Music

Music

1.         Where does the famous music festival Coachella take place? California, USA

 2. Where does the famous music festival Tomorrowland take place? Boom, Belgium

 3. Who is known as “the King of Pop”? Michael Jackson

 4. Who is known as “the Queen of Pop”? Madonna

 5. Who is known as “the Queen of Rock”? Janis Joplin

 6. Who is known as “the Queen of Soul”? Aretha Franklin

 7. Which band’s music does the musical Mamma Mia feature? ABBA

8. Name the lead singer of:

·                                    Nirvana: Kurt Cobain

·                                    Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger

·                                    Aerosmith: Steven Tyler

·                                    Queen: Freddy Mercury

·                                    30 seconds to Mars: Jared Leto

·                                    Maroon 5: Adam Levine

9. Which is the best selling band in music history? The Beatles 

10. Name the Beatles. What instrument did each of them play?

John Lennon - guitar

Paul MacCartney – bass guitar

Ringo Starr - Drums

George Harrison -guitar

11. What vehicle did Beatles live in according to the song? In a yellow submarine

Children's Stories

Children’s movies and stories

 1. Who wrote the Harry Potter Book series? J. K. Rowling

 2. Who are Harry’s best friends? Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley

 3. Who is the Potions master at Hogwarts? Professor Snape

 4. Who is Harry married to in The Cursed Child? Ginny Weasley

 5. Who is the protagonist of Fantastic Beasts? Newt Scamander

 6. Which dark wizard did Dumbledore defeat? Grindelwald

 7. Which dark wizard did Harry defeat? Voldemort

 8. What is the name of the Wizarding prison? Azkaban

 9. What is the name given to the group of Voldemort followers? Death Eaters

10. What is the name of the main character in The Hobbit?  Bilbo Baggins

11. Which Roald Dahl character could move objects with her mind? Matilda

 12. Which Roald Dahl character had a giant peach? James

 13. Who owns the Chocolate factory in Charly and the Chocolate Factory? Willy Wonka

 14. Who are the five winners who will tour the Chocolate Factory in Charly and the Chocolate factory? Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet, Beauregarde, Mike Teavee and Charlie Bucket.

