General Knowledge Quizzes 

LOWER INTERMEDIATE

SCIENCE What does your heart pump? Check the answerblood Which is the nearest star? Check the answerthe sun Which is heavier, gold or silver? Check the answergold How many sides does a triangle have? Check the answerthree What is H2O? Check the answerwater How many legs does a butterfly have? Check the answersix

GEOGRAPHY Which is bigger, a lake or an ocean? Check the answeran ocean Which country has the most people? Check the answerChina What is the capital city of Norway? Check the answerOslo What is the biggest state in the U.S.A.? Check the answerAlaska Which country has the biggest land area? Check the answerRussia In which ocean is Hawaii? Check the answerthe Pacific

SPORTS What sport is played at Wimbledon? Check the answertennis In which country will the 2008 Olympic Games be held? Check the answerChina What country does the football player Romario come from? Check the answerBrazil What is the most popular indoor sport in the U.S.A.? Check the answerbasketball In which sport was Muhammad Ali the world champion? Check the answerboxing Which famous golf player's mother comes from Thailand? Check the answerTiger Woods

MUSIC How many strings does a violin have? Check the answerfour Where was Ricky Martin born? Check the answerPuerto Rico What pop group is Howie D. in? Check the answerBackstreet Boys Which singer usually sings rap music, Mariah Carey or Eminem? Check the answerEminem Which instrument is often used in jazz music, a saxophone or a tuba? Check the answera saxophone What nationality is Robbie Williams? Check the answerEnglish/British

INTERMEDIATE

SCIENCE Blood is filtered by which pair of organs? Check the answerkidneys 　 　 Which planet is the fifth from the sun? Check the answerJupiter Who developed the theory of relativity? Check the answerAlbert Einstein Which chemical element is represented by the symbol N? Check the answernitrogen In which organelle of a living cell is DNA found? Check the answernucleus Which travel faster, light or sound waves? Check the answerlight waves

GEOGRAPHY In which country is Mount Everest? Check the answerNepal Which continent has the biggest population? Check the answerAsia What is the capital city of New Zealand? Check the answerWellington On which continent is the Sahara desert? Check the answerAfrica Name the two longest rivers in the world. Check the answerAmazon/Nile Which ocean is to the east of Africa? Check the answerIndian Ocean

SPORTS What is longest running race in the Olympic Games called? Check the answerthe marathon Who won the 2001 British Open golf tournament? Check the answerDavid Duval In snooker, what is the colour of the last ball potted? Check the answerblack What nationality is the tennis player Lleyton Hewitt? Check the answerAustralian In which sport can you throw a 'curve ball'? Check the answerbaseball Which team won the 2000 Formula One car racing championship? Check the answerFerrari

MUSIC Which pop singer married British movie director Guy Ritchie? Check the answerMadonna Which rock group did George Harrison belong to? Check the answerThe Beatles Which classical composer became deaf near the end of his life? Check the answerBeethoven How many strings does a bass guitar usually have? Check the answerfour Which famous pop musician sang at Princess Diana's funeral? Check the answerElton John How many instruments are there in a string quintet? Check the answerfive

UPPER INTERMEDIATE

SCIENCE Which vitamin is abundant in citrus fruits? Check the answervitamin C What instrument is used for measuring temperature? Check the answera thermometer Who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection? Check the answerCharles Darwin What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere? Check the answercarbon dioxide What do we call a shape with eight sides? Check the answeroctagon What is the study of plants called? Check the answerbotany

GEOGRAPHY Which South American country has the greatest land area? Check the answerBrazil What is the capital city of Sri Lanka? Check the answerColombo Which climate is generally hotter and more humid, tropical or temperate? Check the answertropical What do we call a mountain which could erupt? Check the answera volcano Antarctica covers which of the earth's poles? Check the answerthe South Pole On which continent is Sierra Leone? Check the answerAfrica

SPORTS In which sport would you use a 'sand iron'? Check the answergolf In boxing, what do the letters K.O. stand for? Check the answerknock out Baseball originated in the U.S.A. in which century? Check the answer19th century How many rings are there in the Olympic Games symbol? Check the answerfive Which country won the 1998 FIFA World Cup football tournament? Check the answerFrance Who won the 2001 Wimbledon women's tennis championship? Check the answerVenus Williams

MUSIC Which female pop singer had a big hit called 'Baby, One More Time'? Check the answerBritney Spears What pop group was Michael Jackson a member of when he was young? Check the answerThe Jackson Five What type of music did Louis Armstrong play? Check the answerjazz What does an orchestra's conductor wave to keep time? Check the answerbaton What nationality was Mozart? Check the answerAustrian Which rock group is Michael Stipe the lead singer of? Check the answerREM

ADVANCED

SCIENCE Triton is a moon of which planet? Check the answerNeptune For what chemical process do plants need sunlight, CO2 and water? Check the answerphotosynthesis Which famous physicist wrote a book called 'A Brief History of Time'? Check the answerStephen Hawking Which chemical element is represented by the symbol Zn? Check the answerZinc In which organ of the body is the cerebrum found? Check the answerthe brain What do we call the study of birds? Check the answerornithology

GEOGRAPHY In which country is the world's highest waterfall? Check the answerVenezuela What natural phenomena are measured by the 'Richter scale'? Check the answerearthquakes Which two oceans does the Panama Canal link? Check the answerAtlantic/Pacific What is South America's highest mountain range? Check the answerthe Andes What is the capital city of Kenya? Check the answerNairobi What do we call the line of latitude 23.5 degrees north of the equator? Check the answertropic of Cancer

SPORTS In which athletic event is a heavy metal ball thrown? Check the answershot put In what sport could you 'hit a six' or 'bowl a leg spinner'? Check the answercricket Golf was first played in which country? Check the answerScotland In which sport could you find yourself in a headlock? Check the answerwrestling In which sport are a bow and arrow used? Check the answerarchery What does a third-place getter at the Olympic Games win? Check the answera bronze medal

MUSIC What instrument did the jazz musician Miles Davis play? Check the answertrumpet Which British rock group do Liam and Noel Gallagher belong to? Check the answerOasis Which instrument has keys, pedals and strings? Check the answerpiano In which country is a 'gamelan orchestra' most commonly found? Check the answerIndonesia Who wrote the song entitled 'Yesterday'? Check the answerPaul McCartney Which is the largest stringed instrument in a classical orchestra? Check the answerdouble bass