November 2014

Question 1: What year did John Logie Baird give the world's first public demonstration of television?

a) 1926

b) 1936

c) 1946

Question 2: The kiwi bird is almost completely ...

a) deaf

b) silent

c) blind

Question 3: Lettuce is a member of which family of flowers?

a) sunflowers

b) daffodils

c) buttercups

Question 4: How long would it take a drop of blood to travel from your heart, to your big toe, and then back to your heart?

a) about 30 seconds

b) about 60 seconds

c) about 90 seconds

Question 5: In which year were toilets first fitted in aeroplanes?

a) 1913

b) 1933

c) 1953

Question 6: If you are born on Christmas Day, what is your star sign?

a) Sagittarius

b) Capricorn

c) Aquarius

Question 7: In the Swahili language of Africa, what does 'Aardvark' mean?

a) healing pig

b) devil pig

c) earth pig

Question 8: In which year was the first Playstation used?

a) 1990

b) 1992

c) 1994

Question 9: If you compare an African elephant's ears with an Asian elephant's ears are they...

a) about the same size

b) bigger

c) smaller

Question 10: In the Simpsons episode called 'Smart and Smarter', what does Homer do to Simon Cowell?

a) run over him

b) beat him up

c) steal his expensive sports car

Question 11: For approximately how many years have bananas been commercially shipped to the Great Britain?

a) 200 years

b) 150 years

c) 100 years

Question 12: What nearly ruined the opening day of the first Disneyland in 1955?

a) a heat wave

b) a hurricane

c) a snow blizzard

Question 13: Which is our brightest planet that can sometimes be seen with the naked eye?

a) Venus

b) Mercury

c) Neptune

Question 14: Which religion worships at 'The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic' in Sri Lanka?

a) Hindu

b) Buddhist

c) Muslim

Question 15: In 1968, the original London Bridge (famous for 'falling down') was dismantled and moved to which country?

a) Russia

b) France

c) America

Question 16: Koala bears only ever eat the leaves of which tree?

a) bamboo

b) eucalyptus

c) fig

Question 17: In Asia, what is the crane (bird) considered a symbol of?

a) long life

b) bad luck

c) wealth

Question 18: How fast must the wind be blowing before it can be called a hurricane?

a) at least 54 miles per hour

b) at least 64 miles per hour

c) at least 74 miles per hour

Question 19: In America, what might baseball players stick on their caps to bring good luck?

a) gum

b) a feather

c) a stamp

(source: www.free-for-kids.com)