LOWER INTERMEDIATE

SCIENCE
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1. What does your heart pump?

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2. Which is the nearest star?

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3. Which is heavier, gold or silver?

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4. How many sides does a triangle have?

5. What is H2O?

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6. How many legs does a butterfly have?

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GEOGRAPHY
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1. Which is bigger, a lake or an ocean?

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2. Which country has the most people?

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3. What is the capital city of Norway?

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4. What is the biggest state in the U.S.A.?

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5. Which country has the biggest land area?

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6. In which ocean is Hawaii?

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SPORTS
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1. What sport is played at Wimbledon?

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2. In which country will the 2008 Olympic Games be held?

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3. What country does the football player Romario come from?

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4. What is the most popular indoor sport in the U.S.A.?

5. In which sport was Muhammad Ali the world champion?

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6. Which famous golf player's mother comes from Thailand?

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MUSIC
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1. How many strings does a violin have?

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2. Where was Ricky Martin born?

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3. What pop group is Howie D. in?

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4. Which singer usually sings rap music, Mariah Carey or Eminem?

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5. Which instrument is often used in jazz music, a saxophone or a tuba?

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6. What nationality is Robbie Williams?

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INTERMEDIATE
SCIENCE
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1. Blood is filtered by which pair of organs?

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2. Which planet is the fifth from the sun?

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3. Who developed the theory of relativity?

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4. Which chemical element is represented by the symbol N?

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5. In which organelle of a living cell is DNA found?

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6. Which travel faster, light or sound waves?

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GEOGRAPHY
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1. In which country is Mount Everest?

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2. Which continent has the biggest population?

3. What is the capital city of New Zealand?

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4. On which continent is the Sahara desert?

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5. Name the two longest rivers in the world.

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6. Which ocean is to the east of Africa?

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SPORTS
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1. What is longest running race in the Olympic Games called?

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2. Who won the 2001 British Open golf tournament?

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3. In snooker, what is the colour of the last ball potted?

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4. What nationality is the tennis player Lleyton Hewitt?

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5. In which sport can you throw a 'curve ball'?

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6. Which team won the 2000 Formula One car racing championship?

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MUSIC
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1. Which pop singer married British movie director Guy Ritchie?

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2. Which rock group did George Harrison belong to?

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3. Which classical composer became deaf near the end of his life?

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4. How many strings does a bass guitar usually have?

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5. Which famous pop musician sang at Princess Diana's funeral?

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6. How many instruments are there in a string quintet?

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UPPER INTERMEDIATE
SCIENCE
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1. Which vitamin is abundant in citrus fruits?

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2. What instrument is used for measuring temperature?

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3. Who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?

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4. What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere?

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5. What do we call a shape with eight sides?

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6. What is the study of plants called?

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GEOGRAPHY
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1. Which South American country has the greatest land area?

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2. What is the capital city of Sri Lanka?

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3. Which climate is generally hotter and more humid, tropical or temperate?

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4. What do we call a mountain which could erupt?

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5. Antarctica covers which of the earth's poles?

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6. On which continent is Sierra Leone?

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SPORTS
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1. In which sport would you use a 'sand iron'?

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2. In boxing, what do the letters K.O. stand for?

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3. Baseball originated in the U.S.A. in which century?

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4. How many rings are there in the Olympic Games symbol?

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5. Which country won the 1998 FIFA World Cup football tournament?

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6. Who won the 2001 Wimbledon women's tennis championship?

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MUSIC
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1. Which female pop singer had a big hit called 'Baby, One More Time'?

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2. What pop group was Michael Jackson a member of when he was young?

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3. What type of music did Louis Armstrong play?

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4. What does an orchestra's conductor wave to keep time?

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5. What nationality was Mozart?

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6. Which rock group is Michael Stipe the lead singer of?

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ADVANCED
SCIENCE
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1. Triton is a moon of which planet?

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2. For what chemical process do plants need sunlight, CO2 and water?

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3. Which famous physicist wrote a book called 'A Brief History of Time'?
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4. Which chemical element is represented by the symbol Zn?

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5. In which organ of the body is the cerebrum found?

