TRIVIA

1. TRIVIA

2. Part One: General Knowledge/Question Words One word is missing from each question. Enter the missing word, then answer the question. You get one point for the missing word and one point for the correct answer.

3. One Many people are claustrophobic. ________ are they afraid of? • Fire • Closed spaces • High places • Open spaces

4. Two ________ of the following countries is not in South America? • Suriname • Uruguay • Sierra Leone • Venezuela

5. Three ________ nose grows longer every time he tells a lie? • Mickey Mouse’s • Pinocchio’s • Bugs Bunny’s • Bart Simpson’s

6. Four ________ can you find penguins? • Antarctica • Northern Canada • Greenland • Alaska

7. Five • How ________ meters are there in a kilometer? • 100 • 1 000 • 10 000 • 100 000

8. Six ________ often to the Olympic Games take place? • Every year • Every four years • Every five years • Every ten years

9. Seven ________ old is the solar system? • 450 million years • 4.5 billion years • 45 billion years • 450 billion years

10. Eight How ________ countries have borders with Canada? • One • Two • Three • Four

11. Nine ________ are nocturnal animals most active? • In the morning • In the afternoon • In the early evening • At night

12. Ten ________ of the following mountains is not in Asia? • Mt. Kilimanjaro • Mt Fuji • Annapurna • K2

13. Eleven How ________ of the human body is composed of oxygen? • Two thirds • One third • One quarter • One half

14. Twelve ________ is glass made out of? • Sand • Petroleum • Granite • Lava

15. Thirteen • How ________ is a day on planet Mars? • 23 hours and 37 minutes • 24 hours, exactly the same as Earth • 24 hours and 37 minutes • 25 hours and 37 minutes

16. Fourteen ________ is it important for plants to attract passing insects? • To continue to grow • To reproduce • To produce flowers • To produce strong roots

17. Fifteen One of the following countries is in the southern hemisphere. ________one? • Angola • The Philippines • Venezuela • Thailand

18. General Knowledge/Superlative Forms Enter the correct form on the adjective, then answer the question! You get one point for the missing word and one point for the correct answer.

19. Sixteen What is the ________ mountain in the world? (high) • Mt. Kilimanjaro • Mt. Everest • K2 • Fujiyama

20. Seventeen What is the world’s ________ sport? (popular) • Baseball • Tennis • Soccer • Golf

21. Eighteen What is the ________ city in Canada? (old) • Halifax • Quebec • Montreal • Toronto

22. Nineteen Where can you find the ________ deposit of coral in the world? (great) • Off the coast of Australia • Off the coast of Mexico • Off the coast of Indonesia • Off the coast of Beliza

23. Twenty Which is the ________ discovered planet? (recently) • Mars • Venus • Pluto • Neptune

24. Twenty-one If you wish to learn about meteors, which of the following are you the ________ to consult? (likely) • An astrologist • A meteorologist • An astronomer • An astronaut

25. Twenty-two What is the ________ metallic element on earth? (common) • Aluminium • Potassium • Calcium • Magnesium

26. Twenty-three What is the ________ growing plant on earth? (fast) • Seaweed • Bamboo • Grass • Ivy

27. Twenty-four Where was the ________ outdoor temperature ever recorded? (cold) • Alaska • Yukon • Siberia • Manchuria

28. Twenty-five Which of the following metals is the ________ conductor of electricity? (good) • Copper • Silver • Aluminium • Nickel

29. Verb Forms/General Knowledge Enter the correct form of the word than answer the question. You get one point for the missing word and one point for the correct answer.

30. Twenty-six One of the planets ________ one and a half times bigger than al the other planets combined. Which planet is that? (be) • Uranus • Mercury • Jupiter • Earth

31. Twenty-seven Where ________ William Shakespeare born? (be) • India • The United Kingdom • The USA • Australia

32. Twenty-eight Which people ________ a famous war against the Trojans? It was the war that inspired the legend of the wooden horse. (fight) • The Greeks • The Romans • The Etruscans • The Gauls

33. Twenty-nine How many milligrams ________there in half a kilogram? (is) • 50 • 500 • 5 000 • 500 000

34. Thirty When Columbus ________ in America, where did he think he was? (arrive) • Persia • India • Japan • Indonesia

35. Thirty-one Which country ________ the largest population? (have) • India • China • Russia • Brazil

36. Thirty-two If someone ________ an earthworm in half, what happens to it? (cut) • It dies • Only the front half lives • Only the back half lives • Both halves live

37. Thirty-three What is the name of the mass of muscle that ________ the lungs move so you can breathe? (make) • Triceps • Hamstring • Biceps • Diaphragm

38. Thirty-four In computer language, what does MB ________? (mean) • Megabyte • Megabit • Mass power • Memory Potential

39. Vocabulary Name the following things. One point for every correct answer.

40. cantelope

41. domino

42. salute

43. paperclips

44. kite

45. detective

46. keyboard

47. diploma

48. frog

49. Calendar