1. What are the colours of a rainbow?

Answer: Red, Orange, Green, Blue, Yellow, Indigo, and Violet.

2. Which is the largest planet in our Solar system?

Jupiter

3. Which colour symbolizes peace?

White

4. How many continents are there in the world?

7

5. The sun sets in the __________? west

6. Which is the largest mammal? Blue whale

7. What type of gas do plants absorb? Carbon di oxide

8. Which place is known as the roof of the world? Tibet

9. Name the new seven wonders of the world.

Christ the Redeemer Statue in Brazil,

Chichen Itza, Mexico

Machu Picchu in Peru,

Petra, Jordan

The Roman Colosseum, Italy

The Great Wall of China, and

Taj Mahal, India

10. How many years are there in one Millenium? 1000

11. Which is the smallest continent? Australia

12. Which is the densest jungle in the world? Amazon Rainforest

 13. Which is the tallest mountain in the world? Mt Everest

14. Who founded Microsoft? Bill Gates

15. How many millimetres are there in a centimetre? 10

16. Which planet is known as the red planet?

Mars

17. Which bird lays the largest eggs? Ostrich

18. Which is the hardest substance available on earth? Diamond

19. Which is the most spoken language in the world? Mandarin hinese

20. What name is given for a shape with ten sides? Decagon

21. How many legs does a spider have? 8

22. What is the color of an emerald? Green

23. What is something you hit with a hammer? Nail

24. What’s the name of a place you go to see lots of animals? Zoo

25. Whose nose grew longer every time he lied? Pinocchio

26. What is the name of the fairy in Peter Pan? Tinkerball

27. If you freeze water, what do you get? Ice

28. What colors are the stars on the American flag

White

29. In the nursery rhyme, Jack and Jill, what do Jack and Jill go up the hill to
fetch?
Pail of water
30. Where does the President of the United States live while in office?
White house

31. How many planets are in our solar system?

8

32. Which Disney movie is Elsa in?

Frozen

33. Who is Mickey Mouse’s girlfriend?

Minnie mouse

34. Where does Santa Claus live?

North pole

35. Which state is famous for Hollywood?

California

36. What type of fish is Nemo? clownfish

37. What do caterpillars turn into? Butterfly

38. Which is the fastest land animal? Cheetah

39. What is the color of a school bus? yellow

40. What do you use to write on a blackboard? Chalk

41. In the nursery rhyme, who sat on a wall before having a great fall? Humpty
Dumpty

42. On which holiday do you go trick-or-treating?

Halloween

43. How many pairs of wings do bees have? 2

44. Where is the Great Pyramid of Giza? Egypt

45. What is a doe? Female deer

46. What do bees make? Honey

47. What is the name of the pirate in Peter Pan? Caption hook

48. What is a brontosaurus? Dinosaur

49. What is a group of lions called? pride

50. What kind of animal was Abu in Aladdin? monkey

51. What is the name of Harry Potter’s pet owl? Hedwig

52. What color are Smurfs? Blue

53. How many sides does a triangle have? 3

54. Which superhero can climb up walls and buildings? spiderman

55. Which planet in our Solar System is known for having a ring? saturn

56. Why do things fall when you drop them? Because of Gravity

57. In which capital city of Europe would you find the Eiffel Tower? Paris

58. Who was the first American president? George Washington

59. What do you have to stick on an envelope? stamp

60. Which country is home to the kangaroo? Austrailia

61. What is the opposite of ‘cheap’? expensive

62. Which animal is the tallest in the world? giraffe

63. A scientist who studies rocks is called a what? geologist

64. Who was the first man to step on the moon? Neil armstrong

65. What could make Harry Potter invisible? The Invisibility Cloak

66. What food do pandas eat? Bamboo

67. Which place is called “the happiest place in the world?” Disney Land

68. How many continents are there in the world? 7

69. Two of the planets in our solar system begin with the letter M, can you name them?
Mercury & Mars

70. How many bones do sharks have? 0

 71. What is the name of molten rock after a volcanic eruption? Lava

72. Name of the closest star to Earth? Sun

73. Inventors of Aeroplane – Wright brothers

74. Name the seven dwarfes in Snow White?

Sleepy, Sneezy, Happy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc, and Bashful