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6. What do we call the study of birds?

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GEOGRAPHY
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1. In which country is the world's highest waterfall?

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2. What natural phenomena are measured by the 'Richter scale'?

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3. Which two oceans does the Panama Canal link?

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4. What is South America's highest mountain range?

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5. What is the capital city of Kenya?

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6. What do we call the line of latitude 23.5 degrees north of the equator?

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SPORTS
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1. In which athletic event is a heavy metal ball thrown?

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2. In what sport could you 'hit a six' or 'bowl a leg spinner'?

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3. Golf was first played in which country?

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4. In which sport could you find yourself in a headlock?

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5. In which sport are a bow and arrow used?

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6. What does a third-place getter at the Olympic Games win?

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MUSIC
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1. What instrument did the jazz musician Miles Davis play?

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2. Which British rock group do Liam and Noel Gallagher belong to?

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3. Which instrument has keys, pedals and strings?

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4. In which country is a 'gamelan orchestra' most commonly found?

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5. Who wrote the song entitled 'Yesterday'?

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6. Which is the largest stringed instrument in a classical orchestra?

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1. ...is the meaning of the word "bafana"?
1. ? Ball player
2. ? Bridesmaid
3. :-) Boy
4. X Window cleaner
2. ...the meaning of the word "braai" (pronounced "bry")?
1. ? Barbecue
2. X Big fire
3. X Finger buffet
4. X Dried meat
3. ...the usage of "jislaaik"?
1. ? To infer responsibility
2. :-) To express astonishment
3. X To congratulate
4. X To gain favour
4. ...the meaning of the expression "to rock up"?
1. ? To arrive
2. X To lose your temper
3. X To dance
4. X To climb
5. ...the meaning of "vrot"?
1. ? Fresh
2. ? Streamlined
3. :-) Rotten
4. X Great
6. ...a "nyanga"?
1. ? A type of wild boar
2. :-) A rainmaker
3. X A troublemaker
4. X A young girl
7. ...the meaning of the expression "jawel no fine"?
1. ? I am fine thank you
2. ? I feel sick
3. X You are a liar
4. :-) How about that?
8. ...the odd word out in the following?
 1. :-) Eish
2. ? Sharp
3. ? Sweet
4. ? Lekker
9. ...the South African equivalent of traffic lights?
1. X Stop signs
2. X Sentinels
3. :-) Robots
4. ? Signposts
10. ...the usage of the word "aikona"?
1. X To accentuate a statement
2. X To indicate submission
3. :-) To express negativity
4. ? Expression of relief
1. Which planet is known for its rings?

2. Is geodesy a plant, a science of shape or a mathematical theory?

3. Which flower, herb and perfume ingredient can be found in abundance in

Provence, France?

4. "Spring forward, fall back" is a useful formula for what sometimes puzzling
process?

5. Name the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?

6. Which branch of science deals with the study of matter and energy?

7. What is the positively charged particle in the nucleus of an atom called? Pro

8. What "black" metal gave blacksmiths their name?

9. What planet takes 248 years to travel around the sun?

10. An unmanned European cargo resupply spacecraft was launched in March on

a mission to supply the International Space Station with propellant, water, air
and dry cargo. After which French science-fiction author was the spacecraft
named?

11. What falling fruit supposedly inspired Sir Isaac Newton to discover the laws
of gravity?

12. Name the fifth planet from the Sun. Hint: it’s more than twice as massive as
all the other planets combined.
13. Which planet is fifth from the sun?

14. When was the first cochlear ear implant performed? 1978 in Melbourne

15.What did Dr David Warren of Melbourne's Aeronautical Research Laboratories

invent in 1958? The black box flight recorder (that's actually orange)

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1. Saturn

2.Science of the earth’s size and shape

3.Lavender

4. Adjusting clocks for daylight saving

5.Mercury

6.Physics

7.Proton – science encyclopedia

8. Iron - iron

9. Pluto – where did Pluto go

10. Jules Verne

11.An apple

12.Jupiter

13.Jupiter

14.1978 in Melbourne

15.The black box flight recorder (that's actually orange)