Real Year 6 General Knowledge Quiz
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Question 1: What is the process by which living things gradually change and adapt over many generations called?
Evolution
Migration
Hibernation
Photosynthesis
Question 2: Charles Darwin's famous voyage that helped him develop his theory of evolution took place on which ship?
HMS Beagle
HMS Victory
HMS Endeavour
HMS Discovery
Question 3: What is the name of the muscular organ that pumps blood around the human body?
The heart
The liver
The stomach
The kidney
Question 4: Roughly how many times does a resting human heart beat per minute?
About 70-80 times
About 20-30 times
About 150-200 times
About 300 times
Question 5: What do we call light bouncing off a surface, allowing us to see objects?
Reflection
Refraction
Absorption
Diffraction
Question 6: In which year did World War Two come to an end?
1945
1939
1918
1950
Question 7: What was the name of the German air force during World War Two?
The Luftwaffe
The Wehrmacht
The Gestapo
The Kriegsmarine
Question 8: Before Elizabeth II, which queen had reigned for longer than any other British monarch?
Queen Victoria
Queen Anne
Queen Mary I
Queen Elizabeth I
Question 9: What is the name of the picture-based writing system used by the Ancient Egyptians?
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Calligraphy
Runes
Question 10: Which is the only Ancient Wonder of the World still standing today?
The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
Question 11: What is the name of the driest place on Earth, which receives almost no rainfall?
The Atacama Desert
The Sahara Desert
The Gobi Desert
The Kalahari Desert
Question 12: Which is the largest desert in the world by area?
Antarctica
The Sahara
The Arabian Desert
The Gobi Desert
Question 13: What is the longest mountain range in the world?
The Andes
The Rockies
The Himalayas
The Alps
Question 14: Which country has the largest population in the world today?
India
China
USA
Indonesia
Question 15: What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
The Equator
The Prime Meridian
The Tropic of Cancer
The Arctic Circle
Question 16: Which planet has the most extreme temperature swings due to having almost no atmosphere?
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Neptune
Question 17: What do we call a huge group of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity?
A galaxy
A nebula
A constellation
A solar system
Question 18: What is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system?
The Milky Way
Andromeda
The Whirlpool Galaxy
The Sombrero Galaxy
Question 19: Who is widely credited with inventing the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla
Guglielmo Marconi
Question 20: Paper was first invented in which country?
China
Egypt
Greece
Italy
Question 21: What did British scientist Tim Berners-Lee invent in 1989?
The World Wide Web
The telephone
The television
The computer mouse
Question 22: What is the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth?
The Blue Whale
The African Elephant
The Giant Squid
The Tyrannosaurus Rex
Question 23: Which flightless bird is the fastest runner of any bird on Earth?
The Ostrich
The Penguin
The Kiwi
The Emu
Question 24: What is the currency used in Japan?
The Yen
The Won
The Yuan
The Ringgit
Question 25: In which country did the Olympic Games originate?
Greece
Italy
Egypt
Turkey