 15. Name the four Little Women in Louisa May Alcott’s book? Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy

 16. What are Gru’s helpers called in Despicable Me? Minions

 17. Who wants to get all infinity stones in Avengers: Infinity War? Thanos

 18. What are the following superhero’s names:

-Wonderwoman: Diana Price

- Batman: Bruce Wayne

- Spiderman: Peter Parker

- Iron Man: Tony Stark

- Superman: Clark Kent

- Scarlet Witch: Wanda Maximoff

- Black Panther: T’challa

- Black Widow: Natalia/Natasha Romanova

- The Hulk: Bruce Banner

 19. What is the name of the villain organization that appears in The Defenders? The hand

 20. Which avenger is an Android? Vision

 21. What is the name of the country that produces vibranium in the Marvel universe? Wakanda

 22. Who wrote the Lion, the witch and the wardrobe? CS Lewis

23. What street does Sherlock Holmes live on? 221B Baker Street

24. What is Darth Vader’s real name?  Anakin Skywalker

25. Who killed Han Solo? Kylo Ren/Ben Solo

26. What is Winnie the Pooh’s favourite food? Honey

27. Who plays Maui the demi God’s voice in Moana? The Rock - Dwayne Johnson

28. What poisoned fruit does Snow White bite which sends her to a sleeping death? Apple

29. What did Cinderella lose when leaving the ball? A glass slipper

30. Who is Peter Pan’s fairy friend? Tinkerbell

31. What book/movie features the characters Mowgli, Baloo, Shera Khan? The Jungle Book

32. Which Disney classic features Maleficent as the antagonist? The Sleeping Beauty

33. How did Alice get to Wonderland the first time? Through a rabbit hole

34. Where does Mary Poppins take place? London

35. What animal is Pinocchio’s friend? A cricket

36. What is Dumbo’s special power? He is an elephant that can fly

37. How many dalmatians were stolen to make Cruella’s coat? 101

38. Which King’s legend is presented in The Sword in the Stone? King Arthur

39. What is Jack Sparrow’s ship called in Pirates of the Caribbean? The Black Pearl

40. Who stole from the rich to give to the poor? Robin Hood

41. Who was the native American princess which features in a movie named after her? Pocahontas

 42. Who lived in the Towers of Notre Dame? Quasimodo, the Hunchback of Notre Dame

 43. Which Greek hero’s mythological adventures are presented in a Disney movie? Hercules

 44. Who saved China from the Huns according to the Disney movie? Mulan

 45. What is the name of the baby in The Incredibles? Jack-Jack

 46. Where does Coco take place? Mexico

 47. What Shakespeare play is The Lion King based on? Hamlet

 48. Name the four Marvel Defenders? Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, Luke Cage and Daredevil

 49. Who is the main character in A Christmas Carol? Scrooge

 50. Who did Belle refuse to marry in Beauty and the Beast? Gaston

51. Which tv series is based on Archie’s comics? Riverdale

52. Who was stuck in the Upside down during the first season of Stranger Things? Will

53. What is the name of the red car owned by Agent Coulson in SHIELD? Lola

Famous People

Famous people

1. Who was the first female pilot to fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean? Amelia Earhart

 2. Who was the youngest person to win the Nobel prize? Malala Yousafzai

 3. Which is Alexander Graham Bell’s famous invention? The telephone.

 4. Mention Edison’s famous inventions. The light bulb, the phonograph, the kinetoscope

 5. What was the name of the Argentine doctor who developed the heart bypass surgery?

Rene Favaloro

 6. Who wrote the first computer program in History? Ada Lovelace

 7. Who is known as “the lady of the lamp”? What profession did she improve? Florence Nightingale – Nursing

8. Who said “Feet, what do I need them for when I have wings to fly”? Frida Kahlo

 9. Who was Queen during Shakespeare’s time? Elizabeth I

 10. Who organized a peaceful resistance in India which led to their Independence? Mahatma Gandhi

 11. Who invented the airplane? The Wright brothers

 12. What is Einstein’s most famous theory called? Theory of relativity

 13. Who proposed the theory of Evolution by natural selection? Charles Darwin

 14. Who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation? Isaac Newton

 15. What did Copernicus discover? That the Earth revolves around the Sun 

16. What did Susan B. Anthony fight for? Women’s right to vote (she was a suffragette)

17. Who is said to have discovered electricity?  Benjamin Franklin

18.  Who founded the Missionaries of Charity? Mother Theresa

19. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel prize and only person to win it in two different categories? Marie Curie

19. 1 Which elements did Marie Curie discover? Radium and Polonium

19 .2 Which two Nobel prizes did she win? Physics and Chemistry

 20. How many argentines have won the Nobel Prize? Five

 21. Who discovered penicillin? Alexander Fleming

 22. How did Joan of Arc die? She was burned at the stake

 23. Who invented the printing press during the Renaissance? Johannes Gutenberg

24. Who is the founder of Facebook? Mark Zuckerberg

25. What famous tech company did Steve Jobs co-found? Apple

Questions About LITERATURE

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Questions about ART

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SET QUESTIONS 7th

7th Form - Set Questions

1. Which is Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s most famous work?

The Social Contract

2. What do you call any change in velocity in the movement of an object?

Acceleration

3. Who was the ruler of Russia before the Russian Revolution?

Tsar Nicholas II

4. Which film made the actor Charles Chaplin famous?

The Tramp

5. Which movement was Martin Luther King Jr. a leader of?

The American Civil Rights Movement

6. Complete this phrase:

Even if the speed of light is constant, …..

Speed is relative to the observer.

7. Name one effect of the Wall Street Crash.

Many companies went out of business

Unemployment         

Some people became homeless

8. Who was the drummer of “The Beatles”?

Ringo Starr

9. John Paul II is known for having opposed which kind of political regimes?

Totalitarian regimes

10.  Which is Neil Bohr’s greatest contribution to physics?

The atom model

An a atom is made up of a small nucleus, positively charged with orbiting electrons

11. What product was made in the Manhattan Project?

The atomic bomb.

12. It was a postwar artistic movement. It started in Berlin and was viewed as anti-art. Which movement is it?

Dadaism

13.  Where was Juan Manuel Fangio born?

Balcarce, Buenos Aires

14. What did the Berlin Wall separate?

Eastern /communist Berlin from Western Berlin

15. In which year was Germany officially reunited and the Berlin Wall pulled down?

1990

16. Who was Earnest Hemingway and which awards did he receive?

He was an American author and journalist. He won a Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature.

17. Who was caught red-handed trying to blow up parliament in 1605?

Guy Fox

18. With five victories to date, what team had won the Fifa World Cup the most times?

Brazil

19.  From what country does Lego come?

Denmark

20. What term is used in tennis for 40-40?

Deuce

21. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Michelangelo

22.  Which indoor sport is the most popular in the US?

Basketball

23. Which of the following was a cubist: Matisse, Renoir, Monet, Picasso?

Picasso

24. What year did the titanic sink?

1912

25. Where was Roald Dahl  living and working by the outbreak of WW II ?

Africa

26. Which national flag features a big, red maple leaf?

Canada.

27. According to official figures released in 2010, what country originated the most refugees during the previous 30 years?

Afghanistan

28. What country was devastated by an earthquake in the Caribbean Sea in 2010?

Haiti

29. At what temperature does water freeze?

0º C

30. How do scientists measure the magnitude of an earthquake?

Using the Richter scale

31. What historical event divides Ancient Times from the Middle Ages?

 The fall of the Western Roman Empire

32. What do we call the process of light bending as it passes from one one kind of matter to another?

Refraction, reflection, absorption

33. Who gave the famous speech “I have a dream”? 

 Martin Luther King Jr.

34. Name three areas for which Leonardo Da Vinci is known for.
Painting, sculpting, architecture, science, mathematics, engineering, 
anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany. 

35. Who is known as “The lady of the lamp”?

Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.

               

36. Who won the battle of Hastings?

Duke William of Normandy and the Norman Army. 

37. What was “Apartheid”?

It was the system of racial segregation in South Africa enforced through legislation from 1948 to 1994.

38. What was the Treaty of Versailles?

One of the peace treaties at the end of World War I.

39. Name the “Big Three” in Greek Philosophy.

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

40.  What Shakespeare play served as inspiration for the Disney movie “The Lion King”?

Hamlet

41. What was built to break the siege of Troy?

A wooden horse

42. What is the “Guernica”?

It’s an oil painting by Pablo Picasso showing the bombing of the town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.

43. What is known as “The Ides of March”?

The day of the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC.

  

44. Which of the following events did NOT take place during the 20^th Century?

The independence of India – 1^st World War  - The Battle of Waterloo – D Day (Invasion of Normandy)

45. What is Brexit?

The withdrawal of the UK from the European Union.

46. What nationality is Usain Bolt?

Jamaican

47. What planet traditionally included in the Solar System was demoted to “dwarf planet” in 2006?

Pluto

48. Where were the 1^st Olympics held?

Olympia, Greece