Clarence Primary School
Quiz Questions – 2016
Name: ______________________
Grade: ______________________
-------------------------------------------------Countries
1. What country has the second largest population in the world?
2. In what country would you find the cities Glasgow and Edinburgh?
3. What country has a maple leaf on their national flag?
4. What country is home to the Great Barrier Reef?
5. Tapas and paella are dishes that originated in what country?
6. What country was the first to land a man on the moon?
7. What is the largest country (by size and population) in South
America?
8. In what country is the Yangtze River found?
9. The kiwi is a flightless bird that lives in what country?
10. In what country would you find the islands Santorini and Mykonos?
11. In what country was Nelson Mandela born?
12. Adidas and Volkswagen are companies from what country?
13. Zurich is the largest city in what country?
14. In what country is the Great Pyramid of Giza found?
15. In what country would you find the cities Lyon and Marseille?
16. Leonardo da Vinci was born in what country?
17. In terms of land area, what is the largest country in the world?
18. What country was known as Ceylon until 1972?
19. In what country would you find the cities Ankara and Istanbul?
20. Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in what country?
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The Human Body
1. What is the name of the biggest part of the human brain?
2. The coloured part of the human eye that controls how much light
passes through the pupil is called the?
3. What is the name of the substance that gives skin and hair its
pigment?
4. The muscles found in the front of your thighs are known as what?
5. True or false? The two chambers at the bottom of your heart are
called ventricles.
6. What substance are nails made of?
7. What is the human body’s biggest organ?
8. The innermost part of bones contains what?
9. True or false? An adult human body has over 500 bones.
10. How many lungs does the human body have?
11. Another name for your voice box is the?
12. The two holes in your nose are called?
13. Your tongue is home to special structures that allow you to
experience tastes such as sour, sweet, bitter and salty, what is their
name?
14. The bones that make up your spine are called what?
15. The shape of DNA is known as?
16. The flow of blood through your heart and around your body is
called?
17. The bones around your chest that protect organs such as the heart
are called what?
18. What is the name of the long pipe that shifts food from the back of
your throat down to your stomach?
19. True or false? Your ears are important when it comes to staying
balanced.
20. The outside layer of skin on the human body is called the?
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The Earth
1. What is the name of the largest ocean on earth?
2. What are the two main metals in the earth’s core?
3. Which is hotter, the center of the earth or surface of the sun?
4. What do you call molten rock before it has erupted?
5. What do you call it after it has erupted?
6. The Great Barrier Reef is found off the coast of which country?
7. What do you call a person who studies rocks?
8. Name the three time periods of the dinosaurs.
9. True or false? The Grand Canyon is around 10000 feet (3000
meters) deep.
10. What is the name of the deepest location in the world’s oceans?
11. Over a long period of time while under extreme heat and
pressure, graphite turns into which precious mineral?
12. Outside of Antarctica, what is the largest desert in the world?
13. The gemstone ruby is typically what color?
14. What is the name of the highest mountain on earth?
15. Do stalactites rise from the floor or hang from the ceiling of
limestone caves?
16. 'Cascade', 'horsetail', 'plunge' and 'tiered' are types of what?
17. Someone who studies earthquakes is known as a what?
18. What is the name of the layer of earth’s atmosphere that absorbs
the majority of the potentially damaging ultraviolet light from the
sun?
19. The mass of the earth is made up mostly of which two elements?
20. What is the second most common gas found in the air we
breathe?
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Animals
1.
What food makes up nearly all (around 99%) of a Giant Panda’s
diet?
2.
What is the name of the phobia that involves an abnormal fear of
spiders?
3.
What is the largest type of ‘big cat’ in the world?
4.
What are female elephants called?
5.
Bees are found on every continent of earth except for one, which is
it?
6.
True or false? Cats spend an average of 13 to 14 hours a day
sleeping.
7.
What is the fastest land animal in the world?
8.
A ‘doe’ is what kind of animal?
9. Groups of lions are known as what?
10. Is a dolphin a mammal?
11. What is the largest land animal in the world?
12. True of false? Snakes have slimy skin.
13. What is the only continent on earth where Giraffes live in the wild?
14. How many pairs of wings does a bee have?
15. What type of animal is the largest primate in the world?
16. Is a shark a fish or a mammal?
17. What is the most recognizable feature of a hedgehog’s
appearance?
18. True or false? Owls are far-sighted, meaning that anything within a
few inches of their eyes can’t be seen properly.
