What do plants need to grow?
Sunlight, water, and soil
What is the name of the planet we live on?
Earth
What do we call the letters of the alphabet that are not vowels?
Consonants
In which sport do players use rackets to hit a ball over a net?
Tennis
What famous ship sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg?
The Titanic
What is the name of the gas that humans breathe in to stay alive?
Oxygen
What is the capital city of France?
Paris
What is the name of the person who writes a book?
Author
What is the name of the international tournament where countries compete in football every four years?
The FIFA World Cup
What ancient civilization built the pyramids in Egypt?
The Ancient Egyptians
What part of the body pumps blood around the body?
The heart
Which continent is the largest by land area?
Asia
What is the term for comparing two things using “like” or “as”?
Simile
How many players are on a rugby team during a match?
15
Which famous historical figure once gave a speech entitled "I have a dream"?
Martin Luther King
What planet is known as the “Red Planet”?
Mars
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile
What is the name of the punctuation mark used to show possession or missing letters?
Apostrophe
What Olympic sport involves a balance beam, vault, and floor routines?
Gymnastics
Who was the British monarch during World War II?
King George VI
What is the process called when a solid turns straight into a gas without becoming a liquid first?
Sublimation
What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
The Equator
What do we call a word that has the opposite meaning to another word?
Antonym
In athletics, what is the name of the event where athletes throw a heavy metal ball as far as they can?
Shot put
What wall divided East and West Berlin during the Cold War?
The Berlin Wall