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In Roald Dahl’s Matilda, what is the name of the terrifying, Olympic hammer-throwing headmistress of Crunchem Hall?
Miss Trunchbull
A standard six-sided dice has opposite faces that always add up to 7. If the number 2 is on the top face and 4 is on the front face, what number is on the bottom face?
5
To which specific group of invertebrates do spiders, scorpions, and ticks belong?
Arachnids
A clock strikes the exact number of hours at the turn of every hour (e.g., it strikes 3 times at 3 o'clock). How many times will it strike in total between 1:00 AM and 6:00 AM inclusive?
21
In 1940, during World War II, hundreds of thousands of Allied troops were miraculously evacuated from the beaches of northern France in "Operation Dynamo". What was the name of this French port town?
Dunkirk
Read this sentence: "The abandoned house stood ominous against the bleak sky." Which word in this sentence is a predicate adjective ?
Ominous
A sequence of numbers starts: 4, 7, 10, 13... What is the 10th term in this sequence?
31
When making bread, a living microorganism is added to flour and water to make the dough rise by producing carbon dioxide gas. What is the name of this microorganism?
Yeast
Every day, a pond Lilypad doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the Lilypad to completely cover the pond, on which day was the pond exactly half-covered?
47
Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface is called magma. What is it called the moment it erupts out of a volcano?
Lava
In Lewis Carroll's famous poem Jabberwocky, what is the name of the sword used to slay the beast?
The Vorpal Blade
What is 5/6 - 3/4
1/12
On Earth, gravity pulls objects towards the ground. If an astronaut travels to the Moon, does their mass change, their weight change, or do both change?
Only their weight changes
In a lunch queue, Jessica is the 7th person from the front, and the 12th person from the back. How many people are in the queue in total?
18
What is the name of the imaginary line of latitude that runs through Greenwich, London, acting as the starting point for measuring time zones across the globe?
Greenwich Meridian
If a story is written from the perspective of a narrator who is not a character in the story and knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters, what narrative point of view is being used?
Third-person omniscient
An isosceles triangle has one angle measuring 40 degrees. If this is not one of the equal angles, what is the size of the other two angles?
70 degrees
When humans breathe in, oxygen enters the blood via the lungs. Which specific organ does this oxygen-rich blood travel to immediately after leaving the lungs?
The Heart
In a test, you get 5 points for a correct answer and lose 2 points for an incorrect answer. If David answers all 10 questions and scores 22 points, how many questions did he get right?
6
Before the Normans invaded in 1066, England was ruled by the Anglo-Saxons. Who was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon King of England, who famously took an arrow to the eye at the Battle of Hastings?
Harold Godwinson
What is the direct antonym of the word "Plentiful"? It must begin with the letter S.
Scarce/Sparse
A pie chart shows the favourite sports of 120 children. If the sector representing football has an angle of 120 degrees, how many children chose football?
Light travels in straight lines. When light hits a flat mirror, the "angle of incidence" is always equal to what other angle?
The angle of reflection
A train passes 5 telegraph poles in exactly 20 seconds. If the poles are spaced evenly at intervals of 50 metres apart, what is the speed of the train in metres per second?
10 m/s
The cradle of early civilization flourished between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. What was the ancient name of this region, which translates to "the land between rivers"?
Mesopotamia