Quiz: General Knowledge Part 2

• Quiz
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)
• 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, part 2!

General Knowledge

QUIZ

five rounds - five questions - ten seconds

PART 2

History

ROUND  1

Who was the prime minister before Rishi Sunak?

1. Theresa May
2. Boris Johnson
3. Liz Truss
4. Keir Starmer

Where did Columbus think he landed

in 1492 when he saw land?

1. America
2. Australia
3. Chile
4. India

Who patented the first phone?

1. Alexander Graham Bell
2. Johann Philipp Reis
3. Antonio Meucci
4. Amos Dolbear

Where was Napoleon Bonaparte born?

1. Corsica
2. Elba
3. Grenoble
4. Paris

Which prison did Nelson Mandela

spend the longest time in?

1. Pollsmoor
2. Drakenstein
3. Robben Island
4. Victor Verster

Geography

ROUND  2

What is the capital city of Wales?

1. Cardiff
2. Swansea
3. Saint Asaph
4. Bangor

Where is Alton Towers located?

1. Chertsey
2. Staffordshire
3. Windsor
4. London

In which city can you find

the Manneken Pis statue?

1. Antwerp
2. Brussels
3. Ghent
4. Leuven

Which French station is the starting

and finishing point of the Thalys?

1. Gare Du Nord
2. Gare de l'Est
3. Gare de Lyon
4. Saint-Lazare

Which African country is Timbuktu located in?

1. Cape Verde
2. Kenia
3. Mali
4. Zambia

Science

ROUND  3

What does the Roman numeral "C" stand for?

1. 10
2. 50
3. 100
4. 200

How many inches is 1 centimeter?

1. 0.21 inch
2. 0.39 inch
3. 0.51 inch
4. 0.73 inch

Who was the first woman

to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)?

1. Gerty Cori
2. Marie Curie
3. Selma Lagerlöf
4. Donna Strickland

Who discovered penicillin?

1. Alexander Fleming
2. Marie Curie
3. Rosalind Franklin
4. William Brockedon

Which blood group is allowed to receive blood transfusions of each blood group?

1. A
2. B
3. AB+
4. O

Literature

ROUND  4

Who is the author of I?

1. Dan Brown
2. Stephen King
3. George Orwell
4. Agatha Christie

What is the title of the first book

in the A Song of Ice and Fire series?

1. A Clash of Kings
2. A Feast for Crows
3. A Game of Thrones
4. A Storm of Swords

In which book do you find the characters Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy?

1. Persuasion
2. Emma
3. Pride and Prejudice
4. Sense and Sensibility

Who wrote the book Don Quixote?

1. Giovanni Boccaccio
2. Dante Alighieri
3. Hans Christian Andersen
4. Miguel de Cervantes

Which Greek hero is the main

character in Homer's Iliad?

1. Achilles
2. Hector
3. Odysseus
4. Perseus

Nature & Environment

ROUND  5

All kittens are born with blue eyes

1. True
2. Not true

Which animal is the only

mammal that can NOT jump?

1. Goat
2. Camel
3. Cow
4. Elephant

Which of the following leads to water scarcity?

1. Usage of vehicles
2. Growing plants in small cups
3. Letting out industrial wastes into water sources
4. Increase in population

Which natural disaster is caused by

an earthquake under the ocean?

1. Avalanche
2. Tsunami
3. Windhose
4. Cyclone

Which climate zone has the largest temperature difference between summer and winter?

1. Tundra climate zone
2. Tropical climate zone
3. Dry climate zone
4. Polar climate zone

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