Year 9 & !0 Trivia Quiz

Question 1

Java is a type of OS?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Who is often called the father of the computer?

Accepted Answer

Charles Babbage

Question 3

Which country is responsible for giving us pizza and pasta?

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Felix Felicis

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

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 8

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

Accepted Answer

Michael Schumacher

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

The arm

Question 10

Which natural disaster is measured with a richter scale?

Accepted Answer

Earthquake

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo

Question 12

What sport was Jesse Owens involved in?

Accepted Answer

Track and Field

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Web browser

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

Pierre Omidyar

Question 15

Who was the first character to speak in Star Wars?

Accepted Answer

C-3PO

Question 16

What part of the atom has no electric charge?

Accepted Answer

Neutron

Question 17

Which planet is the hottest in the solar system?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Question 18

Name the 1954 movie which won eight Oscar awards.

Accepted Answer

On the water front

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

Inside Out

Question 20

Which country invented tea?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 21

Which European nation was said to invent hot dogs?

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 22

What is the national dish of Spain?

Accepted Answer

Paella

Question 23

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

Accepted Answer

ctrl c

Question 24

What is the most famous cheese in the world?

Accepted Answer

Cheddar

Question 25

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

Accepted Answer

Muhammed Ali

Question 26

What does “HTTP” stand for?

Accepted Answer

HyperText Transfer Protocol

Question 27

Which planet has the most gravity?

Accepted Answer

Jupitor

Question 28

What’s the primary ingredient in hummus?

Accepted Answer

Chick Peas

Question 29

Which email service is owned by Microsoft?

Accepted Answer

Hotmail

Question 30

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

Accepted Answer

Edmonton Oilers

Question 31

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

Accepted Answer

Marie Curie

Question 32

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

Accepted Answer

Monkey

Question 33

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

Accepted Answer

2007

Question 34

Who plays the lead character in Mean Girls?

Accepted Answer

Lindsay Lohan

Question 35

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

Accepted Answer

Serena

Question 36

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 37

Which country produces the most coffee in the world?

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Question 38

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

Accepted Answer

Wilkie Twycross

Question 39

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

Accepted Answer

Pizza

Question 40

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

Accepted Answer

He is Royal

Question 41

What is the symbol for potassium?

Accepted Answer

K

Question 42

What kind of animal is Sid in Ice Age?

Accepted Answer

sloth

Question 43

What name does deer meat go by?

Accepted Answer

Venison

Question 44

What is meteorology the study of?

Accepted Answer

The weather

Question 45

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

Accepted Answer

Uruguay

Question 46

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

Accepted Answer

6

Question 47

What is often seen as the smallest unit of memory?

Accepted Answer

kilobyte

Question 48

What was Twitter’s original name?

Accepted Answer

Twitter

Question 49

What other name does “corn” go by?

Accepted Answer

Maize

Question 50

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

Accepted Answer

11

Question 51

What is the common name for dried plums?

Accepted Answer

Prunes

Question 52

Which part of his body did Charlie Chaplin insure?

Accepted Answer

His feet

Question 53

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

Accepted Answer

1877

Question 54

How many molecules of oxygen does ozone have?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 55

Who discovered penicillin?

Accepted Answer

Alexander Fleming

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