooke’s Law based around?

a)
Spring
b)
Metal rod
c)
Rubber sheet
d)
Elastic band
99.

Which country is St. Peter’s Basilica located in?

a)
Vatican City
b)
France
c)
Italy
d)
Spain
100.

Which form of carbon conducts electricity?

a)
Fullerenes
b)
Graphite
c)
Amorphous carbon
d)
Diamond
101.

Which Pharaoh’s tomb was discovered in 1922?

a)
Ramses II
b)
Cleopatra
c)
Tutankhamun
d)
Akhenaten
102.

Which organisation was responsible for international peace before World War II?

a)
NATO
b)
United Nations
c)
World Health Organization
d)
League of Nations
103.

What is the deepest part of the ocean?

a)
Mariana Abyss in the Pacific Ocean
b)
Puerto Rico Trench Depth
c)
Java Trench Bottom Point
d)
Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench
104.

Which country did Caesar conquer and wrote books about his campaigns?

a)
Gaul
b)
Britain
c)
Spain
d)
Germany
105.

Which metal can melt in your hand?

a)
Aluminum
b)
Copper
c)
Iron
d)
Gallium
106.

What is the voltage of mains electricity in the UK?

a)
230 volts
b)
110 volts
c)
240 volts
d)
120 volts
107.

How many F1 Championships has Lewis Hamilton won?

a)
6
b)
5
c)
8
d)
7
108.

Which country has Yen as its currency?

a)
China
b)
South Korea
c)
Thailand
d)
Japan
109.

Which Egyptian god is known for his falcon’s head?

a)
Horus
b)
Anubis
c)
Ra
d)
Osiris
110.

Who has won the most Premier League titles?

a)
Manchester United
b)
Arsenal
c)
Chelsea
d)
Liverpool
111.

Who scored the winning penalty for England in the Women’s Euro finals?

a)

Chloe Kelly

b)
Lucy Bronze
c)
Fran Kirby
d)
Beth Mead
112.

Who holds the world record for 100 m sprint?

a)
Tyson Gay
b)
Jesse Owens
c)
Usain Bolt
d)
Carl Lewis
113.

Who is the current Prime Minister of the UK?

a)
Liz Truss
b)
Rishi Sunak
c)
Boris Johnson
d)
Keir Starmer
114.

Who tried to destroy Parliament in the gunpowder plot?

a)
Robert Catesby
b)
Guy Fawkes
c)
Thomas Percy
d)
John Wright
115.

What financial statement does the Chancellor of the Exchequer deliver every fiscal year?

a)
Budget
b)
Financial Overview
c)
Statement of Accounts
d)
Report
116.

What does GDP stand for?

a)
Gross Domestic Product
b)
Gross Domestic Profit
c)
General Domestic Product
d)
Gross Development Product