General Knowledge Quiz

General Guidelines
Starting from 4th August 2015, a general knowledge question (in
English language) will be put up on the notice board for students of
grades 6-7 and 8-12 every other day, by the end of the school
session. Students are expected to answer the question at home
and drop it off at the school office with their name and class written
on the answer sheet before 6:50am in the morning (grades 8-12) or
12:30pm in the afternoon (grades 6 & 7). The answer of each
question will be displayed on the notice board 2 days later. For each
correct answer, the student will receive 5 points, and for each
attempt (whether the answer is correct or not), the student will
receive 1 point. Correct spellings will be a factor in determining
whether your answers are correct or not. A total of 15 questions will
be put up within the duration of the competition. Marks will be
calculated from all the answers student submits for both Dhivehi
and English general knowledge questions together.
Grades 6-7
1. Rewrite the following question using contractions.
She is late, is she not?
A: Shes late, isnt she?
2. Which tense is used in this sentence?
Were you sleeping at 9 oclock?
A: Past continuous
3. What is the name of a female sheep?
A: ewe
4. What is the currency used in Japan?
A: Yen
5. Complete the following sentence:
They got to see the final match of the championship, but they
paid through the nose for their tickets because
a. they were not selling well
b. they were so hard to get
c. they did not have much money
A: b
6. if you think that there is safety in numbers, you will feel
more secure
a. surrounded by friends
b. alone at home
c. studying mathematics
A: a
7. How many zeros are there in a trillion?
A: 12
8. If one suffers from xenophobia, what is he/she afraid of?
A: Foreigners/ people from other countries
9. What is another homophone of the words road and rode?
A: rowed
10.
What does UFO stand for?

A: Unidentified Flying Object

11.
Who wrote the famous Harry Potter series?
A: J. K. Rowling
12.
What is the best definition of the word aversion?
a. bonus
b. appetite
c. dislike
d. luck
A: c
13.
Choose the correct homophone
This is the __________________ of the proposed museum
building.
a. sight
b. site
c. cite
A: b
14.
Complete the following simile
As cool as ____________________
A: a cucumber
15.
What word fits both sentences?
The ________________ look remarkably bright tonight.
A large number of movie _________________ have residences in
Hollywood.
16.
What idiom does the illustration represent? What does it
mean?

A: Under the weather

Grades 8-12
1. Rewrite the following question using contractions.
Mark has, but I have not.
A: Mark has, but I havent.
2. Which tense is used in this sentence?
I havent had anything to eat yet.
A: Present perfect tense
3. What is a female fox called?
A: vixen
4. What is the currency used in Russia?
A: Rouble/ Ruble
5. Once the band gets into the studio, they are planning to play
it by the ear and
a. record all their old songs
b. see what they come up with
c. do whatever the producer tells them to do
A: b
6. If comparisons are odious, then comparing two people is
a. useful
b. dangerous
c. pointless
A: c
7. If a couple is celebrating their paper anniversary, how long
have they been married?
A: 1 year
8. What is the name given to the fear of going to school?
A: Didaskaleinophobia
9. how many events are there in a decathlon?
A: 10
10.
Start this common idiom: and his money
are soon parted
A: A fool
11.
What is the meaning of the famous saying by Julius
Caesar Vini, vidi, vici?
A: I came, I saw, I conquered
12.
What is the best definition of the word atrocious?
e. resourceful
f. awful
g. inspiring
h. challenging
A: b
13.
Choose the correct homophone
You _________________ of onions! What did you eat?

a. reek
b. wreak
A: a
14.
Complete the following simile
As graceful as _____________________
A: a swan
15.
What word fits both sentences?
He wrote her a _______________ before he left and kept it on the
table.
She finds the top _______________ particularly hard to sing.
A: note
16.
What idiom does the illustration represent? What does it
mean?

A: tough cookie