Quiz: General Knowledge Part 2

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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?

A

Theresa May

B

Boris Johnson

C

Liz Truss

D

Keir Starmer

Where did Columbus think he landed

in 1492 when he saw land?

A

America

B

Australia

C

Chile

D

India

Who patented the first phone?

A

Alexander Graham Bell

B

Johann Philipp Reis

C

Antonio Meucci

D

Amos Dolbear

Where was Napoleon Bonaparte born?

A

Corsica

B

Elba

C

Grenoble

D

Paris

Which prison did Nelson Mandela

spend the longest time in?

A

Pollsmoor

B

Drakenstein

C

Robben Island

D

Victor Verster

Geography

ROUND  2

What is the capital city of Wales?

A

Cardiff

B

Swansea

C

Saint Asaph

D

Bangor

Where is Alton Towers located?

A

Chertsey

B

Staffordshire

C

Windsor

D

London

In which city can you find

the Manneken Pis statue?

A

Antwerp

B

Brussels

C

Ghent

D

Leuven

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

Which African country is Timbuktu located in?

A

Cape Verde

B

Kenia

C

Mali

D

Zambia

Science

ROUND  3

What does the Roman numeral "C" stand for?

A

10

B

50

C

100

D

200

How many inches is 1 centimeter?

A

0.21 inch

B

0.39 inch

C

0.51 inch

D

0.73 inch

Who was the first woman

to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)?

A

Gerty Cori

B

Marie Curie

C

Selma Lagerlöf

D

Donna Strickland

Who discovered penicillin?

A

Alexander Fleming

B

Marie Curie

C

Rosalind Franklin

D

William Brockedon

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

A

A

B

B

C

AB+

D

O

Literature

ROUND  4

Who is the author of I?

A

Dan Brown

B

Stephen King

C

George Orwell

D

Agatha Christie

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

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

Who wrote the book Don Quixote?

A

Giovanni Boccaccio

B

Dante Alighieri

C

Hans Christian Andersen

D

Miguel de Cervantes

Which Greek hero is the main

character in Homer's Iliad?

A

Achilles

B

Hector

C

Odysseus

D

Perseus

Nature & Environment

ROUND  5

All kittens are born with blue eyes

A

True

B

Not true

C

D

Which animal is the only

mammal that can NOT jump?

A

Goat

B

Camel

C

Cow

D

Elephant

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

Which natural disaster is caused by

an earthquake under the ocean?

A

Avalanche

B

Tsunami

C

Windhose

D

Cyclone

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

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