Quiz

• What is a figure of speech where a part represents the whole?

  Synecdoche
• What does it mean to beguile someone?

  To deceive or cheat someone
• What was the pseudonym of Mary Evans?

  George Eliot
• Complete the proverb: Fools rush in…?

  Where angels fear to tread
• What are the collective names for poems and crows?

  • Poems: Anthology
  • Crows: Murder
• What is the title of Maya Angelou’s autobiography written as a poem?

  I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
• In which war did Florence Nightingale serve?

  Crimean War
• What event is said to have set the world on fire?

  Sarajevo assassination
• Who was the first king of the Mutapa state?

  Nyatsimba Mutota
• What is the name of the strait that joins the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea?

  Yucatán Strait
• What is the capital city of Ireland and its currency?

  Dublin, Euro
• What does the ‘c’ in $y =$$mx +$$c$ stand for?


  Y intercept
• What is the smallest perfect number?

  6
• Who invented the petrol-powered automobile?

  Karl Benz
• What is chalk made of?

  Limestone or CaCO₃
• What is the name of the only rock that floats?

  Pumice
• Who is the president of Malawi?

  Lazarus Chakwera
• What is the current name of the former kingdom of Dahomey?

  Benin
• From which country did Algeria gain independence in 1962?

  France
• In which three countries do the Atlas Mountains extend?

  Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
• Who are the ministers of Public Service and Labour in Zimbabwe?

  July Moyo and Edgar Moyo
• Who is the youngest member of parliament of New Zealand and how old is she?

  Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke, 21
• What is the name of the former Namibian president who recently died?

  Hage Geingob
• What is the name of the US spacecraft recently launched to the moon?

  Odysseus lunar lander
• Who is the former Barcelona and Brazil soccer player found guilty of sexual assault?

  Dani Alves
• What does gamophobia refer to?

  Fear of marriage
• What is the term for someone who establishes communication for mutual understanding?

  Liaison
• What does it mean to acquiesce?

  To accept or agree passively
• What word describes someone who enjoys playing tricks?

  Mischievous
• What is bologna?

  A large smoked sausage
• What is the origin of the word "Constitution"?

  French
• What is the origin of the word "Coffee"?

  Arabic
• What is the origin of the word "Jungle"?

  Indian
• What is the origin of the word "Planet"?

  Greek
• From which book is the quote “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same”?

  Wuthering Heights
• Who is the author of "Wuthering Heights"?

  Emily Brontë
• Complete the proverb: “A drowning man ___”?

  Will clutch at a straw
• Who is the author of "Half of a Yellow Sun"?

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• What is the tallest mountain in Canada?

  Mount Logan
• Name four U.S. states that start with "A".

  Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas