Welcome to The Big 1 A World Class Quiz !

Subject: Geography General Knowledge 1

Questions by John Channon

Copyright John Channon 2006 onwards All rights reserved

The Rules 1
Throw a dice to decide which team starts.

A team has one minute to answer a question. An incorrect answer means that it goes to the next team.

Each team only gets one 50:50 chance during the game. It cannot be used with the final The Big One question. The winner is the team which answers The Big One question first.

The Rules 2 Optionally there may also be a competition between the Carnivores and the Herbivores and/or a league can be created of team scores during the term or year

Enjoy the game and try to remember the right answers for the future!

Choose your Teams and listen to their sound!

Rhinos Gorillas Zebras Wolves Herbivores

Lions

Eagles

Carnivores

Who will get to the Big 1!

Choose your team from: Rhinos, Gorillas, Zebras, Wolves, Lions or Eagles

The Question Table

Question Number Geography History English Science General

1 7 13 19 25

2 8 14 20 26

3 9 15 21

4 10 16 22

5 11 17 23

6 12 18 24 30

27 28 29 The Big One!

Start with Question 1 and then carry on until you get to The Big 1! These numbers change colour as each question is answered. Remember to go back to the scoreboard after each answer.

The Scores
The Big One! 6 5 4 3 2 1 6 5 4 3 2 1 6 5 4 3 2 1 6 5 4 3 2 1 6 5 4 3 2 1 6 5 4 3 2 1

Rhinos Gorillas Zebras Wolves Lions Eagles Herbivores Carnivores

Question 1

The largest ocean in the world is the :-

Answer

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A: Indian

B: Pacific

C: Atlantic

D: Arctic

E: Mediterranean

F: Baltic

Question 1

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Q. The largest ocean in the world is the :Answer

A:

B: Pacific

C:

D: Arctic

E:

F: Baltic

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The largest ocean in the world is the :B: Pacific

The Pacific Ocean was given the name peaceful by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan however it has many storms and tsunamis

Question 2

Q. The capital of China is called:50:50

Answer

A: Hong Kong

B: Shanghai

C: Tokyo

D: Seoul

E: Beijing

F: Delhi

Question 2

50: 50

Q. The capital of China is called:-

Answer

A: Hong Kong

B: Shanghai

C:

D:

E: Beijing

F:

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Q. The capital of China is called:E: Beijing

Beijing has been a capital for many centuries but Shanghai is the largest city in China

Question 3

Q. The longest river in Britain is called the :Answer

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A: Shannon

B: Avon

C: Mersey

D: Severn

E: Trent

F: Thames

Question 3

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Q. The longest river in Britain is called the:Answer

A:

B:

C:

D: Severn

E: Trent

F: Thames

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Q. The longest river in Britain is called the:D: Severn

The River Severn has its source in Wales and then flows into England. The Severn Estuary has the second largest tidal range (15m) in the world.

Question 4

Q. Which of the following is NOT a desert?

Answer
50:50

A: Sahara

B: Namib

C: Atacama

D: Kalahari

E: Pantanal

F: Mojave

Question 4

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Q. Which of the following is NOT a desert?

Answer

A:

B:

C: Atacama

D:

E: Pantanal

F: Mojave

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Q. Which of the following is NOT a desert?

E: Pantanal

The Pantanal is a swampy area in the SW of Brazil and is the home of anacondas, capybaras and anteaters.

Question 5

Q. Which of the following mountains/hills is NOT found in England?

Answer
A: Skiddaw B: Helvellyn

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C: Skafell

D: Great Dun Fell

E: Pen y Fan

F: The Cheviot

Question 5

50:50

Q. Which of the following mountains/hills is NOT found in England?

Answer
A: Skiddaw B:

C:

D:

E: Pen y Fan

F: The Cheviot

Question 5

Answer

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Q. Which of the following mountains/hills is NOT found in England?

E: Pen y Fan

Pen y Fan is in the Brecon Beacons in Wales

Question 6

Q. Which country is surrounded by Poland, Slovakia, Austria and Germany?

Answer
A: Slovenia B: Switzerland

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C: Czech Republic

D: Croatia

E: Bavaria

F: Liechtenstein

Question 6

50:50

Q. Which country is surrounded by Poland, Slovakia, Austria and Germany?

Answer
A: B:

C: Czech Republic

D: Croatia

E:

F: Liechtenstein

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Q. Which country is surrounded by Poland, Slovakia, Austria and Germany?

C: Czech Republic

The Czech Republic was founded in 1993 after a peaceful division of Czechoslovakia into two separate states.

