Interschools General Knowledge Quiz - Round 2: 2011: Famous Buildings and Landmarks in London
Interschools General Knowledge Quiz - Round 2: 2011: Famous Buildings and Landmarks in London
Interschools General Knowledge Quiz - Round 2: 2011: Famous Buildings and Landmarks in London
QUESTION 1: Literature Cowardly Lion Peace Malorie Blackman Grimm Little Women
1. Who wanted to ask the Wizard of Oz for courage? 2. What went with War in the title of Tolstoys epic book? 3. Who is the well-known author of these titles: Hacker, Pig-heart Boy and Noughts and Crosses?? 4. Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Hansel and Gretel are examples of fairytales collected by the ......... Brothers. 5. Jo, Amy, Beth and Meg are all characters from which Louisa May Alcott novel? QUESTION 2:
Whats my number? Each of the following sentences has a number missing from it. What is the number? 45 1 7 Nines 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Each half of an international soccer game is ..... minutes long. A small, quiet town is sometimes called a ........... horse town. There are said to be ..... deadly sins To be elaborately dressed is said to be dressed to the ..... Old King Cole called on .... fiddlers according to the nursery rhyme. How well do you know Nelson Mandela?
QUESTION 3: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
In what year was Nelson Mandela born? What was Mandelas original first name? How long was he in prison? With whom did he share the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize? With whom did he open a law firm in 1952?
QUESTION 4:
Famous Buildings and Landmarks in London (Source-based, Handout) Identify the following structures: Buckingham 4. Place Nelsons Column
1.
2.
5.
Tower Bridge
3.
QUESTION 5: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Which traditional dance originated in Spain among the Andalusian gypsies? Which language is most widely spoken in Hong Kong? The Hindu god Ganesh is represented by the head of which animal? What kind of sport do they play in the Super Bowl? Cossack dancing is part of which countrys culture? Marvellous Nature
QUESTION 6: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
How is the fish genus Hippocampus better known? Seahorse Swan A cob and a pen are the male and female of which creature? Name the art of clipping hedges, trees and shrubs into decorative shapes. Topiary What kind of creatures are red admirals and cabbage whites? Butterflies What is the science of growing plants without soil called? Hydroponics Condiments make our food taste so much better...
QUESTION 7:
1. For which edible product is the French town of Dijon renowned? Mustard 2. Which vinegar traditionally comes from Modena in Italy? Balsamic 3. What name is given to the coloured sugar strands used in cake decorating? Hundreds and 4. Of which Heinz product are there 57 varieties as claimed? 5. What do we call the mixture of olive oil and vinegar most commonly used as a salad dressing?
Vinaigrette
QUESTION 8:
Human firsts Yuri Gargarin Charles Elwood Yeager Margaret Thatcher Charles Lindbergh Christiaan Barnard
1. Who was the first Russian in space? 2. Who was the first person to break the sound barrier? 3. Who was the first female British Prime Minister? 4. Who was the first person to successfully fly non-stop, solo across the Atlantic Ocean? 5. Which surgeon performed the world's first successful human-tohuman heart transplant. QUESTION 9: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Medical Matters
XY
Which sex chromosomes do human males have? What part of the body does a cardiologist treat? What tools does an acupuncturist work with? What organ is affected by glaucoma? What is used to transfer nutrients straight into a patients bloodstream?
QUESTION 10:
Islands of the World: Source-based, Handout) You have been given a World Map with islands numbered 1 5. Name the islands. Iceland Tasmania Madagascar Sri Lanka Japan
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
TEA BREAK
QUESTION 11:
Unexplained mysteries
Stonehenge
1. What construction was once called the Giants Dance, but was actually started 5000 years ago as a temple? 2. Name the strange hairy creature which is believed to live in the mountains between India and Tibet. 3. On which Island will you find giant statues carved from volcanic rock? 4. Name the mythical island which is said to have disappeared beneath the waves about 9500BC. 5. Name the famous triangle in the Atlantic Ocean in which ships and planes mysteriously disappear.
QUESTION 12:
Newspaper Cartoons (Source-based, HANDOUT) Give the name of the cartoon strip and not the character you can see: Dennis the Menace
1.
4.
Redeye
2.
Peanuts
5.
Cathy
3.
QUESTION 13: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
One word to describe a group. Of what are the following examples? Pears Planes Grass Music notes Clouds
Forelle, Packhams Triumph, Bon Rouge Spitfire, Cessna, Concorde Kikuyu, Buffalo, Gulf green Minim, crotchet, quaver Cumulus, Stratus, Cirrus
QUESTION 14:
How well do you know your dinosaurs? Identify the dinosaurs. Choose your answers from the given list: Allosaurus
1.
4.
Diplodocus
2.
Pterodactyl
5.
Torosaurus
3.
Stegosaurus
QUESTION 15:
The Colour Spectrum Key Violet/purple, orange, green Violet Red Red, blue, yellow
1. In the CMYK colour model, the initial K represents black - but what does it stand for? 2. In colour theory, what are the three secondary colours? 3. Which colour bends the most when light is passed through a glass prism? 4. Which colour bends the least when light is passed through a glass prism? 5. What are the primary colours? QUESTION 16: Language Matters
1. Complete the simile: As sober as... 2. What is the collective noun for gorillas? 3. Select the odd one out in the following sequence: dormant, inert, active, sleeping, slumbering 4. Complete the following proverb: A drowning man will clutch at a . 5. What is the acronym for: Radio detecting and ranging?
QUESTION 17:
Rapid Fire (say the question once only) Kader Asmal Fracking Queensland Reds
Flight Simulator Russia/Russian Federation
1. Which former Minister of Education died on 22 June 2011? 2. What term is used to describe the technology used by the oil and gas industry to access natural gas deposits trapped in shale and coalbed? 3. Which team is the current Super 15 Rugby Champions? 4. Which device, which reproduces the essential features of flying an aircraft, is used to train pilots? 5. To which country does the airline Aeroflot belong? 6. Which city is the capital of Angola? 7. What does the abbreviation SMS stand for? 8. What is the famous Pink Panther? 9. What popular cellphone brand is produced by the company, Research In Motion? 10. What, in the state of New York, is Sing Sing? 11. What is the common name for the high speed trains that derailed in China on the 24th of July 2011? 12. What is the length/distance of a standard marathon race? 13. What popular musical event takes place annually during March at the CTICC? 14. With which sport would you associate Novak Djokovic? 15. What is the name of the Northern-European city where a recent terror attack killed 76 people? 16. What is the name of Cape Towns new rapid bus service? 17. Which British Grammy award winning artist died in late July this year? 18. Who was recently elected to head FIFA for another 4 years? 19. What famous indigenous plant species occurs naturally only in the Eastern and Western Cape? 20. What South African university is the only African university ranked in the top 120 in the world?
Luanda Short Message Service A diamond Blackberry A prison Bullet Trains 42km (+195) Cape Town Jazz Festival Tennis
Oslo
Note: Please allow for inaccurate spelling (the name should still be recognisable though); In some instances a surname will suffice. Please use your discretion.