2023 End of Term Summer Quiz

2023 Quiz

8 Rounds - 80 marks

Picture Round (9) Monthly Roundup (10) Music (20) General knowledge (10) Movies (10) Subjects (10) True or False (11)

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Picture Round

Name the balls. They are in order of size. Your teacher can decide on a time limit.

00:00:00

Name the type of ball

monthly Roundup

1 question for each month of the academic year. Multiple choice.

1/10 - Sept

The Rings of Power premiered on Prime this month. Who wrote the stories of middle earth including Lord of the Rings?

J R R Tolkien

Charles Dickens

H G Wells

Agatha Christie

2/10 - Oct

South Korean pop band BTS announced they would serve the required military term. How long is this?

6 months

12 months

18 months

24 months

3/10 - Nov

Dolly Parton, famous singer/songwriter and charity pioneer was inducted into the Rock & Roll hall of fame (along with Eminem & Lionel Ritchie). What type of music was she in?

Classical

Rock

Country

Soul

4/10 - Dec

Construction begins on world's biggest radio telescope in South Africa and Australia. It's called the SKA, what do the letters stand for?

Square Kilometre Array

Satellite Kite Area

Sick Killer Asteroids

Super Koala Airways

5/10 - Jan

Avenger's actor Jeremy Renner was accidentally run over by a snowplow. Approximately how many bones did he break?

12

30

6/10 - Feb

Publisher Puffin, announces it will print Roald Dahl books with their original text alongside their edited versions. Which of the following is NOT a Roald Dahl book?

Matilda

Charlie and the chocolate factory

The Worst Witch

The BFG

7/10 - Mar

Social media site TikTok announces a daily screen time limit for users under 18, how many minutes is the limit?

45

60

75

90

8/10 - Apr

The European Space Agency's Juice satellite launches on an Ariane-5 rocket from the Kourou spaceport. Where is the mission headed?

The Moon

Mars

Jupiter's Moons

Saturn's Rings

9/10 - May

How old will King Charles be when he is made King?

64

74

84

94

10/10 - Jun

Father's day is on June 18th. Was the founder of father's day a man or a woman?

Man

Woman

Music Round

10 tracks -1 mark for each artist. -1 mark for each song. All in the charts since September 22

Name the Artist and Song

Track 2

Track 3

Track 1

Track 6

Track 5

Track 4

Track 8

Track 9

Track 7

Track 10

GEneral Knowledge

10 questions, multiple choice.

1/10

Gen-Knowledge

Which US state is home to the world-famous Yellowstone National Park?

Georgia

Wyoming

Arizona

California

2/10

Gen-Knowledge

What is the name of the famous American inventor who developed the light bulb and the phonograph?

Alexander Graham Bell

Benjamin Franklin

Thomas Edison

Nikola Tesla

3/10

Gen-Knowledge

What is the name of the largest country in South America?

Brazil

Argentina

Peru

Colombia

4/10

Gen-Knowledge

Which planet does NOT have rings?

Venus

Jupiter

Neptune

Saturn

5/10

Gen-Knowledge

Known for his contributions to physics and mathematics, who was the first person to discover the law of gravity?

Stephen Hawking

Charles Darwin

Albert Einstein

Sir Isaac Newton

6/10

Gen-Knowledge

Who directed the 1975 film "Jaws"?

Martin Scorsese

Steven Spielberg

Quentin Tarantino

James Cameron

7/10

Gen-Knowledge

In Disney's Encanto. What is the name of the 'strong' sister?

Luisa

Isabela

Mirabel

Dolores

8/10

Gen-Knowledge

Comprised of pictures and symbols, what is the name of the ancient Egyptian writing system?

Hieroglyphics

Isthmian

Zapotec

Teotihuacan

9/10

Gen-Knowledge

Were the founders of FIVE GUYS, all men?

Yes

No

10/10

Gen-Knowledge

The Chinese year 2023 is represented by which animal?

Rabbit

Dragon

Tiger

Snake

Movie Round

10 Movies to name from the factoids.

Director: James Cameron

Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver

Awards: 1 Oscar

Run time: 3hrs 12mins

Quote: "Why so blue?"

Director: Baz Luhrmann

Starring: Tom Hanks, Austin Butler, Olivia DeJonge

Genres: Biography, Drama, Music

Tagline: "The Man. The Legend. The King of Rock & Roll."

Certificate: 12A

Directors: Joel Crawford + Januel Mercado

Starring: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Harvey Guillén

Genres: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family

Tagline: "Say hola to his little friends."

Certificate: PG

Director: Scott Mann

Starring: Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Mason Gooding

On Netflix now

Genres: Thriller

Tagline: "Fear reaches new heights."

Certificate: 15

Director: Ryan Coogler

Starring: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira

On Disney+ now

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Runtime: 2hrs 41mins

Quote: "To everyone, he was a king. But to me, he was everything."

Director: Matthew Warchus

Starring: Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch

Writers: Dennis Kelly, Tim Minchin, Roald Dahl

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical

Certificate: PG

Director: Harry Bradbeer

Starring: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, David Thewlis

On Netflix now

Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Runtime: "I know you're not a fan of unnecessary advice, but please, don't turn into me..."

Certificate: 12A

Directors: Matt Bettinelli Olpin + Tyler Gillett

Starring: Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Quote: "Saw that in a scary movie once."

Certificate: 18

Director: Taika Waititi

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale

On Disney+ now

Tagline: "Not every god has a plan."

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi

Certificate: 12A

10

Director: Colin Trevorrow

Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Original/Sequel

Tagline: "It all started here."

Certificate: 12A

Subject round

10 questions, various subjects, some multiple choice, some open.

1/10

Maths

Workout

Hint

2/10

Maths

Calculate the area of shaded blue area.

Hint

3/10

English

The experience left them no choice except to return.

Which word is the 'Pronoun' in this sentence?

Hint

4/10

English

Ancient, precious coins are exhibited in this museum.

Which word is the 'adjective' in this sentence?

Hint

5/10

Physics

Where does sound travel faster?

Water

Air

6/10

Chemistry

You can't live without iron. Where in the body is most of the iron located?

Blood

Skin

Brain

Bones

7/10

Biology

What is the largest living structure on Earth?

Malheur honey fungus

Giant sequoias

Utah's quaking aspen colony

The great barrier reef

8/10

Geography

What is the capital of the United States?

New York

Washington DC

Olympia

Springfield

9/10

History

Where did the Great Fire of London begin, on 2 September 1666?

Brick lane

Bond street

Baker street

Pudding lane

10/10

Enironment

Which animal is the primary culprit when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions?

True of False

11 questions, True of False.

1/11

Camels have three sets of eyelashes

False

True

2/11

Scallops have poor vision

False

True

3/11

Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.

False

True

4/11

Apes can't laugh

False

True

5/11

Some snails can sleep for up to three years.

False

True

6/11

A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in a lifetime.

False

True

7/11

The bent joint in the legs of the flamingo is its ankles.

False

True

8/11

The pupil of a goat is diagonal.

False

True

9/11

Bats always turn right when leaving a cave.

False

True

10/11

Slugs have six noses

False

True

11/11 - Bonus

You are allowed to leave this lesson 5mins early.

False

True

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