Question 7

Q. Which English king was killed by an arrow in the eye?

Answer
50:50

A: Arthur

B: William 1

C: George 1

D: Harold

E: Charles 1

F: Henry 1

Question 7

50:50

Q. Which English king was killed by an arrow in the eye?

Answer

A:

B: William 1

C:

D: Harold

E:

F: Henry 1

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Q. Which English king was killed by an arrow in the eye?

D: Harold

The tradition is that Harold was killed by an arrow in the eye at the Battle of Hastings. And this led to the defeat of the English by the Normans

Question 8

Q.Which ruler put a tax on beards?

50:50

Answer

A: Nero

B: Peter the Great

C: James 1

D: Catherine the Great

E: The Sun King

F: Vlad the Impaler

Question 8

50:50

Q. Which ruler put a tax on beards?

Answer

A:

B: Peter the Great

C: James 1

D:

E:

F: Vlad the Impaler

Question 8

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Q. Which ruler put a tax on beards?

B: Peter the Great

Peter the Great, Ruler of Russia, wanted to modernise his country and wanted to discourage men from having beards.

Question 9

Q.Which event killed the biggest proportion of people in England?

Answer
50:50

A: Black Death 1348

B: Second World War

C: Blitz

D: First World War

E: The Great Plague

F: 1920s Flu Epidemic

Question 9

50:50

Q. Which event killed the biggest proportion of people in England?

Answer

A: Black Death 1348

B:

C:

D: First World War

E:

F: 1920s Flu epidemic

Question 9

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Q. Which event killed the biggest proportion of people in England?

A: Black Death 1348

The Black Death killed between one third and a half of the population of England

Question 10

Q.Which tribe did Boadicea(Boudicca) belong to ?

Answer
50:50

A: Atrebates

B: Brigantes

C: Cantiaci

D: Belgae

E: Silures

F: Iceni

Question 10

50:50

Q. Which tribe did Boadicea(Boudicca) belong to ?

Answer

A: Atrebates

B: Brigantes

C:

D:

E:

F: Iceni

Question 10

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Q. Which tribe did Boadicea(Boudicca) belong to ?

F: Iceni

She was Queen of the Iceni, a tribe from East Anglia and led a revolt against the Romans in AD61 but was eventually defeated.

Question 11

Q.How much was a groat worth?

50:50

Answer

A: four pence

B: six pence

C: florin

D: shilling

E: half a crown

F: guinea

Question 11

50:50

Q. How much was a groat worth?

Answer

A: four pence

B:

C:

D: shilling

E:

F: guinea

Question 11

Answer

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Q. How much was a groat worth?

A: four pence

This was a silver coin first minted in the 13th century and because of inflation could buy a lot more than four pence nowadays

Question 12

Q. Who was the first Empress of India?

50:50

Answer

A: Cleopatra

B: Nefertiti

C: Queen Victoria

D: Elizabeth

E: Jingu

F: Catherine the Great

Question 12

50:50

Q. Who was the first Empress of India?

Answer

A: Cleopatra

B:

C: Queen Victoria

D:

E: Jingu

F:

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Q. Who was the first Empress of India?

C: Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria assumed the title of Empress of India in 1876.

Question 13

Q. Which of the following is NOT a play by Shakespeare?

Answer
50:50

A: Hamlet

B: Romeo and Juliet

C: Othello

D: Great Expectations

E: Twelfth Night

F: Macbeth

Question 13

50:50

Q. Which of the following is NOT a play by Shakespeare?

Answer

A:

B:

C: Othello

D: Great Expectations

E: Twelfth Night

F:

Question 13

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Q. Which of the following is NOT a play by Shakespeare?

D: Great Expectations

Great Expectations was a book written by Charles Dickens.

Question 14

Q. Which of the following was written by Geoffrey Chaucer?

Answer
50:50

A: Jane Eyre

B: Othello

C: The Canterbury Tales E: A Midsummer Nights Dream

D: Great Expectations

F: The Domesday Book

Question 14

50:50

Q. Which of the following was written by Geoffrey Chaucer?

Answer

A:

B:

C: The Canterbury Tales E: A Midsummer Nights Dream

D: Great Expectations

F:

Question 14

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Q. Which of the following was written by Geoffrey Chaucer?

C: The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales was one of the first popular books written in English and consists of 24 stories told by a group of pilgrims to each other the people who told the best story has their meal paid for by the rest of the group.

