Year 9 Quiz

Question 1

Tennis: Which Williams sister has won more Grand Slam titles?

Accepted Answer

Serena

Question 2

Which email service is owned by Microsoft?

Accepted Answer

Hotmail

Question 3

What other name does “corn” go by?

Accepted Answer

Maize

Question 4

What’s the primary ingredient in hummus?

Accepted Answer

Chick Peas

Question 5

What animals are pearls found in?

Accepted Answer

Oysters

Question 6

In the movie 13 going on 30, which magazine does Jenna Rink work for?

Accepted Answer

Poise

Question 7

Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Explorer are different types of what?

Accepted Answer

Web browser

Question 8

What name does deer meat go by?

Accepted Answer

Venison

Question 9

What is often seen as the smallest unit of memory?

Accepted Answer

kilobyte

Question 10

What sport was Jesse Owens involved in?

Accepted Answer

Track and Field

Question 11

Who is often called the father of the computer?

Accepted Answer

Charles Babbage

Question 12

Which planet has the most gravity?

Accepted Answer

Jupitor

Question 13

Which Jamaican runner is an 11-time world champion and holds the record in the 100 and 200-meter race?

Accepted Answer

Usain Bolt

Question 14

Name the Disney movie which features a little girl having five distinct emotions – Sadness, Joy, Disgust, Fear, and Ange

Accepted Answer

Inside Out

Question 15

What is Mia’s full name in Anne Hathaway’s movie The Princess Diaries?

Accepted Answer

Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo

Question 16

What part of the atom has no electric charge?

Accepted Answer

Neutron

Question 17

Who was the first character to speak in Star Wars?

Accepted Answer

C-3PO

Question 18

What is the name of the man who launched eBay back in 1995?

Accepted Answer

Pierre Omidyar

Question 19

What year was the very first model of the iPhone released?

Accepted Answer

2007

Question 20

Name the 1954 movie which won eight Oscar awards.

Accepted Answer

On the water front

Question 21

What is the most famous cheese in the world?

Accepted Answer

Cheddar

Question 22

In Phantom of the Opera, when a sword fight occurs in the cemetery, where does Raoul get hurt?

Accepted Answer

The arm

Question 23

Which racer holds the record for the most Grand Prix wins?

Accepted Answer

Lewis Hamilton

Question 24

In the movie What A Girl Wants, what is the job of Daphne’s father?

Accepted Answer

He is Royal

Question 25

Which natural disaster is measured with a richter scale?

Accepted Answer

Earthquake

Question 26

Which boxer was known as “The Greatest” and “The People’s Champion”?

Accepted Answer

Muhammed Ali

Question 27

Which planet is the hottest in the solar system?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Question 28

How many molecules of oxygen does ozone have?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 29

Java is a type of OS?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

Which country invented tea?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 31

When Michael Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls, how many NBA Championships did he win?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 32

How many soccer players should each team have on the field at the start of each match?

Accepted Answer

11

Question 33

In the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before movie, where does Lara Jean and Peter’s first ~high school~ kiss take place?

Accepted Answer

On the school running track

Question 34

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)?

Accepted Answer

Marie Curie

Question 35

What is the symbol for potassium?

Accepted Answer

K

Question 36

Which country is responsible for giving us pizza and pasta?

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 37

What kind of animal is Sid in Ice Age?

Accepted Answer

sloth

Question 38

Which hockey team did Wayne Gretzky play for in the ‘80s?

Accepted Answer

Edmonton Oilers

Question 39

What was Twitter’s original name?

Accepted Answer

Twitter

Question 40

Which European nation was said to invent hot dogs?

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 41

Which potion in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince grants good luck?

Accepted Answer

Felix Felicis

Question 42

Abu in the Disney movie, Aladdin, is which animal?

Accepted Answer

Monkey

Question 43

In what year was the first-ever Wimbledon Championship held?

Accepted Answer

1877

Question 44

In Harry’s sixth year at the Hogwarts, a new apparition instructor joins. What is his name?

Accepted Answer

Wilkie Twycross

Question 45

Which part of his body did Charlie Chaplin insure?

Accepted Answer

His feet

Question 46

Which country produces the most coffee in the world?

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Question 47

What country won the very first FIFA World Cup in 1930?

Accepted Answer

Uruguay

Question 48

What does “HTTP” stand for?

Accepted Answer

HyperText Transfer Protocol

Question 49

Who discovered penicillin?

Accepted Answer

Alexander Fleming

Question 50

What is the national dish of Spain?

Accepted Answer

Paella

Question 51

What is meteorology the study of?

Accepted Answer

The weather

Question 52

What’s the shortcut for the “copy” function on most computers?

Accepted Answer

ctrl c

Question 53

What is the common name for dried plums?

Accepted Answer

Prunes

Question 54

Who plays the lead character in Mean Girls?

Accepted Answer

Lindsay Lohan

Question 55

What is the favorite food of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

Accepted Answer

Pizza

Year 9 Quiz

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Year 9 Quiz

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