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THE BIG BRITANNICA QUIZ
(if you read the whole magazine, these should be a breeze!)
1The ancient Chinese
invented…
a. Kites b. Playing cards c. Toilet paper d. All of the above
2Forests are able
to ‘migrate’ by…
a. Creeping along the ground b. Flying through the air c. Expanding on one side and dying off on the other d. Freezing and warming
3Teen Zara Rutherford is
the youngest woman to…
a. Win a figure skating gold The BIG Britannica Quiz medal at the Olympics
Stretch your brain power with our tricky quiz. The first 2O questions are answered in the magazine, but the final five aren’t. Don’t worry if you don’t know them all. Just check out the answers bottom right and test your grown-ups, too!
b. Fly an aeroplane around the world by herself c. Climb to the top of
Mt Everest d. Achieve a 10th-level black belt in karate
4The explorer Ernest
Shackleton is most famous for…
a. Crossing Antarctica b. Swimming the Channel c. Saving his crew from a shipwreck d. Eating 423 hot dogs in one minute
5An Indian ruler found
one of the largest diamonds in the world…
a. At a charity shop b. In a coal mine c. On the street d. In a shoe
6The raisins you put in
your porridge are really…
a. Squeezed-up chocolate b. Nectar of the gods c. Dried-out grapes d. None of the above 7 Which of the following
English words was NOT first used by William Shakespeare…
a. Crocodile b. Bedroom c. Yelping d. Rant
8Soon after it was
discovered, Pluto was named by...
a. The American astronomer who discovered it b. An 11-year-old girl c. A panel of experts d. The king of Sweden
9Mudskippers have an
unusual-sounding name. But what are they?
a. Fish that can live both in and out of water b. Competitors in the new
Olympic sport of mudskipping c. A high-tech pair of wellies that mud won’t stick to d. Flying drones that operate in wetlands
1O Nadia Comăneci was the first gymnast to… a. Perform a triple somersault b. Score a perfect 10 c. Win an Olympic gold medal d. Represent Romania
11 How many types of bee are there? a. 20 b. 200 c. 2,000 d. 20,000
12 The people of ancient Rome… a. Lived to be more than 100 years old b. Travelled to the Moon and back c. Regularly washed their clothes in wee d. Loved to eat hamburgers and hot dogs 13 The loudest sound a hippo makes is called… a. A wheeze-honk b. A horn blast c. A fantastic fart d. A roar
14 What causes it to rain fish? a. Tree migration b. Hippo noise c. Waterspouts d. Mudskippers 15 In an average second… a. More planes land than take off b. More planes take off than land c. The same number of planes take off and land d. None of the above
16 The first baskets used to play basketball were
made from…
a. Rope b. Wire mesh c. Peach baskets d. Plastic bags
17 Baby bats are known as… a. Pups b. Batlets c. Batties d. Kittens
States live while serving as president?
a. 10 Downing Street b. The White House c. Windsor Castle d. The Empire State Building
22 The closest living relative of a
Tyrannosaurus rex is…
a. A mammal b. A bird c. A reptile d. An amphibian
Britannica Quiz
18 The two kinds of rainforest are… a. Tall and short b. Wet and dry c. Tropical and temperate d. Old and new
19What is a ‘gymnasticon’? a. A special school for athletes in ancient Greece b. An insult meaning ‘nasty’ c. The result of breeding a horse with a zebra d. The first ever exercise machine
2O The highest flying bird in the world is… a. A vulture b. A nightingale c. A goose d. A sparrow
BONUS ROUND
(now challenge yourself with questions NOT answered in the magazine!) 23 The Great Fire of London in 1666
started in…
a. A butcher’s on Sausage Lane b. A shoemaker’s on Shoelace
Lane c. A tailor’s on Underpants
Lane d. A baker’s on Pudding Lane
24 The hottest planet in the Solar System is… a. Mars b. Venus c. Saturn d. Mercury
25 How many legs does a spider have? a. 3 b. 8 c. 10 d. 6
23. d, 24. b, 25. b. 18. c, 19. d, 20. a, 21. b, 22. b, 13. a, 14. c, 15. c, 16. c, 17. a, 7. a, 8. b, 9. a, 10. b, 11. d, 12. c, 1. d, 2. c, 3. b, 4. c, 5. d, 6. c, Answers:
