Combined: London Calling! + Dog Breeds + Astronomy!! + Sports Trivia + Dinosaurs

Question 1

The name "Big Ben" refers to...

Accepted Answer

A clock in a bell tower

Question 2

The word dinosaur means...

Accepted Answer

terrible lizard.

Question 3

Which of the following answers is evidence of the Big Bang Theory?

Accepted Answer

Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR)

Question 4

In the Gizmo Gravity Pitch Lab, what is one factor that affects the gravity of a planet?

Accepted Answer

mass

Question 5

What is this breed?

Accepted Answer

Sealyham Terrier

Question 6

Using the picture, what season is happening in the Northern Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Winter

Question 7

What is this breed?

Accepted Answer

Borzoi

Question 8

Why do we NOT have lunar or solar eclipses all the time?

Accepted Answer

Moon's orbit is tilted relative to the Earth

Question 9

Who is the only heavyweight boxing champion to retire undefeated?

Accepted Answer

Rocky Marciano

Question 10

In 1822, what was discovered in England by Mary Ann Mantell and her husband, Gideon Mantell?

Accepted Answer

large teeth

Question 11

What is this breed?

Accepted Answer

Plott

Question 12

Which famous detective lived at 221B Baker St?

Accepted Answer

Sherlock Holmes

Question 13

Who has won the most Olympic medals, as of 2018?

Accepted Answer

Michael Phelps

Question 14

What causes a solar eclipse?

Accepted Answer

Moon's shadow on Earth

Question 15

Who is the longest reigning heavyweight champion in boxing?

Accepted Answer

Joe Louis

Question 16

Who holds the record for most NASCAR wins?

Accepted Answer

Richard Petty

Question 17

What was the first sport that was broadcast on US TV?

Accepted Answer

Baseball

Question 18

Which modern animal's ancestors were not around during the time of dinosaurs?

Accepted Answer

bears

Question 19

What is the main cause of the seasons?

Accepted Answer

The tilt of the Earth

Question 20

What is wrong with this model of the solar system?

Accepted Answer

The planets are not the right size

Question 21

What is this breed?

Accepted Answer

Silky Terrier

Question 22

What is this breed?

Accepted Answer

Standard Schnauzer

Question 23

What is this breed?

Accepted Answer

American Foxhound

Question 24

Who has won the most Formula One World Drivers' Championships?

Accepted Answer

Michael Schumacher

Question 25

For how many years were dinosaurs in existence?

Accepted Answer

165 million years

Question 26

What is the total amount of tube stations in London?

Accepted Answer

270

Question 27

What is this breed?

Accepted Answer

Sussex Spaniel

Question 28

What color do most London busses have?

Accepted Answer

Red

Question 29

For what was Robert Plot known?

Accepted Answer

He found a bone believing it belonged to a giant person., He found a giant dinosaur bone in 1676.

Question 30

What is this breed?

Accepted Answer

Beauceron

Question 31

What is this breed?

Accepted Answer

Komondor

Question 32

What is this breed?

Accepted Answer

Kuvasz

Question 33

During which period did dinosaurs first appear?

Accepted Answer

Triassic Period

Question 34

Where does the light of the moon come from?

Accepted Answer

Sun

Question 35

What do Londoners call their underground?

Accepted Answer

Tube

Question 36

Which movie was NOT partly filmed at The Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich?

Accepted Answer

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1

Question 37

True or False: The sunlight on the equator is direct.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

Which chess player has the highest ever FIDE rating?

Accepted Answer

Magnus Carlsen

Question 39

The Earth spins counterclockwise for 24 hours. This equals =

Accepted Answer

1 rotation

Question 40

Who holds the world record for 100-meter dash?

Accepted Answer

Usain Bolt

Question 41

When did dinosaurs become extinct?

Accepted Answer

65 million years ago

Question 42

True or False: In early China, dinosaur bones were thought to have belonged to dragons.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 43

Who backed Owen's idea to open the Natural History Museum in London to show dinosaur fossils?

Accepted Answer

Prince William, Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria

Question 44

This planet has the fastest orbital velocity (speed)

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Question 45

What is this breed?

Accepted Answer

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Question 46

What tennis player won 470 games in a row?

Accepted Answer

Esther Vergeer

Question 47

In 1858, William Parker Foulke found the first-known American dinosaur in this New Jersey town.

Accepted Answer

Haddonfield

Question 48

What is this breed?

Accepted Answer

Coton de Tulear

Question 49

What golfer has won the most men's major championships?

Accepted Answer

Jack Nicklaus

Question 50

Which trendy area of West London gave the title to a rom-com starring Julia Roberts in 1999?

Accepted Answer

Notting Hill

Question 51

What is the UK's official currency called ?

Accepted Answer

Pound Sterling

Question 52

Which Oxford professor was the first to describe a dinosaur in a scientific journal?

Accepted Answer

William Buckland

Question 53

What is the most famous palace in London called?

Accepted Answer

Buckingham Palace

Question 54

What are 2 forces that keep planets in orbit?

Accepted Answer

Speed (acceleration) and gravity

Question 55

What is this breed?

Accepted Answer

Italian Greyhound

Question 56

True or false: To become a black cab driver, you have to know 320 different routes by heart

Accepted Answer

True

Question 57

What is this breed?

Accepted Answer

Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Question 58

What is this breed?

Accepted Answer

Cardigan Welsh Corgi

Question 59

The Earth's revolution takes:

Accepted Answer

365.25 days

Question 60

In 1842, which English paleontologist came up with the name dinosaur?

Accepted Answer

Richard Owen

Question 61

Which tennis player has won the most Grand Slams among men?

Accepted Answer

Roger Federer

Question 62

What is this breed?

Accepted Answer

Bullmastiff

Question 63

When planets are farther from the sun their orbital velocity (speed) is...

Accepted Answer

lower

Question 64

Which tennis player has won the most Grand Slams among women?

Accepted Answer

Margaret Court

Combined: London Calling! + Dog Breeds + Astronomy!! + Sports Trivia + Dinosaurs

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Combined: London Calling! + Dog Breeds + Astronomy!! + Sports Trivia + Dinosaurs

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