Quiz: General Knowledge

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• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)
• BTEC, GCSE

Introduction

Test your knowledge with a quiz! Five rounds, five questions. Each question lasts a maximum of ten seconds. Will you(r class) manage to answer all the questions? This time the theme is... general knowledge.

General Knowledge

QUIZ

five rounds - five questions - ten seconds

History

ROUND  1

Who was the first president

of the United States?

1. John Adams
2. George Washington
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. Abraham Lincoln

In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?

1. 1985
2. 1987
3. 1989
4. 1991

Which Egyptian queen was

the last pharaoh of Egypt?

1. Nefertiti
2. Hatshepsut
3. Cleopatra
4. Ramses II

What was the name of the parliamentary army that fought against the Royalists

in The English Civil War?

1. The Roundheads
2. The Loyalists
3. The Cavaliers
4. The Royalists

Which great civilisation built the Machu Picchu?

1. Mayas
2. Incas
3. Aztec
4. Olmeken

Geography

ROUND  2

Which river runs through Paris?

1. Thames
2. Tiber
3. Rhine
4. Seine

What is the capital of Australia?

1. Sydney
2. Melbourne
3. Brisbane
4. Canberra

Which mountain is the highest in the world?

1. Mount Everest
2. K2
3. Kangchenjunga
4. Lhotse

In which country is the city of Timbuktu located?

1. Niger
2. Mauritanië
3. Mali
4. Burkina Faso

What is the smallest

independent state in the world?

1. Maldives
2. Luxembourg
3. Vatican City
4. San Marino

Science

ROUND  3

What is the chemical symbol for silver?

1. Ag
2. Si
3. S
4. Au

Who discovered the law of gravity?

1. Galileo Galilei
2. Isaac Newton
3. Johannes Kepler
4. Albert Einstein

What is the hardest natural substance on earth?

1. Quartz
2. Topaz
3. Gold
4. Diamond

What is the largest planet

in our solar system?

1. Mars
2. Jupiter
3. Saturnus
4. Uranus

What do you call the substance we exhale?

1. Oxygen
2. Carbon dioxide
3. Hydrogen
4. Nitrogen

Literature

ROUND  4

Who is the author of the

Chronicles of Narnia series?

1. J.R.R. Tolkien
2. J.K. Rowling
3. Philip Pullman
4. C.S. Lewis

Where does the novel

To Kill a Mockingbird

take place?

1. Jackson, Mississippi
2. Atlanta, Georgia
3. Maycomb, Alabama
4. Richmond, Virginia

Who does Mr. Bingley fall in love with

in the book Pride and Prejudice?

1. Elizabeth Bennet
2. Jane Bennet
3. Mary Bennet
4. Kitty Bennet

What is the name of the first book

in the Harry Potter series?

1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Where does the story of The Little Prince begin?

1. On earth
2. On an asteroid
3. In space
4. In a distant land

Nature & Environment

ROUND  5

Which type of waste poses the greatest

threat to marine animals?

1. Plastic flessen
2. Visnetten
3. Microplastics
4. Rietjes

What is the main source of indoor air pollution?

1. Smoking
2. Cooking
3. Pets
4. Cleaning products

What is the world's fastest land animal?

1. Blue wildebeest
2. Gaff rig
3. Lion
4. Cheetah

Which bird can fly backwards?

1. Hummingbird
2. Swallow
3. Canary
4. Jackdaw

What is the scientific

name for humans?

1. Homo erectus
2. Homo sapiens
3. Homo neanderthalensis
4. Homo habilis

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