Quiz: Back To School

The return to school is coming up...how ready do you feel? Take our back to school quiz and get your educational cogs back in motion before the big day! Answers below…

 

1. Which of Henry VIII’s wives was accused of being a witch?

a) Catherine Parr

b) Anne Boleyn

c) Catherine of Aragon

d) Jane Seymour

 

2. Where do the Olympic Games originate from?

a) Greece

b) Germany

c) Tokyo

d) St. Moritz

 

3. What is the biggest hot desert in the world?

a) Namib

b) Gobi

c) Antarctic

d) Sahara

 

4. True or false: The Jurassic Period came before the Triassic Period?

TRUE

FALSE

 

5. How old is the Great Wall of China?

a) 3000 years

b) 2700 years

c) 4100 years

d) 3333 years

6. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, what is Boo Radley’s real name?

a) James

b) Dolphus

c) Arthur

d) Jem

 

7. What is the only even prime number?

a) 4

b) 6

c) 8

d) 2

 

8. In Of Mice and Men, what is George’s dream?

a) To own a farm

b) To get a horse

c) To marry a rich woman

d) To buy a car

 

9. The concept of gravity was discovered by which famous physicist?

a) Albert Einstein

b) Isaac Newton

c) Marie Curie

d) Charles Darwin

 

10. Humans and chimpanzees share roughly how much DNA?

a) 98%

b) 70%

c) 83%

d) 65%

ANSWERS

 

1. The answer is b) Anne Boleyn!

Anne was the second wife of King Henry VIII, and served as queen of England in the 1530s. She was executed on charges of incest, witchcraft, adultery and conspiracy against the king. Did you know you can see a picture of her in the first Harry Potter film hanging on the wall as she was often accused of being a witch!

2. The answer is a) Greece!

Although the ancient Games were staged in Olympia, Greece, from 776 BC through 393 AD, it took 1503 years for the Olympics to return. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. The man responsible for its rebirth was a Frenchman named Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who presented the idea in 1894.

3. The answer is d) Sahara!

The Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert in the world, and the third largest overall, after Antarctica and the Arctic. The Sahara Desert covers an incredible 9.2 million km², which is almost the same size as China, and a total of 8% of Earth's land area.

4. The answer is False!

The Triassic Period came first, about 252-201 million years ago. It began after Earth's worst-ever extinction event devastated life. The Permian-Triassic extinction event, also known as the Great Dying, took place roughly 252 million years ago and was one of the most significant events in the history of our planet.

5. The answer is b) 2700 years!

The Great Wall of China’s creation spanned many dynasties. Most of the Great Wall sites seen today are around 600 years old, created in the Ming Dynasty. The oldest Great Wall is not commonly seen — it’s the Chu Great Wall, built-in 7th century BC.

6. The answer is c) Arthur!

As children, Jem, Scout, and Dill feared Arthur because he was reclusive and lived in a dilapidated home. The rumors surrounding Arthur made him seem like a grotesque monster which earned him the nickname Boo.

7. The answer is d) 2!

A prime number can have only one, and itself, as factors. Any even number has two as a factor, so if the number has itself, two and one as factors, it can not be prime. Two is an even number that has only itself and one as factors, so it is the only even number that is a prime.

8. The answer is a) To own a farm!

George and Lennie have a dream: to scrounge enough money together to someday buy their own little house and a plot of land to farm. They dream of roots, stability, and independence.

9. The answer is b) Isaac Newton!

The legend is that Isaac Newton discovered gravity when he saw a falling apple while thinking about the forces of nature. Whatever really happened, he realised that some force must be acting on falling objects like apples because otherwise they would not start moving from rest.

10. The answer is a) 98%!

Scientists compare DNA, an essential molecule that's the instruction manual for building each species and have found that humans and chimps share a surprisingly high amount.