SET QUESTIONS 6th

6th Form - Set Questions

1. Complete the phrase, Pope John Paul II declared Saint Therese of Lisieux …….

 A Doctor of the Church.

2. Which two uses of radiation did  Marie Curie and her fellow workers investigate?

The use of radiation to treat cancer and x-rays.

3. What was Madame Curie’s profession?

She was a physicist.

       4. Which two countries fought at the Battle of Trafalgar?

England and France with Spanish support

5. Who was the admiral leading the British Royal Army at the Battle of Trafalgar?

Lord Nelson

6. Who wrote Moby Dick?

Herman Melville

7. What is the Emancipation proclamation of 1863 in the US?

A law that freed all the slaves in the US territory.

8. Why were scientists Fleming, Chain and Florey awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine?

For the discovery of penicillin.

9. What did some prominent citizens of Buenos Aires want to set while Spain settled their problems with France between 1808 y 1810?

They wanted an independent council to run Buenos Aires.

10. Who was Frédéric Chopin?

One of the most famous romantic musicians.

11. Name two of Beethoven’s best-known compositions.

Of his nine symphonies, the Fifth and Ninth symphonies are very popular.

12. What was the name of the London theatre Shakespeare is commonly associated with?  The Globe

13. In what English city was Shakespeare born? When?

In 1564 / Stratford upon Avon

14. Who ruled England in Shakespeare's days?

Queen Elizabeth I

15. Mention 3 plays by Shakespeare.

Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Othello, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 
Hamlet

16. Who was the youngest person to win the Nobel prize?

Malala Yousafzai

17. What king received an arrow in his eye at the Battle of Hastings?

Harold Godwinson

18. In which US city would you find Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx?

New York

19. Which metal is heavier, silver or gold?

Gold

20. Which is the smallest ocean in the world?

The Arctic Ocean

21. When and where was Roald Dahl born ?  

Wales  / United Kingdom ...16th September 1916

22. How did Roald Dahl participate in World War II? 

As a pilot

23. Who was the first female pilot to fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean?

Amelia Earhart

24. Who was the last active Pharaoh before Egypt became a Roman Province?

Cleopatra

25. Who is the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate?

Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist for female education

26. What marks the beginning of the Middle Ages?

The fall of Rome.

27. What are Harry’s two best friends’ names in the Harry Potter books?

Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger

28. What are the names of the two rivers in Asia around which the first Mesopotamian civilizations settled?

Euphrates and Tigris.

29.  Who fought at the Battle of Marathon?

Athens against Persia

30.  Where did democracy start?

Athens, Greece.

31. Complete Frida Kahlo’s words: “Feet, what do I need them for…

…if I have wings to fly.

32.  How did Joan of Arc die?

She was burned at the stake, accused of witchcraft and heresy. 

33. Which of the following is not a Roald Dahl book?

Fantastic Mr. Fox – The Hobbit - Boy – Matilda – The witches – Charlie and the chocolate factory

SET QUESTIONS 5th

5th Form - Set Questions

1. Which order did Saint Francis start?

The Order of St. Francis

2. Which is Alexander Graham Bell’s famous invention?

The telephone.

3. In what way did the lower class contribute to the French Revolution taking place?

They wanted to create a new and fairer society.

4. Mention one impressionist artist.

Edgar Degas

Mary Cassat

Claude Monet

Henri Matisse

5. Which organization did Mother Teresa of Calcutta start?

The Missionaries of Charity

6. Mention 1 of Edison’s famous inventions?
The light bulb
The phonograph
The kinetoscope

7. Why did the US Civil war break out?

Because the southern states didn’t want to be part of the United States anymore.

8. What was Beethoven’s job?

He was composer and a pianist.

9. What are the 3 states of matter?

Solid, liquid, gas

10. Expansion is one of the physical changes in matter. What are the other four? Movement, contraction, changes of state, fragmentation

11. Who was Mother Theresa of Calcutta?

She was a nun who lived in India and helped poor people. She has won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work.

12. Which is the closest planet to the Sun?

Mercury

13. What is the name given to a large group of stars?

Galaxy

14. In which country in ancient times was mummification carried out on important people when they died?

Egypt

15. Which people travelled in longships and raided Britain from Scandinavia in early medieval times?

The Vikings

16. What title was given to the rulers of Ancient Egypt?

Pharaohs

17. How old was Mozart when he started to write music for flute and piano?

8 years old.

18. Who are the three tenors?

Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras.

19. What object did Cinderella lose as she ran away from the ball?

A glass slipper.

20. What nationality was Admiral Brown, commonly known as the father of Argentine navy?

Irish

21. Who invented the airplane?

The Wright brothers

22. What subject identifies Edgar Degas’ paintings?

Ballet dancing.

23. Who helps Sherlock Holmes to solve mysteries?

Dr. John Watson

24. Where would you find the MonaLisa?

At the Louvre, in Paris.