Questions

1) Which planet in our solar system is known as the "Red Planet"?

 

2) What is the chemical symbol for gold?

 

3) Who painted the famous artwork "Starry Night"?

 

4) What is the capital city of Canada?

 

5) What is the largest mammal in the world?

 

6) Which gas makes up the majority of Earth's atmosphere?

 

7) Who wrote the novel "1984"?

 

8) In which year did the Titanic sink?

 

 

Questions

1) What was significant about the Battle of Edgehill in 1642?

2) Who was the famous queen whose navy defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588?

3) Which historic document limited the power of the monarch and laid the foundation for constitutional governance in Britain.

4) In which century did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain?

5) Which monarch is associated with the expansion of the British Empire during the 19th century?

6) In what year did England have its first Norman king?

 

Questions

1) Who featured on Rihanna's "We Found Love" which won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 2013.

 

2) Which song became a controversial hit for Robin Thicke in 2013?

 

3) Which song by Lorde won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 2014.

 

4) Who, alongside Lady Gaga won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2019 with “Shallow”.

 

5) In which year did “Rolling in the Deep” become a massive hit for Adele?

 

 

Questions:

1) Which British novelist wrote the espionage thrillers "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"?

 

2) "An Inspector Calls", a play often studied in British schools, was written by which playwright?

a) Harold Pinter b) J.B. Priestley c) Tom Stoppard 

 

3) Which British actress starred in the films "The Queen" and "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", winning Academy Awards for both roles?

 

How well do you know your music from the last decade. Play on to find out. Good luck.

 

Questions

1) Which album, released by Adele in 2011  features the hit song "Rolling in the Deep."

 

2) Which song by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, released in 2017, became the most-viewed video on YouTube.

 

3) Who won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2016 with “1989”.

 

4) Whose album "Born This Way" was released in 2010.

 

5) The song "Can't Feel My Face" topped the charts in 2015 for which band.