Universe

1. When do eclipses of the sun occur? (solar eclipse is when the moon moves in between the sun
and earth, creating a shadow a few hundred miles wide on the earth/ when the moon hides the
sun from the earth)
2. What is the center of our solar system? (the sun)
3. Why do astronauts on the moon need to take oxygen with them? (because there is no air on the
moon)
4. Which is the red planet? (mars)
5. Could you land on Jupiter? (no even if your spaceship could withstand the enormous pressures,
there is no surface to land on – the atmosphere merges unnoticeably into deep oceans of liquid
hydrogen/ no ther is no surface to land on)
6. Which was the first artificial satellite?(the Russian sputnik)
7. Which planet is named after the goddess of love? (venus)
8. What is a cosmonaut? (a Russian astronaut)
9. What is the name of the area in space which sucks everything into itself, even light? (a
blackhole)
10. What is a meteor? The one we call falling star…(a lump of rock in space)
11. What shape is the earth? (geoid)
12. why does the earth spin? (earth is spinning because nothing stops it from spinning. The suns
gravity keeps it in orbit.)
13. who is nicolaus coppernicus?(in 1500’s most people thought the earth was fixed in the center of
the universe, with the sun and the stars revolving around it. 1473-1543 he who was the polish
astronomer who first suggested the earth was moving around the sun)
14. why are astronomers most excited about titans? (saturns moon titan is very special because it is
the only moon in the solar system with a dense atmosphere)

Lands and people

1. What is the longest and narrowest country? (chili)

2. What is the capital of Japan? (tokyo)
3. Who were the first people to grow potatoes, corn, tomatoes, and tobacco? (native americans)
4. Where is Fiji?(in the pacific ocean)
5. Which famous railroad crosses Russia? the trans Siberian railway)
6. What is gaucho?(a south American cowboy)
7. Which is Islam most holy city? (mecca in Saudi arabia)
8. Where might you find the abdominal snowman? (in the himalayas)
9. In which city could you ride in a gondola? (venice in italy)
10. The Carribean Sea is part of which ocean? (the atlantic)
History

1. Which French leader was defeated at the battle of waterloo? (napoleon bonaparte)
2. In which building in central Rome did the Romans hold contest between gladiators?(the
colosseum)
3. What was drooped on Hiroshima? (the 1st atom bomb)
4. What word is used for an ancient Egyptian “king”? (pharaoh)
5. When did world war 1 begin?(1914)
6. Which german city was divided by a wall? (berlin)
7. What did suffragettes fight for? (votes for women)
8. Howard carter discovered which Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb in 1922?(tutankhamuns tomb)
9. Who led the Russian revolution in 1917 and became the first leaderof communist Russia?(lenin)
10. Which international organization was founded to care for soldiers wounded in war?(red cross)

Science

1. Why do hot air ballons float in the air? (because hot air is lighter than cold air)
2. What is the force that pulls everything toward the earth? (gravity)
3. What does supersonic means? (faster than te speed of sound)
4. What is biology the science of? (life)
5. What is produced in a blast furnace?(iron)
6. What is the word fax short for? (fascimile)
7. What does a television aerial do?(collects television signals)
8. What is the study of acoustics? (the study of sound)
9. Which scientist thought of gravity when he saw an apple fall?(sir Isaac newton)
10. What is an accurate sea-going-clock called?(a chronometer)

Animals

1. Which animal lives on the sea bed, has tentacles and looks like a flower?(a sea anemone)
2. How does a marsupial carry its young?(in its pouch)
3. What is a young swan called? (a cygnet)
4. Which elephants have larger ear African or Indian? (african)
5. Why do spiders build web? (to catch their prey)
6. How many humps does a Bactrian camel have? (two)
7. Which insect transmit malaria? (the mosquito)
8. Which is the largest apes? (the gorilla)
9. What does a bird have that no other animal has? (feathers)
 10. How does a dog cool itself down?(by panting)

Plants

1. Which parts of the tree trap sunlight and make food for the tree? (leaves)
2. Which cereal crop grows under water?(rice)
3. Why do some desert plants have very long roots? (to reach water deep underground)
4. Which tree is the tallest? (the Californian redwood)
5. What is the word for parsley, sage and basil?(herbs)
6. Lemons give us an important vitamin. Is it A,B or C?C…(vitamin c)
7. What are stigma, sepals and anthers part of? (flowers)
8. Where does cork come from?(is it the bark of a tree—the cork oak)
9. Ginger, cloves and nutmeg are all what?(spices)
10. What do daffodils, bluebells and crocuses have in common?(they all grow from bulbs)

Planet earth

1. What is an oasis?(a fertile place in a desert)

2. What are cirrus, cumulus and cirrostratus examples of? (clouds)
3. Which rock is formed from grains of sand?(sandstone)
4. What is an extinct volcano? (a volcano that no longer erupt)
5. How long is a leap year?(366 days)
6. Which are the three most important fuel? (coal oil and natural gas)
7. What is the name for a large, slow moving mass of ice on the surface of the land? (a glacier)
8. Which is cooler, the north pole or the south pole? (the south pole)
9. Where is the largest rainforest? (the amazon basin)
10. Where would you find a delta?(at the mouth of a river)

Human body

1. What do viruses cause? (diseases such as cold and measles)

2. Pneumonia affects which part of the body?(the lungs)
3. What are your biceps? (muscles in your arms)
4. What is the crown of the tooth? (the part above the gum)
5. Why is pain useful? (to warn us when something is wrong)
6. Which part of the body is effected by conjunctivitis?(the eye)
7. For how long does a baby grow inside its mother? (nine months)
8. What is another word for saliva?(spit)
9. What is the name of the tube which takes food from your mouth to your stomach? (the
esophagus or gullet)
10. Where would you find a ligaments? (in a joint)