BIS General Knowledge
________ Winscombe Street, Belmont, Auckland 0622
10
BEDMAS stands for...?
Brackets, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.
The most expensive book ever sold is the Codex Leicester, a 72-page manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci, which sold for _________ in 1994.
USD 30.8 million
People Might Spit on the Bride at ______ (country) Weddings
Greece
Shakespeare invented over ______ words and phrases that are still used in English today.
1,700
Was founded in _______
1957
How many sides does a nonagon have?
Longest Novel: "In Search of Lost Time" by Marcel Proust, with over ________ words.
1.2 million words.
In India, there are around _______ languages that are identified by the government as main languages.
270
The longest English word without a vowel is ________
Rhythms
Mr Hill has been principal since ________
2013
What is the Roman Numeral for 17?
XVII
_________ is widely considered the best-selling book of all time, with an estimated 5 to 7 billion copies sold.
The Bible
The national flag with the most colours in it is Belize (1981), with _______ colours.
12
The world record for the fastest time to type the alphabet on a keyboard is around ___________
3.43 seconds
The dot over the letter “i” and “j” is called a _________
Tittle