Round 4 – School Quiz Questions

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Henry VIII's first wife, the ship that sank in 1912 and the fruit that set Isaac Newton thinking about gravity — a curriculum-flavoured round across science, history, geography and maths, handy as an end-of-term lesson filler.

  1. Which planet of the solar system is normally closest to Earth?
  2. Which continent does the Sahara Desert belong to?
  3. If Suzy buys 2 books every 3 weeks, how many weeks would it take her to collect 12 books?
  4. True of false: Food passes through the large intestine before it enters your stomach?
  5. Can you unscramble the following letters to reveal the first name of Henry VIII's first wife: RNTCAEHEI?
  6. Which country has a capital city called Cairo?
  7. True of false: A whale is a fish?
  8. How many corners, edges and faces does a cube have?
  9. What was the name of the famous ship that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912?
  10. What are incisors, canines, molars and premolars are all types?
  11. What is the largest country in South America?
  12. Can you place the following measurements of distance in order beginning with the smallest first: 30km, 300m, 31m, 305cm, 3.3m, 3000mm?
  13. What is the name of the biggest rainforest in the world?
  14. What type of fruit inspired Isaac Newton's research into gravity?
  15. How many lines of symmetry does an equilateral triangle have?