75. In what country were the Olympic Games invented? Greece

76. Who invented the telephone? Alexander Graham Bell

77. The Statue of Liberty came from which country to the United States? France

78. Who painted the Mona Lisa? Leonardo DaVinci

79. Which famous ocean ship on her first voyage in 1912? Titanic

80. Which movie is Prince Charming from? Cindrella

81. What is the nickname for the bell of the clock at the Palace of Westminster in
London? Big Ben

82. What do you get when you boil water? Steam

83. What is the name of Mickey Mouse’s pet dog? Pluto

84. What movie is Princess Fiona from? Shrek

85. What is the largest continent? Asia

86. How many Great Lakes are there? Five - Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and
Ontario

1. What’s the orange bit in the middle of the egg called?

Yolk
2. What is the 10th letter of the alphabet?
J
3. How many zeros are there in one hundred thousand? 5

4. Who wrote the Harry Potter books?

JK Rowling
5. What is closer to earth, the moon or the sun? Moon

6. Which travels faster, light or sound? light

7. What’s the name of Anna and Elsa’s kingdom in Frozen?

Arundelle

8. What’s the name of the cowboy in Toy Story?

Woody

9. How many players are in a football team?

11

10. Who is the fastest 100m runner in the world ever ?

Usian Bolt

11. Do polar bears live in the arctic or the Antarctic?

Arctic

12. What do you call a group of sheep? Flock

13. What kind of animal is Shere Khan in the jungle book? Tiger

14. Nala and Simba are what kind of animal? Lions

15. What bird, with a distinctive call, is famous for stealing other birds’ nests?

16. How many brains does an octopus have?

17. What’s the slowest animal in the world? Sloth

18. What is the biggest ocean in the world? Pacific

19. Which country is famous for its canals, coliseum and making pasta - Italy
20. . In which continent will you find the Amazon rainforest? South America

21. What’s the name of the river that flows through London? Thames

22. Which country is home to the Eiffel Tower and Disneyland? France

23. Name the smallest country in the world – Vatican city

24. What’s the capital city of Spain? Madrid

25. What country was due to host the Olympics in 2020? Japan

26. Which country invented tea? China

27. What’s the missing word in this song line - ‘I love it when you call me --- I wish
I could pretend I didn’t need ya’ - SENORITA

28. How many different words are there in the Baby Shark song? 18

29. What song is sung more than any other in the world? Happy Birthday

30. How many letters are there in the English alphabet? 26

31. How many consonants are there in the English alphabet? 21

32. How many primary colors are there? 3 – red, yellow, blue

33. Which is the world’s largest flower? Rafflesia

34. Which is the longest river on the earth? Nile

35. How many lungs does the human body have? 2

36. What is the standard taste of the water? tasteless

37. Which continent is known as ‘Dark’ continent? Africa

38. Which is the most sensitive organ in our body? Skin

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39. Which day is observed as World Environment Day? 5 June

40. How many years are there in a century? 100

41. Which is the largest country in the world? Russia

42. How many teeth does a healthy adult have including the wisdom
teeth? 32

43. Which is the continent with the most number of countries? Africa

44. What does the Internet prefix WWW stand for? World wide web

45. What do you call a type of shape that has five sides? Pentagon

46. Which is the coldest location in the earth? Antarctica

47. Who discovered electricity? Benjamin Franklin

48. Which two parts of the body continue to grow for your entire life?
Nose and Ears
49. Global warming is caused by the excess of which type of gas?
Carbon Dioxide

50. Which African nation is famous for chocolate? Ghana

51. Stars and Stripes’ is the nickname of the flag of which country?
USA

52. What covers approximately 71% of the Earth’s surface: Land or

water? Water

53. Which is the biggest desert in the world? Sahara

54. Who is the inventor of the electric Bulb? Thomas Alva Edison

55. On whose memory Nobel Prize is awarded? Alfred Nobel

56. How many bananas will there be in a dozen banana? 12

57. Who found the “Law of Gravity” for the first time? Albert Einstien

58. Who is the author of “Julius Caesar”? William Shakespeare

59. Which planet is known as “The Blue Planet”? Earth

60. Which bird is the universal symbol of Peace? Dove

61. Who is a “Chef”? who makes food

62. What comes after 10 and before 13 - 12

63. What is the home of a lion called? Den

64. Which place is known as the “Land of White Elephants”?

Thailand
65. How many Grand Slam Tennis Tournaments are held every year?
4

66. Where did the game of Badminton originate from? Pune

Answer the following gk quiz questions with a True or False.

1. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain. True or False? T

2. A sneeze is faster than the blink of an eye. T

3. Pigs can look up into the sky. F

4. The egg of a Hummingbird is the smallest egg in the world. T

5. Frogs have to drink lots of water. F

6. William Shakespeare is a scientist F

7. Camels store water in their humps T

8. All tigers have yellow eyes T

9. A pediatrician is a child specialist T