1:language & literature

1:LANGUAGE & LITERATURERoald Dahl

What was "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" originally going to be called?a) Wonka's Chocolate Factoryb) Charlie's Chocolate Boyc) Charlie and the Glass Elevatord) Charlie and the Magic Chocolate Castle

Question 1

Question 2Which of Roald's relatives had only one arm?

Question 3Which of Roald Dahl's popular children's books won the 1983 Whitbread Award?a) The Witchesb) Charlie and the Chocolate Factoryc) James and the Giant Peachd) The Twits

Question 4What is Roald Dahl's favourite food?a) Chocolateb) Vanilla Ice-creamc) Porkd) Caviar

Question 5How many books has Roald Dahl published (including adult's books)?a) 45b) 47c) 19d) None of the above

Question 6Which "James Bond" film did Roald Dahl write?a) Casino Royaleb) You Only Live Twicec) Diamonds Are Foreverd) Live and Let Die

Question 7

Who illustrated most of Dahl's children's books?

Question 8

What year was Roald Dahl born?

Who is this?

Question 9

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Who is the recently deceased British artist who let out

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2:ART OF JAPAN

Katsushika Hokusai

Question 1

What was Hokusai’s childhood name?

Question 2During an 1804 Tokyo festival what did Hokusai create using a broom and buckets full of ink?a) A portrait of the Buddhist priest Darumab) A portrait of Buddha c) A picture of Mount Fujid) A picture for a wooden book

Question 3What is the name of Hokusai's most famous collection of works?

Question 4• What is the name of this picture?

Question 5At what age did Hokusai complete his artwork entitled “Ducks in a Stream”?a) 55b) 63c) 71 d) 87

Question 6

What is the current name of the city of Edo where Hokusai

was born?

Question 7What were Hokusai’s main media for his artwork?a) Paint and charcoalb) Block print and oilc) Paint and block print d) Paint and pastel

Who is the person shown in this picture?

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Question 9Fill in the blanks-

Hokusai's last words were "If only Heaven will give me another ten years... Just another five more years, then I could become a

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3:MUSIC

Taylor Swift

Question 1

What kind of music does Taylor Swift sing?

Question 2What were the names of

the two songs that Taylor Swift wrote and sang for the new hit

movie “Hunger Games”?

Question 3

Which Jonas brother did Taylor Swift date?

Question 4In which animated movie did Taylor Swift voice a young girl called Audrey?

Question 5What is Taylor Swift's favorite number? a) 22b) 14c) 10d) 13

Question 6In what movie was Taylor Swift in as a teenage high-school girl called Felicia Miller?

Question 7Which of these awards did Taylor Swift gain at the Grammy Awards this year?a) Best Country Solo Performanceb) Best Country Duo/Group Performancec) Best Country Albumd) Best Country Song

Question 8Which famous American gave Taylor Swift an award for all the work she's done for charity?

Question 9How many albums has Taylor Swift released?

Random Question

What city in the world could you

find this in?

4:ECONOMICS

European Economy

Question 1Prior to the advent of the euro as a currency in Europe, what was

the currency of Portugal?

Question 2When was the European Economic Community first formed?

Question 3Name three of the founding members of the EEC?

Question 4What central European country is not a member of the EU even though every country surrounding it is?

Question 5How many countries are currently members of the EU?a) 18b) 23c) 27d) 35

Question 6Which country is likely to be the next member of the EU?

Question 7What is the approximate exchange rate of the Euro to the NZ dollar?

Question 8Which EU country is currently at risk of leaving the EU due to their country’s financial difficulties?

Question 9What are the EU’s ‘four freedoms’? The free movement of:a) Goods, people, food and carsb) People, capital, services and goodsc) Cars, capital, animals and servicesd) Goods, services, capital and food

Random Question

What are the three top selling book series of all time?(Includes graphic novels) They do not have to be in

order.

5:SCIENCE

Space

Question 1Name all the planets in our Solar System

Question 2When Solarwinds manage to slip through the Earth's thick atmosphere, this is called... a) An Aurora Borealis b) An Eclipsec) A Nebulad) A Supernova

Question 3How many stars are there in our Solar System?

Question 4Who am I?• I am a large planet with rings made of ice

and rocks• I am the only planet that is tipped on its side• I travel round the Earth every month• A big storm travels across me every year,

from space it appears to be a big red spot

Question 5Which of these people was a famous astronomer?a) Abraham Lincolnb) Isaac Newtonc) Galileo Galileid) Ernest Rutherford

Question 6Between which planets in our Solar System is an asteroid belt?

Question 7i) Which movie is Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear from?ii) Who was he named after?

Question 8What is the name of the space probe that has recently landed on Mars?

Question 9

Why do we have leap years?

Random Question

Why isn't Pluto counted as a planet?

6:HEALTH & P.E.

Spanish Influenza

Question 1What year was the Spanish Influenza

Pandemic?

Question 2What is the estimated number of people that died from the Spanish Influenza?a) 50,000b) 10,000,000 c) 75,000d) 50,000,000

Question 3What is another name for the Spanish Flu?a) Yo Soy Un Ucranio Alceb) La Burbujac) El Español Enfermod) La Grippe

Question 4True or False?The Flu spread to the Artic.

Question 5Who was the flu most vulnerable to?a) Infantsb) 5-20 year oldsc) 20-40 year oldsd) Elderly

Question 6People with jobs such as capenters were employed to build for the Spanish Influenza?a) Wooden Coffinsb) Doors for Roomsc) Beds for Patientsd) All of the above

Question 7How many waves of the Influenza were there?a) 10b) 2c) 3d) 5

Question 8True or False?World War I caused the Spanish Influenza

Question 9Why was the flu so fatal?a) Because people had weak immune sytemsb) Because it was a mutationc) Because it spread so quicklyd) Because there were no cures

7:MATHS

The Metric System

Question 1Which country first

came up with the idea of the metric system?

Question 2What are the seven basic units of the metric system

Question 3What is this and where is it kept?

Question 4Put the following in order from largest to smallest....gigametre, picometre, kilometre, nanometre, zeptometre, decimetre, terametre, megametre, micrometre, and metre

Question 5What is the "Square Kilometre Array"?

Question 6Convert 3574.65 centimetres into kilometres

Question 7The modern metric system is most similar to which historical metric system?a) Mesopotamian systemb) Onomatopoeia systemc) Greek systemd) Persian system

Question 8If 1 Galleon = $4.81, 1 Sickle = $0.28 and 1 Knut = $0.01 and I have 10 Galleons, 10 Sickles, and 10 Knuts, how much money in dollars do I have?

Question 9Which is the ONLY industrialised nation in the world that does not use the metric system?a) New Zealandb) United States of Americac) United Kingdomd) Argentina

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8:SUPER QUIZ!Famous World Landmarks

Question 1Which city in India is

the Taj Mahal located?

Question 2What country gave America the Statue of Liberty as a "thank-you" present?a) Englandb) Australiac) Franced) Germany

Question 3How many years did it take to build the Leaning Tower of Pisa?

Question 4What city would you find this in and what is it called?

Question 5What are the names of the four Presidents who have their faces carved into Mount Rushmore?

Question 6Which indigenous people of the world named what we know as Ayers Rock "Uluru“

Question 7In what state in America could you find the Grand Canyon?

Question 8Which country in South America is Machu Picchu located?

Question 9• What is the height of

this famous London landmark?

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What are the first names of our four MC’s

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