19. What is the name of an adult female horse?
20. What are baby goats called?
21. What is the tallest animal in the world?
22. True or false? Rabbits are born blind.
23. What is the most recognizable physical feature of the male lion?
24. How many legs does a spider have?
25. The crocodile species is believed to have been around for how
long? 2 million years or 200 million years?
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Weather
1. A thermometer is a device used to measure what?
2. Stratus, cirrus, cumulus and nimbus are types of what?
3. What country experiences the most tornadoes?
4. True or false? A rainbow is a spectrum of light that appears when
the Sun shines onto water droplets in the air.
5. Blizzards feature low temperatures, strong winds and heavy
_______?
6. Breeze and gale are common terms used to describe the speed
of what?
7. Earth’s recent temperature rises which have been linked to human
activity is known as global _______?
8. True or false? The highest recorded temperature on Earth of 57.8
°C (136 °F) was recorded in Tirat Tsvi, Israel.
9. What is the name of a scientist who studies weather?
10. What is the driest desert on Earth, the Sahara, the Kalahari or the
Atacama?
11. True or false? The lowest recorded temperature on Earth of 89.2
°C (−128.6 °F) was recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica.
12. Balls or irregular lumps of ice that fall from clouds (often during
thunderstorms) are known as what?
13. An avalanche features the rapid descent of _______?
14. True of false? The most rain fall ever recorded in one year
(Cherrapunji, India) is more than 30 meters.
15. What is the name of a weather instrument used to measure
atmospheric pressure?
16. An anemometer is used to measure what?
17. At what temperature is Centigrade equal to Fahrenheit?
18. Trying to predict the weather is known as weather _______?
19. The area of central USA that features many tornadoes is known
as Tornado _______?
20. True or false? You see lightning and hear thunder.
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States of Matter
1. When a solid changes to a liquid it is called what?
2. True or false? Liquids are easy to compress.
3. When a gas changes into a liquid it is called what?
4. True or false? The particles of a gas are packed tightly together.
5. When solids reach their melting points they become what?
6. True or false? Plasma is a state of matter.
7. When a gas reaches its condensation point it becomes a what?
8. True or false? Solids do not take the shape of the container they
are in.
9. What is it called when a solid changes directly into a gas?
10. True or false? Gases are hard to compress.
Map of SA.
Know where all
the provinces are
on the map.
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Do the colours on the South African flag have any official meaning?
What is the national animal of South Africa?
How many languages are there in the South African national
anthem?
What is South Africa's largest airport?
When did South Africa become a Republic?
Who discovered the first diamond in South Africa in 1867?
South Africa is well known for its wildlife and sightings of lion, leopard,
elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo are highly prized. By what
collective term are these five animals known?
What is the official currency of South Africa?
The term "rainbow nation" has become synonymous with South
Africa after being used by which South African Nobel Peace Prize
Winner?
Which South African singer and Grammy Award winner was known
as "Mama Africa"?
Which South African capital city is known as the "Jacaranda City"
after the trees that line its streets?
Which city, home to the "Big Hole" diamond mine, was the first city in
the southern hemisphere to install electric street lighting?
Which grape was developed in South Africa and has become the
country's signature brand of wine?
What is the name of the South African movie about two children,
one black and one white, who become friends in 1970's apartheid
South Africa?
In 1967, the South African mint began to produce a gold coin which
became wildly popular. Which South African statesman (whose
image appears on the coins) was it named after?
What is the name of the elegant touring train that runs between
Pretoria and Cape Town?
Which former South African President was known as "Die Groot
Krokodil" (The Big Crocodile)?
Which leader of the South African Communist Party was
assassinated by Janusz Walus on 10 April 1993?
Who became the reigning King of the Zulus in 1968 although his
coronation only took place in 1971?
The Protea is the national flower of South Africa. Which other plant
does it resemble?
What is the name of the village where Nelson Mandela was raised?
Name the leader of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging ('AWB') who
was murdered on his farm 'Villana' outside Ventersdorp.
In what year was the annual Durban July horse race first held?
Which South African General and Politician was the only person to
sign the peace treaties ending both the First and the Second World
War?
Who was “Durban” Named after?
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Mixed Questions
Set 1
1. Which has the highest mountain: Earth or Mars?
2. What are the small indentations on a golf ball called?
3. Which city has the largest population?
4. Which country claims the world's tallest building?
5. With which device are earthquakes recorded?
6. Who was once known as the King of Soul, and now as the
Godfather of Soul?
