General Knowledge Quiz July

NFE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ JULY 2010
Score 10 points for every correct answer Score 5 points if half right! There
are 12 rounds with 6 questions in each round. A total of 720 points!
Round 1 UK
1
In which UK country will
England - What day is St
What is the capital of
I find Loch Ness?
Georges day?
Wales?
Answer
Answer
Answer
Scotland
April 23rd
Cardiff
In which UK country is
What are the White Cliffs
In which UK country will
Dartmoor?
of Dover made of?
you find Snowdonia
Answer
Answer
National Park?
England
Chalk
Answer
Wales
Round 2 Geography Europe

1
What river runs through
What mountain range
Paris?
runs through Slovakia?
Answer
Answer
Germany?
Answer
Berlin
Seine
Carpathian Mountains
What is the name of the
Portugal?
mountain range in
Switzerland?
Answer
Sweden?
Answer
Answer
Lisbon
Alps / Swiss Alps
Stockholm
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Round 3 Music
1
Which female band
Who had a hit called Like
Who is Stefani Joanne
does Cheryl Cole sing
a virgin? in the 80s
Angelina Germanotta
in?
Answer
better known as?
Answer
Answer
Madonna
Girls Aloud
Lady Gaga
Who sang Candle in
What type of music does
Who is the lead singer of
the wind?
Dolly Parton sing?
the Rolling Stones?
Answer
Answer
Answer
Elton John
Country music
Mick Jagger
Round 4 Sport
1
Where was the FIFA
Where and when are the
Venus and Serena
World Cup 2010?
next summer Olympics
Williams play what?
Answer
taking place?
Answer
South Africa
Answer
Tennis
London - 2012
Who plays at Old
What do they play at
What sport does Tiger
Trafford?
Wimbledon?
Woods play?
Answer
Answer
Answer
Manchester United
Tennis
Golf
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Round 5 World history

1
Joseph Stalin was
In what year was the
When was the Great War
leader of which
Battle of Waterloo?
(the First World War)?
country?
Answer
Answer
1815
1914-18
Who was the US
Which famous world
Answer
Soviet Union/U.S.S.R
President in 1969?
Answer
Richard Nixon
What year was the Wall
st
leader died on 21
Street Crash?
January 1924?
Answer
Answer
1929
Vladimir Lenin
Round 6 Film 1
1
Who and what is Shrek?
Who played Marty McFly
In what movies will you
Answer
in the movie Back to the
find Will Scarlett, Little
future?
John and Maid Marion?
Answer
Answer
ogre
Michael J Fox
Robin Hood
Hes a cartoon
character / a green
What is Bruce Waynes
Who plays Captain Jack
alter ego called?
distant moon in the movie
Sparrow in Pirates of the
Answer
Avatar?
Caribbean?
Answer
Answer
Pandora
Johnny Depp
Batman
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Round 7 Europe
1
What year did Slovakia
Who is the President of
What country is famous
join the EU?
France?
for clogs, tulips and
Answer
Answer
windmills?
2004
Nicolas Sarkozy
Answer
Holland / Netherlands
What currency do they
What countries surround
What river runs through
use in Greece?
Luxembourg?
Budapest?
Answer
Answer
Answer
Euro
France, Belgium, Germany
Danube
Round 8 Pot luck

1
Where is/was Americas
What colour is a New York
What is a pirates flag
worst oil leak?
taxi?
with a skull and
Answer
Answer
crossbones on it called?
Gulf of Mexico
Yellow
Answer
Jolly Roger
What countries
Who was the first man to
Where is Bollywood?
surround Gaza?
walk on the moon?
Answer
Answer
Answer
Israel, Egypt
Neil Armstrong
Mumbai, India
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Round 9 UK today
1
Name the British Prime
Which UK country does
Who is the mayor of
Minister
Susan Boyle come from?
London?
Answer
Answer
Answer
David Cameron
Scotland
Where are you likely to
What colour are London
Who is the British
eat a haggis?
buses?
monarch?
Answer
Answer
Answer
Scotland
Red
Queen Elizabeth II
Boris Johnson
Round 10 Geography South East Asia

1
Where is Mount Kinabalu?
The Philippines?
Answer
Burma / Myanmar?
Answer
Sabah, Malaysia - Borneo
Answer
Manila
Naypyidaw
(Formerly it was
Yangon/Rangoon)
Singapore?
river that passes Vientiane
Answer
in Laos?
Singapore
Indonesia?
Answer
Answer
Mekong River
Jakarta
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Round 11 British History

1
Who was the British
Who was Charles Darwin?
Who was Queen Victoria
Prime Minister in 1971?
Answer
married to?
Answer
Edward Heath
Answer
He was an English
naturalist, biologist, and
scientist. (Darwins
(Her husband! 5 points)

Prince Albert!
evolution theory)
4
Who was HG Wells?
Which British King
How many wives did
Answer
abdicated in 1936?
Henry VIII have?
Answer
Answer
Edward VIII
English author/writer
(Science fiction)
Round 12 Film 2
1
Who is 007?
Who played Indiana
What is the most famous
Answer
Jones?
shark movie?
Answer
Answer
James Bond a spy,

secret agent
Harrison Ford
In what movies will you
Who is Harry Potter?
In which science fiction
find Hogwarts?
Answer
movies will you hear the
A boy wizard / magician, a
where no man or person
student of magic
has ever gone before?
Answer
Harry Potter
Jaws
phrase - to boldly go
Answer
Star Trek
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NFE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ ANSWER SHEET PART 1

Score 10 points for every correct answer Score 5 points if half right! There
are 12 rounds with 6 questions in each round. There are 72 questions. You
can score a maximum total of 720 points!
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NFE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ JULY 2010

In which UK country will

England - What day is St

What is the capital of

I find Loch Ness?

What are the White Cliffs

In which UK country will

of Dover made of?

you find Snowdonia

Round 2 Geography Europe

What is the capital of

What river runs through

What mountain range

runs through Slovakia?

What is the capital of

What is the name of the

What is the capital of

Alps / Swiss Alps

Category: Quiz / General knowledge / ESL English

NFE general knowledge quiz July 2010

Which female band

Who had a hit called Like

Who is Stefani Joanne

does Cheryl Cole sing

a virgin? in the 80s

better known as?

Who sang Candle in

What type of music does

Who is the lead singer of

Dolly Parton sing?

the Rolling Stones?

Where was the FIFA

Where and when are the

Venus and Serena

World Cup 2010?

next summer Olympics

Williams play what?

Who plays at Old

What do they play at

What sport does Tiger

This ESL lesson is the copyright of www.newsflashenglish.com

NFE general knowledge quiz July 2010

Round 5 World history

Joseph Stalin was

In what year was the

When was the Great War

(the First World War)?

Who was the US

Which famous world

What year was the Wall

Who and what is Shrek?

Who played Marty McFly

In what movies will you

in the movie Back to the

find Will Scarlett, Little

John and Maid Marion?

What is Bruce Waynes

What is the name of the

Who plays Captain Jack

alter ego called?

distant moon in the movie

Sparrow in Pirates of the

This ESL lesson is the copyright of www.newsflashenglish.com

NFE general knowledge quiz July 2010