Could you beat our quiz team?

A team from Hilden Grange demonstrated amazing depth of knowledge to win the first round of the IAPS General Knowledge Quiz for the Roland Constantine Shield, answering questions that would have been beyond the reach of many adults. 

The team consisted of four pupils - one each from Years 5,6,7 and 8.  We congratulate the team and wish them success in the final, which will take place on May 5th.

Could you beat the Hilden Grange quiz team?  These are the questions that they faced.  See if you can beat their score of 38/50! (NB They scored 10/10 for the round on battles!).

Hallo!
Match these greetings with their languages:

Greetings	Languages
1. Jambo	A. Hindi
2. Guten Tag	B. French
3. Kia Ora	C. Hebrew
4. Sawubona	D. Russian
5. Konnichi wa	E. Zulu
6. Bonjour	F. Japanese
7. Salve	G. German
8. Shalom	H. Maori
9. Zdravstvuyte	I. Swahili
10. Namaste	J. Latin

 

Numbers
Match these numbers with the descriptions:

Number	Description
1. 116	A. The number of books in the New Testament
2. 8	B. The height of Mount Everest to the nearest kilometre
3. 27	C. The number of chromosomes in a normal human body cell
4. 600	D. The length in seconds of the first powered flight by the Wright Brothers
5. 4	E. The speed of light in m.p.h
6. MMXI	F. Noah's age in years when the flood began
7. 670616629	G. 2011 in Roman Numerals
8. 46	H. The number of Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony"
9. 9	I. The length in years of the Hundred Year's War
10. 12	J. The number of sides in a trapezium

First Lines
Match these opening lines with the books or poems from whence they came:

1. My family's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer.... than Pip

2. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

3. Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the Valley of Death rode the six hundred.

4. When shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning; or in rain?

5. It was a bright, cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

6. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

7. To begin at the beginning: It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black.

8. A spectre is haunting Europe.

9. Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

10. Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes

 

A. Macbeth, by William Shakespeare

B. Nineteen Eighty Four, by George Orwell

C. Under Milk Wood, by Dylan Thomas

D. The Old Testament - Genesis

E. The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx

F. Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone, by JK Rowling

G. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen

H. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy

I The Charge of the Light Brigade, by Alfred Lord Tennyson

J. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens

 

Buildings
Match these buildings with their nicknames:

1. The Leaning Tower

2. The Gherkin

3. The Shard

4. The Bird's Nest

5. Big Ben

6. The Cruise Liner

7. The Silver Artichoke

8. The Pentagon

9. The Magician of Iron

10. The Clotheshanger

 

 

A. 30 St.Mary Axe, London

B. The George Pompidou Centre, Paris

C. Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao

D. St Stephen's Tower, London

E. Campanile of Pisa Cathedral

F. The Eiffel Tower, Paris

G. Sydney Opera House

H. Beijng National Stadium

I. London Bridge Tower

J. HQ of the United States Department of Defence

 

Let Battle Commence

Match these battles with the wider conflict below:

1. Gettysburg

2. Agincourt

3. Bunker Hill

4. Malplaquet

5. Marston Moor

6. Bosworth Field

7. Passchendaele

8. Austerlitz

9. Stalingrad

10. Balaclava

 

A. American War of Independence

B. War of the Spanish Succession

C. Crimean War

D. World War One

E. World War Two

F. Napoleonic War

G. English Civil War

H. American Civil War

I. War of the Roses

J. The Hundred Years War

 

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