General Knowledge

You’ll need: Something to write with Paper Brain (optional)

Teacher’s note: You might want to draw up a score board.

Write down a country whose name is: 3 letters long 4 letters long 5 letters long 6 letters long 7 letters long 8 letters long

1)True or false? Most Eskimos have fridges.

2)What item of food inspired the image of Pac Man?

3)In which city is the world`s biggest and busiest McDonalds fast food restaurant?

4)Gala, Jonagold and Pink Lady are varieties of which fruit?

5)A prune is a dried.... what?

6)Which fruit is the only one to grow its seed on the outside?

1. True (to stop their food from freezing) 2. Pizza (with a slice missing) 3. Moscow 4. Apples 5. Plum 6. Strawberries

Write down the name of the country

 Argentina  Belgium  Hong Kong  Macedonia  Portugal  Turkey

In NASA, what does the S stand for?  Science,  Space,  Special,  Scientific?

The metal Mercury is:  The hardest known metal,  Highly radioactive,  Liquid at room temperature,  Extensively used in aircraft construction?

Which female scientist was the first to win two Nobel Science prizes?  Florence Nightingale,  Ellen Richards,  Mary Leakey,  Marie Curie?

Unlike most other fish, sharks have no:  Bones,  Teeth,  Gills,  Liver?

Charles Darwin began developing his theory of evolution while voyaging on a ship named:  Enterprise,  Beagle,  Santa Maria,  Endeavour?

An android is any robot that:  Has more than one basic function,  Has the ability to make decisions and formulate plans,  Is built by other robots,  Looks and acts like a human?

 Space  Liquid at room temperature  Marie Curie  Bones (they have cartilage instead)  Beagal  Human like

1)Which band consists of Gerard Way, Mikey Way, Ray Toro, Frank Lero and Bob Briar?

2)In musical notes, which is longer - a crotchet or a semibreve?

3)In `The Simpsons’, what instrument does Lisa Simpson play?

4)In music, what name is given to the lowest male vocal range?

5)What are the only two musical notes which have no flats? (The notes are A,B,C,D,E,F and G)

6)‘The hills are alive’ is from which musical?

1. My Chemical Romance 2. Semibreve 3. Saxaphone 4. Bass 5. C and F 6. Sound of Music or Moulin Rouge