1. General knowledge quiz
Составила учитель английского языка
Попова Виктория Александровна
МБОУ Бекасовская сош
2013

2. 10 20 30 40 50 Geography Sports Famous people and inventions Culture
Miscellany

3. Which is the most
populous continent?
The answer

4. Asia

5. What is the capital
of New Zealand?
The answer

6. Wellington

7. Which ocean is to the north of the Russian Federation?
The answer

8. the Arctic Ocean

9. What do we call a mountain
which could erupt?
The answer

10. volcano

11. In which country
is Mount Everest?
The answer

12. Nepal

13. What sport is
played
at Wimbledon?
The answer

14. tennis

15. How many rings
are there in the
Olympic Games symbol?
The answer

17. What is the longest
running race
in the Olympic Games?
The answer

18. marathon

19. In boxing,
what do the letters K.O.
stand for?
The answer

20. knock out

21. Name at least four sports that originated in Britain.
The answer

22. cricket
football
golf
rugby
races
boxing

23. What was Christopher Wren
by profession?
The answer

24. architect

25. Who invented
the telephone?
The answer

26. Alexandre Bell

27. What medicine
was invented
by Alexandre Fleming?
The answer

28. penicillin

29. the theory of relativity?
Who developed
the theory of relativity?
The answer

30. Albert Einstein

31. Which classical composer
became deaf at
an advanced age?
The answer

32. Beethoven

33. Who wrote the books
about Harry Potter?
The answer

34. Joanne Rowling

35. Why do we remember
23 April 1564?
The answer

36. W. Shakespeare
was born

37. What is the traditional
musical instrument
of Scotland?
The answer

38. bagpipes

39. the Sheriff of Nottingham's
Who was
the Sheriff of Nottingham's
deadliest enemy?
The answer

40. Robin Hood

41. According to R.Kinling, everybody has six honest servants. Name them.
The answer

42. I keep six honest serving-men. They taught me all I knew.
Their names are I
WHAT
WHY
WHEN
and
and
WHERE
HOW
And
and
WHO.
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43. His favourite
drink is blood.
The answer

44. vampire

45. An ugly woman
practising magic.
The answer

46. witch

47. the Knights' Round Table?
Who presided over
the Knights' Round Table?
The answer

48. King Arthur

49. What do we call
the study of birds?
The answer

50. ornithology

51. What natural phenomena
are measured by
the "Richter scale"?
The answer

52. earthquakes

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