This activity can be useful for English vocab. Students should answer all questions in the test and then discuss their answers in pairs or groups. The teacher then gives them the correct answers and they discuss them together.
General
knowledge test
1. Democracy is:
a) A system of government in which a supreme power is concetrated in
the hands of one person
b) A system of government in which a supreme power is vested in the
people
c) A system of government in which a group of people has a supreme
power
d) None of the above
2. America was discovered by:
a) Vasco da Gama
b) Ferdinand Magellan
c) Pedro Cabral
d) Christopher Columbus
3. “Iliad
and Odyssey” was
written by:
a) Euripides
b) Homer
c) Aesop
d) Herodotus
4. The founder of Islam was:
a) Buddah
b) Muhammad
c) Osman
d) Aliyah
5. The longest river in Europe is:
a) The Danube
b) The Rhine
c) The Seine
d) The Volga
6. Who is the king of the gods in Greek mythology?
a) Zeus
b) Hades
c) Hephaestus
d) Poseidon
7. The chemical symbol for oxygen is:
a) N
b) H
c) O
d) C
8. Which country does Hawaii belong to?
a) Canada
b) The United States of America
c) Russia
d) It does not belong to any country
9. Halley's Comet is visible from Earth:
a) Every 13 years
b) Every 82 years
c) Every 74 years
d) Every 76 years
10. The headquarters of the United Nations is in:
a) New York
b) London
c) Brussels
d) Paris
11. Xenophobia is a fear of:
a) Flying
b) Open spaces
c) Heights
d) Foreigners
12. Augusto Pinochet was a dictator of:
a) Chile
b) Peru
c) Uruguay
d) Columbia
13. Who won the Australian Open men's and women's single titles in 2013?
a) Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova
b) Rodger Federer and Maria Sharapova
c) Rodger Federer and Victoria Azarenka
d) Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka
14. What does the Latin word lex mean in English?
a) King
b) Priest
c) Law
d) Ruler
15. The Pulitzer Prize is the award for achievements in:
a) Politics
b) Literature
c) Journalism
d) Physics
16. A minister without portfolio is:
a) A government minister with no specific responsibilities
b) A government minister with specific responisibilities
c) Honorary minister
d) A minister's assistant
17. The official language of Brasil is:
a) Brazilian
b) Spanish
c) Portuguese
d) Italian
18. Which of the following books was not written by William
Shakespeare?
a) Othello
b) Macbeth
c) A Midsummer Night's Dream
d) The Divine Comedy
19. A citadel is:
a) Fortress
b) Prison
c) Flower
d) Fruit
20. Who won the 2012 UEFA Champions League?
a) Manchester United F.C.
b) F.C. Barcelona
c) Chelsea F.C.
d) F.C. Inter
21. Which city is known as the Big Apple?
a) London
b) New York
c) Washington D.C.
d) Paris
22. Who was the father of Protestantism?
a) Marthin Luther
b) John Calvin
c) Jan Huss
d)
Huldrych Zwingli
23. Where does Homer Simpson work?
a)
At a
shop
b)
At a
nuclear power plant
c)
At a
restaurant
d)
He
doesn’t work
24. Davis Cup is the international team competition in:
a) Football
b) Basketball
c) Volleyball
d) Tennis
25. The Congress of Berlin was held in:
a) 1878
b) 1814
c) 1918
d) 1945
26. Who wrote ”The Lord of the Rings“?
a) Virginia Woolf
b) J. R. R. Tolkien
c) J. K. Rowling
d) Charles Dickens
27. Which country is sometimes referred to as the “Land of the Rising
Sun”?
a) Vietnam
b) South Korea
c) Japan
d) China
28. What is the name of the intelligence agency of Israel?
a) BIA
b) CIA
c) Mossad
d) KGB
29. What is the capital of Australia?
a) Sydney
b) Canberra
c) Melbourne
d) Perth
30. Rock band ”The Beatles“ came from which city in England?
a) London
b) Manchester
c) Sheffield
d) Liverpool
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