7. Name the Yellow Telly Tubby.
8. What is 'Tiger' Woods's first name?
[Mars]
[dimples]
[Tokyo]
Malaysia, the twin Petronas
Towers at 1,483 feet.
[seismograph]
[James Brown]
[La La]
[Eldrick]
Set 2
1. What are Alpha Centauri and Sirius?
[stars]
2. Which actress starred in High Society ?
[Grace Kelly]
3. In which war was Operation Desert Storm?
[Gulf War]
4. Which 60s rock group recorded "Lighter Shade of Pale"?
[Procol Harum]
5. Clean, Jerk, and Snatch are terms used in which activity?
[weight lifting]
6. Which country is bordered by both the Atlantic and
Indian Oceans?
[Republic of South Africa]
7. Which insect accurately indicates the air temperature?
[cricket]
8. In which business is Bill Gates in?
[computer software,
programs, Windows, --but not
computers]
Set 3
1. How many men have walked on the moon: 4, 8, or 12?
2. In which country would one find 8 of the world's 10
highest mountains?
3. Which is the world's second-largest country in land
area?
4. What is the most common blood type in humans?
5. The first television set was sold in which year: 1928, 1938,
1948?
6. The name of which area in the Pacific means "many
islands"?
7. What is the only word in English ending in the letters
'mt'?
8. There are only four words in the English language which
end in "dous". Two are tremendous and stupendous.
Name the other two.
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[12]
[Nepal]
[Canada]
[Type O]
[1928]
[Polynesia]
[dreamt]
[horrendous or hazardous]
Set 4
1. Which soup has calf's head as its main ingredient?
2. When there are two full moons in the same month,
what is the second called?
3. Which word does the 'e' in 'e-mail' stand for?
4. Who wrote "Waiting for Godot"?
5. What is the name given to the process of signaling
with two flags?
6. What is the currency of Switzerland?
7. What is the business term for assets which can be
immediately turned into cash?
8. Which country beginning with a 'T' has a shoreline
on the Andaman Sea?
Set 5
1. Which is the largest planet in the solar system?
2. In which country is the world's largest McDonalds
Restaurant?
3. Which US state capital ends in 'x'?
4. Which US store chain is named after the first mate
in Moby Dick?
5. True or False? Only one word in English rhymes with
'silver'.
6. Which Beatle's first girlfriend was Thelma Pickles?
7. Which is largest: a megabyte, a kilobyte, or a
gigabyte?
8. Which instrument did Louis Armstrong play?
Set 6
1. Which Irish-American playwright wrote Moon for the
Misbegotten, Long Day's Journey Into Night and The
Iceman Cometh ?
2. What is Triskadekaphobia?
3. On which street do Bert and Ernie live?
5. One tablespoon = how many teaspoons?
6. Name the stock-market trader who sent Barings
Bank into bankruptcy.
7. What does a numismatist do?
8. What does a philatelist do?
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[Mock Turtle Soup]
[Blue Moon]
[electronic]
[Samuel Beckett]
[Semaphore]
[Swiss Franc]
[liquid assets]
[Thailand]
[Jupiter]
[China]
[Phoenix]
[Starbuck's]
[False--none do.]
[John Lennon]
[gigabyte]
[trumpet]
[Eugene O'Neil]
[Fear of the number 13]
[Sesame St.]
[3]
[Nick Leeson]
[collects coins]
[collects stamps]
Set 7
1. After which actor was Mickey Mouse named?
2. Which mythological figure flew so close to the sun that
the wax on his wings began to melt?
3. What is the capitol of the Netherlands?
4. Name the ghost who appears at a banquet
in Shakespeare's Macbeth?
5. What is the green pigment in plants called?
6. Where was the strongest Earthquake in 1999?
7. To the nearest mile, what is the length of the
marathon?
8. In terms of the amount of alcohol you get, which is
the most expensive: whiskey, beer, or wine?
Set 8
1. What is the capitol of South Africa?
2. What is the capitol of New Zealand?
3. Music: how many notes in the scale?
5. Which country has the largest Christian population?
6. In which country is Basque spoken?
7. What does the 'Big Bang Theory' deal with?
8. What does a taxidermist do?
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[Mickey Rooney]
[Icarus]
[The Hague]
[Banquo]
[chlorophyll]
[Taiwan]
[26 miles]
[beer]
[Pretoria]
[Wellington]
[8]
[USA]
[Spain]
[universe, astronomy, or
equivalent]
[stuffs animals]