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Quiz Practice 4 D Holy Family BNS Askearight22898100042875206069330001: Which Scottish leader was supposed to have been inspired by watching a spider on Rathlin Island? Robert The Bruce.2: J. Paul Getty, one of the world’s richest men ever, made his money dealing in which commodity? Oil3: Which famous book written by George Orwell is simply a date? 1984 4: What is the play featuring Harry Potter called? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. 5: Who are the only two people to have won both an Oscar and a Nobel prize? Bob Dylan and George Bernard Shaw.6:How many countries in EU? Since July 2013, there have been 28 countries in the EU. After Brexit, there will be 27 countries in the EU.7:How many bones in the human spinal column? 338: In what year was the Battle of the Boyne fought? 16909: In which series of books would you find Professor Poopypants? Captain Underpants.10: Which Irish writer has written a new Iron Man novel called The Gauntlet ? Eoin Colfer.11: Which King is famous for burning the cakes? King Alfred.12: Name the small baskets in which strawberries are sold? Punnets.29235401219200013: What is the large metal block on which a blacksmith hammers? Anvil.14: Which general died in exile on St. Helena? Napoleon.15: Which chess piece stands beside the rook as the game starts? Knight. 16: Which animal could be Kodiak, Brown or Grizzly? Bear.17: What is the official language of Mexico? Spanish.18: “Influenza” is more commonly known as what? The flu.19: What sort of animal is a Seal Pont Siamese? Cat.20: How many pints make one gallon? Eight.21: What is the chief commander of a navy called? Admiral.22: Is it true that bats fly left when leaving a cave? False.23: How long did it take the Irish Rugby team to beat New Zealand -The All Blacks? 111 years!24: In the former state USSR, what does the R stand for?Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.25: What was the “slave” name that Muhammed Ali changed from? Cassius Clay. 26: When learning Irish Geography, what is FAT DAD?The six counties: Fermanagh, Antrim, Tyrone, Down, Armagh -304800684784000and Derry.27: What city in South America is named after “Fair Winds”? Buenos Aries; Capital of Argentina.28: What is the deadly disease, which is very contagious, affected most of Western Africa, between 2014-2016? The Ebola virus.29: What does the J in Donald J. Trump stand for? John.30: Who sold Alaska to America? Russia. 1867 for $7.2 million.31: Who was the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes? Roger Bannister. [1954]32: What is the only country that has the letter Q at the end of it’s name? Iraq.33: What country did Germany invade to start World War 2? Poland. 34: Do ants have lungs? Noright28651200035: In what year was Germany reunited ? 1990.36: How many valves on a bugle ? 337: A PDF is a very common file found everywhere on the internet? What does the P stand for? Portable Document Format.38: Who is Peppa Pig’s best friend? Suzie the Sheep.39: What was Bucephalus, Alexander the Great’s bravest war afraid of? Bucephalus, which means “Ox’s Head” was terrified of his own shadow!40: What is Ireland’s oldest University? Trinity College, Dublin.1592 41: What do you call a group of geese in flight? A skein. [A flock when they are on the ground.]42: What do you call the seeds in the centre of oranges and grapes? Pips.43: If you are involved in espionage, what are you doing? Spying.44: What do people that have acne suffer from? Pimples, usually on their face. 45:In which country does the duck billed platypus live? Australia. 46: What kind of dog is a retriever? A dog that brings back shot game such as pheasants.47: What is a Monkey Puzzle and a Sycamore? Trees.48: A Roman officer in charge of a hundred men was known as what? A Centurion.49: From what building does an astronomer watch stars? An observatory.50: What is a male sheep called? A ram.51: What is the opposite of “external”? Internal.52: What is the very hot oven that used to fire pottery? Kiln.53: What does a trawler pull to catch fish? A net.54: Which sport holds an annual competition, called a regatta, at 4815840530352000Henley? Rowing.[The O’Donovan brothers won silver for Ireland in rowing at the 2016 Olympics.]55: In the tax called VAT what does the V stand for? Value Added Tax.56: What boy’s name means “ Message received and understood”? Roger.57: What do you call the room where scientific experiments take place? Laboratory.58: What adjective is used to describe Cinderella’s sisters? Ugly.59: What cross-country sport uses a map and a compass? Orienteering. 60: On a ship, what is a passenger’s bedroom called? Cabin. ................
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