Question 15

Q. Great Expectations was written by which author?

Answer
50:50

A: Daphne Du Maurier

B: Geoffrey Chaucer

C: Anita Desai

D: William Shakespeare

E: Emily Bronte

F: Charles Dickens

Question 15

50:50

Q. Great Expectations was written by which author?

Answer

A: Daphne Du Maurier

B: Geoffrey Chaucer

C: E: method of crop rotation

D:

F: Charles Dickens

Question 15

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Q. Great Expectations was written by which author?

F: Charles Dickens

Great Expectations tells the story of a young orphan called Pip and how he makes his way in the world

Question 16

Q. A famous English poet who wrote poems about the Lake District was:Answer
50:50

A: Ted Hughes

B: Charlotte Bronte

C: William Wordsworth

D: Sylvia Plath

E: Lord Byron

F: William Shakespeare

Question 16

50:50

Q. A famous English poet who wrote poems about the Lake District was:Answer

A:

B: Charlotte Bronte

C: William Wordsworth

D:

E: Lord Byron

F:

Question 16

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Q. A famous English poet who wrote poems about the Lake District was:C: William Wordsworth

One of his famous poems was entitled Daffodils or I wandered lonely as a cloud and described the Lake District in spring

Question 17

Q. Which of the following books was ordered by William the Conqueror?

Answer
50:50

A: Othello

B: Beowulf

C: The Domesday Book

D: The Canterbury Tales

E: The Saxon Chronicle

F: Macbeth

Question 17

50:50

Q. Which of the following books was ordered by William the Conqueror?

Answer

A:

B:

C: The Domesday Book

D: The Canterbury Tales

E: The Saxon Chronicle

F:

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Q. Which of the following books was ordered by William the Conqueror?

C: The Domesday Book

William the Conqueror ordered a book to be written which recorded the land and livestock of each landowner in England and what it was worth so that it could be taxed.

Question 18

Q. Who wrote the poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol

Answer
50:50

A: Oscar Wilde

B: Virginia Woolf

C: Lord Byron

D: Mary Shelley

E: Sylvia Plath

F: George Eliot

Question 18

50:50

Q. Who wrote the poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol

Answer

A: Oscar Wilde

B: Virginia Woolf

C:

D: Mary Shelley

E:

F:

Question 18

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Q. Who wrote the poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol

A: Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde had been sent to Reading Gaol for two years hard labour for being a homosexual. While there he met a soldier who had murdered his wife. The soldier was hung in Reading Gaol and Oscar Wilde thought it was a hideous procedure.

Question 19

Q. What does the chemical symbol Ag refer to?

Answer
50:50

A: Agriculture

B: Arsenic

C: Silver

D: Antimony

E: Aluminium

F: Agent

Question 19

50:50

Q. What does the chemical symbol Ag refer to?

Answer

A:

B: Arsenic

C: Silver

D: Antimony

E:

F:

Question 19

Answer

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Q. What does the chemical symbol Ag refer to?

C: Silver

Many scientific terms are written in Latin. Ag comes from the Latin Argentum for silver

Question 20

Q. Which of the following parts of the body most needs calcium in peoples diet?
Answer
50:50 A: liver B: bones

C: brain

D: muscles

E: skin

F: eyes

Question 20

50:50

Q. Which of the following parts of the body needs calcium in peoples diet?
Answer

A:

B: bones

C: brain

D: muscles

E:

F:

Question 20

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Q. Which of the following parts of the body needs calcium in peoples diet?
B: bones

Calcium is important to keep the body healthy and 99% is stored in the bones and teeth. It is also important for muscle contraction.

Question 21

Q. Which of the following is NOT a carnivorous animal?

Answer
50:50

A: cow

B: leopard

C: dog

D: hyena

E: lion

F: jaguar

Question 21

50:50

Q. Which of the following is NOT a carnivorous animal?

Answer

A: cow

B:

C:

D: hyena

E:

F: jaguar

Question 21

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Q. Which of the following is NOT a carnivorous animal?

A: cow

Carnivorous animals eat other animals. Cows are herbivorous and eat plants.

Question 22

Q.Which of the following is a deciduous tree?

Answer
50:50

A: rhododendron

B: yew

C: Christmas Tree

D: oak

E: pine

F: fir

Question 22

50:50

Q. Which of the following is a deciduous tree?

Answer

A: rhododendron

B: yew

C:

D: oak

E:

F:

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Q. Which of the following is a deciduous tree?

D: oak

A deciduous tree loses its leaves in winter or in the dry season in some parts of the world

Question 23

Q. Which of the following is NOT part of the earths structure?

Answer
50:50

A: inner core

B: oceanic crust

C: outer core

D: continental crust

E: mantle

F: stuffed crust

Question 23

50:50

Q. Which of the following is NOT part of the earths structure?

Answer

A:

B: oceanic crust

C:

D: continental crust

E:

F: stuffed crust

Question 23

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Q. Which of the following is NOT part of the earths structure?

