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Quiz Practice 1 2015 Holy Family BNS Askea

1: Who created the cartoon characters “Mickey Mouse, Daisy Duck and Donald Duck”? Walt Disney.2: Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean ? Amelia Earhart. {Charles Lindbergh First male.]3: In which sport is the object to score more runs than your opponent over the course of nine innings? Baseball. 4: Who wrote “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe”? C.S. Lewis.5: Name the Lion in “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe”? Aslan.6: What do call the earth’s plates pushing violently against each other? An Earthquake.7: What is the national symbol of the U.S.A.? The bald eagle.8: Where is the Everglades National Park? Florida.9: What is the centre of the circulatory system of the human body? The heart.10: Where did Ponce de Leon go looking for the Fountain of Youth? Florida.11: According to proper etiquette, how would you address the president of the U.S.A. if you met him? Mr. President.12: What is the name for a grotesque carved stone head

designed to catch rainwater?Gargoyle.

13:On what date is St. Patrick’s day ? March 17th.14: What are these all varieties of: broccoli, brussel sprouts and

cauliflower? Cabbage.15: Hades was the Greek God of what? The Dead. [The

Underworld.]16: What are vertebrae? Bones in your backbone.17: What is the capital of Chile? Santiago.18: Where are a grass hoppers ears? In its knees.19: Manila is the chief port and capital of which country?

The Philippines.

20: Which is the largest member of the cat family? The Siberian Tiger.21: When is a person illiterate? When they can’t read or write.22: What kind of stone did early people use to make tools and weapons? Flint.23: Who lives in the town of Bedrock? The Flintstones.24: Who discovered penicillin? Alexander Fleming.25: What is the capital of Finland? Helsinki. 26: Which American President gave a very famous speech called “The Gettysburg Address”? Abraham Lincoln.27: What do you call a spring that gushes hot water and steam into the air? A geyser.28: Where did the Industrial Revolution first take place? England.29: Who was the first President of the U.S.A. ? George Washington.

30: Who was Jesse James? A famous outlaw who was shot in the back. . 31: What book in the Bible means “The Beginning”? Genesis.32: What are Go Fish, Solitaire and 25? Card games. 33: Without this humans would not be able to hold themselves upright. What is it called? Skeleton.34: What order of mammals do Koalas fall into? Marsupials.35: In 1896, where were the first modern Olympics held? Greece.36: What does melanin control in the body? The colour of the skin and your hair.

37: Where would you find “ The Tree of Knowledge” and “The Tree of Life”? The Garden of Eden. 38: Where did Noah’s Ark come to rest after the flood?Mount Ararat.39: Who painted “The Last Supper”? Leonardo Da Vinci.40: What is an oxymoron? A pair of contradictory words e.g. Pretty ugly!41: Who reached America in 1492? Christopher Columbus.42: Who was the first man on the

moon? Neil Armstrong.43: What country’s flag is a red circle on a white background? Japan.44: Where are the Lands of the Midnight Sun? The Arctic and Antarctic.45: Who is the patron saint of Wales? Saint David.46: Which is colder: North Pole or South Pole? South Pole.

47: Which precious stone is found in oysters? Pearls.48: Which continent has the most people? Asia.49: What is the word for basil, sage, parsley and mint? Herbs.50: What is the hardest natural substance? Diamond.51: In Aesop’s fables who won the race between the hare and the tortoise? The tortoise.

52: Which animal is the King of the Beasts? The Lion.53: What is the main ingredient in ketchup? Tomatoes.54: Who was Sherlock Holmes assistant? Dr. Watson.55: Who wrote the music for The Lion King? Elton John.56: Which reptiles ruled the world for 160 million years? Dinosaurs.57: Which is the red planet? Mars. [Olympic Mons]58: How high is Mt Everest, the highest mountain in the world, located in Nepal? 8,848m.59: Heads of United States Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. are carved into which mountain? Mount Rushmore, Black Hills, South Dakota..60: Who was the German leader during World War II? Adolf Hitler.[Mussolini – Italy Churchill –England Stalin-Russia Roosevelt – America]