Monday games

Pick & Mix

150

five animals and the sounds they make,

Pigeons

Rats 

Kangaroos 

Monkeys 

Peacocks

Coo

Squeak

Shortle

Chatter

Scream

200

The average four year old child asks over 300 questions per day.9true/false)

True

300

A crocodile can not stick its tongue out.(true/false)

True

400

Which shellfish is the theme of the Galway Bay Festival every

September?

a) Lobsters

 b) Crabs

 c) Oysters

 c)Oysters

500

What was Sherlock Holmes address?

a) 1700 Colfax

 b) 221b Baker Street 

c) 10 Washington Avenue

b)221b Baker Street

600

How many rings in the Olympic emblem?

a) 3

 b) 5 

c) 7

c)5

700

In the story of Ali Baba, how many thieves were there?

a) 40 

b) 100

 c) 6

a)40 

Riddles

150

What has keys but can’t open locks?”

A piano.
Explanation: It plays notes, not keys.

200

I have hands but can’t clap. What am I?”

A clock.
Explanation: Clock hands indicate time.

300

What runs but never walks?”

river.
Explanation: Rivers flow continuously.

400

What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?”

A stamp.
Explanation: Stamps stay on envelopes.

500

I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?”

A joke.
Explanation: Jokes can be told or played on someone.

600

I have branches but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?”

A bank.
Explanation: Banks have branches.

700

“What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?”

A teapot.
Explanation: Teapots hold tea.

Word Jumbles

150

DNWLEEGOK

KWOLEDGE

200

ETEEALBVG

VEGETABLES

300

NITRA

TRAIN

400

RSEUQET

 REQUEST

500

NATMPOIRT

IMPORTANT

600

 SOTNDUHA

THOUSAND

700

NTGEMLANE

GENTLEMAN

History

150

In which country was Lego invented?

a) Denmark 

b) Spain 

c) England

a) Denmark

200

In which year did Bill Clinton first take up office as President of the

United States?

a) 1989 

b) 1993 

c) 1995

b) 1993

300

What number does the Roman numeral X stand for?

a) 5 

b) 10 

c) 50

b) 10

400

In which country is the 5200 year old Newgrange passage tomb?

a) Ireland 

b) England 

c) Denmark

a)Ireland

500

How many nations took part in the first modern Olympic Games in

1896?

a) 12 

b) 20 

c) 34

a)12

600

In which war was tanks first used?

a) World War 2 

b) The War of Independence

 c) World War 1

c)World War 1

700

Which country attacked Pearl Harbour in 1941?

a) Japan

 b) China 

c) Russia

a)Japan

General Knowledge

150

 

 In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.(True/false

True (Guinea pigs are social animals, and the law is designed to protect animal

welfare)

200

Famous Inventions and Their Inventors . Who invented Wireless Radio

a)Guglielmo Marconi

b)Alexander Fleming

c)Marie Curie

a)Guglielmo Marconi

300

Famous Inventions and Their Inventors. Who invented dynamite?

a)James Watt

b)Thomas Edison

c)Alfred Nobel

c)Alfred Nobel

400

Which pop group had a hit song with ‘Dancing Queen’ and ‘Mamma Mia’?

a) The Beach Boys

 b) Abba

 c) The Supremes

b) Abba

500

Where in your body would you find an anvil, a hammer, and a stirrup?

a) In the toes 

b) In the knees

c) In the ear

c) In the ear

600

In which country is Maori a language?

a) New Zealand 

b) Australia 

c) India

a)New Zealand

700

Who was Born First? Number these famous people from 1 to 8 in order of when they were born. Starting with the oldest.1= oldest, 8 = most recent

ELVIS PRESLEY

TAYLOR SWIFT

JOHN WAYNE

PRINCESS DIANA

HARRISON FORD

OPRAH WINFREY

THOMAS EDISON

MARIE CURIE

ELVIS PRESLEY, 1935            4

TAYLOR SWIFT, 1989             8

JOHN WAYNE, 1907               3

PRINCESS DIANA, 1961         7  

HARRISON FORD, 1942          5

OPRAH WINFREY, 1954           6

THOMAS EDISON, 1847          1

MARIE CURIE,1867                 2