Year 8 General Knowledge Challenge

Question 1

Who wrote 'Frankenstein'?

Accepted Answer

Mary Shelley

Question 2

What is the capital city of Australia?

Accepted Answer

Canberra

Question 3

Cryptography is the study of what?

Accepted Answer

codes

Question 4

The longest river in South America is the?

Accepted Answer

Amazon

Question 5

Sherlock Holmes was a fictional character. True or false?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

The conflict with Islamic State is being fought mainly in which countries?

Accepted Answer

Syria and Iraq

Question 7

In what year did Captain Cook discover Australia?

Accepted Answer

1770

Question 8

Who painted the 'Mona Lisa'?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 9

In the northern hemisphere, what months make up Summer?

Accepted Answer

June July August

Question 10

What was the name of the first satelite put into orbit?

Accepted Answer

Sputnik

Question 11

A palindrome is...

Accepted Answer

A word or sentence that reads the same backwards as forward.

Question 12

Who is the Prime Minister of Australia?

Accepted Answer

Malcolm Turnbull

Question 13

What is the currency of Japan?

Accepted Answer

Yen

Question 14

How many bones in the human body?

Accepted Answer

206

Question 15

What is the oldest football code?

Accepted Answer

Australian Rules

Question 16

The Panama Canal links...

Accepted Answer

Atlantic & Pacific Oceans

Question 17

What is the largest planet in the solar system?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Question 18

In Marvel Comics who was first?

Accepted Answer

Fantastic Four

Question 19

The Man from Snowy River was written by?

Accepted Answer

Banjo Patterson

Question 20

How many states are there in Australia?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 21

World War II started in which year?

Accepted Answer

1939

Question 22

What unit is used to measure horses?

Accepted Answer

hands

Question 23

The next Olympic Games will be held in..?

Accepted Answer

Rio De Janeiro

Question 24

The Internet began in?

Accepted Answer

1960s

Question 25

Muslims make up what percentage of Australia's population?

Accepted Answer

Less than 5%

Year 8 General Knowledge Challenge

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Year 8 General Knowledge Challenge

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