F: stuffed crust

A stuffed crust is a type of pizza!

Question 24

Q. Animals which have a pouch in which they keep their young are called:Answer
A: nocturnal B: poachers

50:50

C: mammals

D: carnivores

E: marsupials

F: herbivores

Question 24

50:50

Q. Animals which have a pouch in which they keep their young are called:Answer
A: B: poachers

C: mammals

D:

E: marsupials

F:

Question 24

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Q. Animals which have a pouch in which they keep their young are called:E: marsupials

e.g. a kangaroo

Question 25

Q. Which country has the lowest birth rate?

Answer
50:50

A: Italy

B: Spain

C: Vatican City

D: Andorra

E: San Marino

F: Iceland

Question 25

50:50

Q. Which country has the lowest birth rate?

Answer

A:

B:

C: Vatican City

D:

E: San Marino

F: Iceland

Question 25

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Q. Which country has the lowest birth rate?

C: Vatican City

The Vatican City is a tiny independent state in Rome where the Pope lives. Most of the population of 900 are either priests or nuns and most years the birth rate is 0%

Question 26

Q. Which team won the European Cup in 1979 and 1980?

Answer
50:50

A: Liverpool

B:Tottenham Hotspur

C: Nottingham Forest

D: Manchester United

E: Arsenal

F:Chelsea

Question 26

50:50

Q. Which team won the European Cup in 1979 and 1980?

Answer

A: Liverpool

B:

C: Nottingham Forest

D: Manchester United

E:

F:

Question 26

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Q. Which team won the European Cup in 1979 and 1980?

C: Nottingham Forest

Brian Clough was the manager of this famous football team!

Question 27

Q.Which famous scientist based his theory on what he saw at the Galapagos Islands?
Answer
A: Charles Babbage B: Charles Darwin

50:50

C: Albert Einstein

D: Isaac Newton

E: Archimedes

F: Marie Curie

Question 27

50:50

Q. Which famous scientist based his theory on what he saw at the Galapagos Islands?
Answer
A: Charles Babbage B: Charles Darwin

C:

D: Isaac Newton

E:

F:

Question 27

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Q. Which famous scientist based his theory on what he saw at the Galapagos Islands?
B: Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin developed his theory of natural selection or survival of the fittest after studying the animals in the Galapagos Islands

Question 28

Q.Which of the following is NOT an example of a new town?

Answer
50:50

A: Harlow

B: Livingston

C: Milton Keynes

D: London

E: Bracknell

F: Stevenage

Question 28

50:50

Q.Which of the following is NOT an example of a new town?

Answer

A: Harlow

B: Livingston

C:

D: London

E:

F:

Question 28

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Q.Which of the following is NOT an example of a new town?

D: London

New towns were set up in Britain from the 1930s onwards in order to reduce the overcrowding of the large cities. London (Londinium) was built by the Romans in AD 47

Question 29

Q.What was the original name of the film star John Wayne?
Answer
50:50

A: John Wayne

B: Duke

C: Marion Morrison

D: Rooster Cogburn

E: The Shootist

F: John Chisum

Question 29

50:50

Q. What was the original name of the film star John Wayne?
Answer

A: John Wayne

B:

C: Marion Morrison

D: Rooster Cogburn

E:

F:

Question 29

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Q. What was the original name of the film star John Wayne?
C: Marion Morrison

The Film studio changed his name from Marion Morrison to John Wayne because they thought is sounded better.

Question 30

Q. A greenbelt is an area of the countryside around a town/city where:Answer

50:50

A: There are lots of trees

B: People go to walk the dog D: There are lots of parks F: No new development is allowed

C: There are lots of farms

E: Few people live

Question 30

50:50

Q. A greenbelt is an area of the countryside around a town/city where:Answer

A: There are lots of trees

B:

C: There are lots of farms

D: F: No new development is allowed

E:

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Q.A greenbelt is an area of the countryside around a town/city where:F: No new development is allowed

A greenbelt is established to try to stop city from spreading out to cover the countryside

The Big 1!

Q. Where was Jimi Hendrix born?

A: London

B: Montego Bay

C: St Lucia

D: New York

E: Fender Stratocaster

F: Seattle

The Big 1!

Answer

Q. Where was Jimi Hendrix born?

F: Seattle, USA

Jimi Hendrix was a famous guitarist . He became very successful with his band The Jimi Hendrix Experience and played at the Woodstock Festival

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