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Quiz: General Knowledge Part 2

General Knowledge
QUIZ
five rounds - five questions - ten seconds
PART 2
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QuizUpper Secondary (Key Stage 4)Further Education (Key Stage 5)BTEC, GCSE

This lesson contains 32 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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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, part 2!

Items in this lesson

General Knowledge
QUIZ
five rounds - five questions - ten seconds
PART 2

Slide 1 - Slide


History
ROUND  1

Slide 2 - Slide


Who was the prime minister before Rishi Sunak?
A
Theresa May
B
Boris Johnson
C
Liz Truss
D
Keir Starmer

Slide 3 - Quiz


Where did Columbus think he landed
in 1492 when he saw land?
A
America
B
Australia
C
Chile
D
India

Slide 4 - Quiz


Who patented the first phone?
A
Alexander Graham Bell
B
Johann Philipp Reis
C
Antonio Meucci
D
Amos Dolbear

Slide 5 - Quiz


Where was Napoleon Bonaparte born?
A
Corsica
B
Elba
C
Grenoble
D
Paris

Slide 6 - Quiz


Which prison did Nelson Mandela
spend the longest time in?
A
Pollsmoor
B
Drakenstein
C
Robben Island
D
Victor Verster

Slide 7 - Quiz


Geography
ROUND  2

Slide 8 - Slide


What is the capital city of Wales?
A
Cardiff
B
Swansea
C
Saint Asaph
D
Bangor

Slide 9 - Quiz


Where is Alton Towers located?
A
Chertsey
B
Staffordshire
C
Windsor
D
London

Slide 10 - Quiz


In which city can you find
the Manneken Pis statue?
A
Antwerp
B
Brussels
C
Ghent
D
Leuven

Slide 11 - Quiz


Which French station is the starting
and finishing point of the Thalys?
A
Gare Du Nord
B
Gare de l'Est
C
Gare de Lyon
D
Saint-Lazare

Slide 12 - Quiz


Which African country is Timbuktu located in?
A
Cape Verde
B
Kenia
C
Mali
D
Zambia

Slide 13 - Quiz


Science
ROUND  3

Slide 14 - Slide


What does the Roman numeral "C" stand for?
A
10
B
50
C
100
D
200

Slide 15 - Quiz


How many inches is 1 centimeter?
A
0.21 inch
B
0.39 inch
C
0.51 inch
D
0.73 inch

Slide 16 - Quiz


Who was the first woman
to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)?
A
Gerty Cori
B
Marie Curie
C
Selma Lagerlöf
D
Donna Strickland

Slide 17 - Quiz


Who discovered penicillin?
A
Alexander Fleming
B
Marie Curie
C
Rosalind Franklin
D
William Brockedon

Slide 18 - Quiz


Which blood group is allowed to receive blood transfusions of each blood group?
A
A
B
B
C
AB+
D
O

Slide 19 - Quiz


Literature
ROUND  4

Slide 20 - Slide


Who is the author of I?
A
Dan Brown
B
Stephen King
C
George Orwell
D
Agatha Christie

Slide 21 - Quiz


What is the title of the first book
in the A Song of Ice and Fire series?
A
A Clash of Kings
B
A Feast for Crows
C
A Game of Thrones
D
A Storm of Swords

Slide 22 - Quiz


In which book do you find the characters Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy?
A
Persuasion
B
Emma
C
Pride and Prejudice
D
Sense and Sensibility

Slide 23 - Quiz


Who wrote the book Don Quixote?
A
Giovanni Boccaccio
B
Dante Alighieri
C
Hans Christian Andersen
D
Miguel de Cervantes

Slide 24 - Quiz


Which Greek hero is the main
character in Homer's Iliad?
A
Achilles
B
Hector
C
Odysseus
D
Perseus

Slide 25 - Quiz


Nature & Environment
ROUND  5

Slide 26 - Slide


All kittens are born with blue eyes
A
True
B
Not true

Slide 27 - Quiz


Which animal is the only
mammal that can NOT jump?
A
Goat
B
Camel
C
Cow
D
Elephant

Slide 28 - Quiz


Which of the following leads to water scarcity?
A
Usage of vehicles
B
Growing plants in small cups
C
Letting out industrial wastes into water sources
D
Increase in population

Slide 29 - Quiz


Which natural disaster is caused by
an earthquake under the ocean?
A
Avalanche
B
Tsunami
C
Windhose
D
Cyclone

Slide 30 - Quiz


Which climate zone has the largest temperature difference between summer and winter?
A
Tundra climate zone
B
Tropical climate zone
C
Dry climate zone
D
Polar climate zone

Slide 31 - Quiz

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