Family Quiz

8How many moons does the planet Mars have?

a. One b. Two c. Three d. Five a. Sahara b. Arabian c. Gobi d. Antarctica a. Bamboo b. Kudzu c. Cress d. Giant sequoia

9What is the world’s largest desert, measured by total surface area?

1O What is the world’s fastest-growing plant?

12 a. Neptune b. Venus c. Uranus d. Saturn

Which of the planets in our solar system is the coldest, measured by average surface temperature?

HUMAN BODY

13 a. 106 b. 206 c. 306 d. 406

Approximately how many bones are there in an adult skeleton?

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14 a. Clowns b. Grapes c. Turtles d. Cheese

What is turophobia a fear of?

15 a. 10 b. 50 c. 100 d. 150

Approximately how many different muscles does your body use when you are speaking?

16 a. Enamel b. Ligament c. Bone d. Fingernail

What is the hardest substance in the body?

17 a. Blue b. Brown c. Green d. Hazel

Which is the most common eye colour?

18 a. Brain b. Heart c. Bones d. Liver

In which part of the body are blood cells made?

HUMAN WORLD c. Italians d. Phoenicians a. Argentina b. France c. Brazil

21 Which team won the men’s football World Cup in Qatar in 2022?

Cuban athlete Javier Sotomayor, pictured right, set a new men’s world record for the high jump in 1993 which still stands today. How high did he jump?

19 a. 1 metre and 45 centimetres b. 2 metres and 25 centimetres c. 2 metres and 45 centimetres d. 3 metres and 25 centimetres a. Greeks b. Ottomans d. England

2O The Romans copied the design of their ships from which rival seafaring people?

22 a. Christmas Island b. Easter Island c. Falkland Islands d. St Helena

A series of giant carved heads called Moai, pictured above, are found on which island?

In which country is the world’s only toiletshaped house?

23 a. China b. Australia c. South Korea d. United States

24 Why did Elizabeth I of England, pictured above, often wear thick white make-up? a. To look different from her subjects b. Because throughout her long reign she never married c. To create a contrast with her striking red hair d. To disguise scars left by the disease smallpox

Geography

25 a. Russia and China b. Argentina and Chile c. United States of America and Canada d. India and Bangladesh

Between which two countries is the longest land border?

26How many countries together make up the United Kingdom?

3O Which 10 countries are these the national flags of?

27 Mount Everest is the world’s tallest mountain. But which of these mountains is the second tallest? a. K2 b. Mount Kilimanjaro c. Lhotse d. Mount Fuji

28How many continents are there on Earth? a.

29What is the capital city of Denmark? a. Berlin b. Stockholm c. Copenhagen d. Helsinki