Science & Space
What gas do humans need to breathe to survive?
Oxygen
What is the capital city of France?
Paris
In which ancient civilisation were the famous pyramids of Giza built?
Ancient Egypt
What is the largest land animal alive today?
The African elephant
What type of word names a person, place, object or idea?
Noun
What instrument is used to observe distant objects in space?
A telescope
How many months of the year have at least 28 days?
All 12 months
Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mars
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
The Pacific Ocean
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
What is a group of lions called?
A Pride
What is a word with the opposite meaning of another word called?
Antonym
What device changes energy from sunlight into electricity?
A solar panel
What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
Clock
Which part of a plant absorbs water and minerals from the soil?
The roots
On which continent is the Sahara Desert located?
Africa
Which ancient Roman city was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
Pompeii
Which flightless bird is strongly associated with Antarctica?
Penguins
What type of word is used to describe a noun?
Adjective
What does GPS stand for?
Global Positioning System
What becomes wetter the more it dries something else?
Towel
What force pulls objects towards the centre of Earth?
What force pulls objects towards the centre of Earth?
Which European country is often described as being shaped like a boot?
Italy
In which ancient country did the Olympic Games begin?
Greece
What is the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth?
The blue whale
Who wrote Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Roald Dahl
Which two brothers completed the first successful powered aeroplane flight?
Wright brothers
What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
Stamp
What is the process called when liquid water changes into water vapour?
Evaporation
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
What was the name of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to North America in 1620?
The Mayflower
Which sea animal has three hearts?
The octopus
What do we call words that sound the same but have different meanings, such as “sea” and “see”?
Homophone
Which two digits are used in the binary number system?
0 and 1
What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees and rivers but no water?
Map
What is the name of the galaxy that contains our Solar System?
The Milky Way
Which major river flows through Egypt and empties into the Mediterranean Sea?
The Nile
Which civilisation built Machu Picchu?
The Inca civilisation
Which Australian mammal has a duck-like bill and lays eggs?
The platypus
What does the prefix penta- mean?
5
What was the name of the first artificial satellite sent into orbit?
Sputnik 1
What speaks without a mouth and answers without thinking?
Echo
Which blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?
Arteries
Which country shares the world’s longest international border with the United States?
Canada
This ancient city was the centre of the Roman Empire
Rome
What is the name of the process in which a caterpillar changes into a butterfly?
Metamorphasis
Who wrote the original Harry Potter book series?
J. K. Rowling
What does URL stand for?
Uniform Resource Locator
What appears once in “minute,” twice in “moment” and never in “one thousand years”?
The letter M
Which element has the chemical symbol Au?
Gold
Which continent is located in all four hemispheres?
Africa
This famous queen of ancient Egypt formed alliances with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
Cleopatra?
What is the only mammal in the world covered in protective scales?
Pangolin
What is a word formed from the first letters of several words, such as NASA, called?
An acronym
Which programming language was named after the comedy group Monty Python?
Python
Which five-letter English word is still pronounced the same after four of its letters are removed?
Queue
What is the boundary around a black hole beyond which not even light can escape?
The event horizon
Which small country is completely surrounded by South Africa?
Lesotho
Who create the first known writing system?
Ancient Sumerians
What word describes animals that are most active at night?
Nocturnal
What literary device repeats the same beginning sound in nearby words, such as “wild winds whistle”?
Aliteration
What is the name of the small electronic component that acts as the “brain” of a computer?
Processor or CPU
Which three positive whole numbers give the same answer when they are added together and multiplied together?
1, 2 and 3