Бичлэг7th V students. (Let's prepare for AQA)
Round 1 – UK
1
In which UK country will
I find Loch Ness?
Answer
Scotland
2
England - What day is St
George’s day?
Answer
April 23rd
3
What is the capital of
Wales?
Answer
Cardiff
4
In which UK country is
Dartmoor?
Answer
England
5
What are the White Cliffs
of Dover made of?
Answer
Chalk
6
In which UK country will
you find Snowdonia
National Park?
Answer
Wales
Round 2 – Geography Europe
1
What is the capital of
Germany?
Answer
Berlin
2
What river runs through
Paris?
Answer
Seine
3
What mountain range
runs through Slovakia?
Answer
Carpathian Mountains
4
What is the capital of
Portugal?
Answer
Lisbon
5
What is the name of the
mountain range in
Switzerland?
Answer
Alps / Swiss Alps
6
What is the capital of
Sweden?
Answer
Stockholm
Round 3 – Music
1
Which female band
does Cheryl Cole sing
in?
Answer
Girls Aloud
2
Who had a hit called “Like
a virgin?” in the 80s
Answer
Madonna
3
Who is Stefani Joanne
Angelina Germanotta
better known as?
Answer
Lady Gaga
4
Who sang “Candle in
the wind”?
Answer
Elton John
5
What type of music does
Dolly Parton sing?
Answer
Country music
6
Who is the lead singer of
the Rolling Stones?
Answer
Mick Jagger
Round 4 – Sport
1
Where was the FIFA
World Cup 2010?
Answer
South Africa
2
Where and when are the
next summer Olympics
taking place?
Answer
London - 2012
3
Venus and Serena
Williams play what?
Answer
Tennis
4
Who plays at Old
Trafford?
Answer
Manchester United
5
What do they play at
Wimbledon?
Answer
Tennis
6
What sport does Tiger
Woods play?
Answer
Golf
Round 5 – World history
1
Joseph Stalin was
leader of which
country?
Answer
Soviet Union/U.S.S.R
2
In what year was the
Battle of Waterloo?
Answer
1815
3
When was the Great War
(the First World War)?
Answer
1914-18
4
Who was the US
President in 1969?
Answer
Richard Nixon
5
Which famous world
leader died on 21st
January 1924?
Answer
Vladimir Lenin
6
What year was the Wall
Street Crash?
Answer
1929
Round 6 – Film 1
1
Who and what is Shrek?
Answer
He’s a cartoon
character / a green
ogre
2
Who played Marty McFly
in the movie ‘Back to the
future’?
Answer
Michael J Fox
3
In what movies will you
find Will Scarlett, Little
John and Maid Marion?
Answer
Robin Hood
4
What is Bruce Wayne’s
alter ego called?
Answer
Batman
5
What is the name of the
distant moon in the movie
Avatar?
Answer
Pandora
6
Who plays Captain Jack
Sparrow in Pirates of the
Caribbean?
Answer
Johnny Depp
Round 7 – Europe
1
What year did Slovakia
join the EU?
Answer
2004
2
Who is the President of
France?
Answer
Nicolas Sarkozy
3
What country is famous
for clogs, tulips and
windmills?
Answer
Holland / Netherlands
4
What currency do they
use in Greece?
Answer
Euro
5
What countries surround
Luxembourg?
Answer
France, Belgium, Germany
6
What river runs through
Budapest?
Answer
Danube
Round 8 – Pot luck
1
Where is/was America’s
worst oil leak?
Answer
Gulf of Mexico
2
What colour is a New York
taxi?
Answer
Yellow
3
What is a pirate’s flag
with a skull and
crossbones on it called?
Answer
Jolly Roger
4
What countries
surround Gaza?
Answer
Israel, Egypt
5
Who was the first man to
walk on the moon?
Answer
Neil Armstrong
6
Where is Bollywood?
Answer
Mumbai, India
Round 9 – UK today
1
Name the British Prime
Minister
Answer
David Cameron
2
Which UK country does
Susan Boyle come from?
Answer
Scotland
3
Who is the mayor of
London?
Answer
Boris Johnson
4
Where are you likely to
eat a haggis?
Answer
Scotland
5
What colour are London
buses?
Answer
Red
6
Who is the British
monarch?
Answer
Queen Elizabeth II
Round 10 – Geography South East Asia
1
What is the capital of
The Philippines?
Answer
Manila
2
Where is Mount Kinabalu?
Answer
Sabah, Malaysia - Borneo
3
What is the capital of
Burma / Myanmar?
Answer
Naypyidaw
(Formerly it was
Yangon/Rangoon)
4
What is the capital of
Singapore?
Answer
Singapore
5
What is the name of the
river that passes Vientiane
in Laos?
Answer
Mekong River
6
What is the capital of
Indonesia?
Answer
Jakarta
Round 11 – British History
1
Who was the British
Prime Minister in 1971?
Answer
Edward Heath
2
Who was Charles Darwin?
Answer
He was an English
naturalist, biologist, and
scientist. (Darwin’s
evolution theory)
3
Who was Queen Victoria
married to?
Answer
(Her husband! – 5 points)
Prince Albert!
4
Who was HG Wells?
Answer
English author/writer
(Science fiction)
5
Which British King
abdicated in 1936?
Answer
Edward VIII
6
How many wives did
Henry VIII have?
Answer
6
Round 12 – Film 2
1
Who is 007?
Answer
James Bond – a spy,
secret agent
2
Who played Indiana
Jones?
Answer
Harrison Ford
3
What is the most famous
shark movie?
Answer
Jaws
4
In what movies will you
find Hogwarts?
Answer
Harry Potter
5
Who is Harry Potter?
Answer
A boy wizard / magician, a
student of magic
6
In which science fiction
movies will you hear the
phrase - ‘to boldly go
where no man or person
has ever gone before’?
Answer
Star Trek
