Childs Quiz

1. What do we call the inside part of the hand between the wrist and the fingers?
2. If you are said to be feeling "under the weather", how do you feel?
3. What's the name of the long river that runs through Egypt?
4. What language did the Romans speak?








5. What's the highest mountain in the world?
6. How many tentacles does an octopus have?
7. How many extra days are there in a leap year?
8. What sort of table lists all the chemical elements in rows and columns?
9. What is one quarter of 200?
10. What planetary object orbits the Earth?
11. Which musical instrument has forty-seven strings and seven pedals?
12. Which country had a famous revolution which ended in 1799?
13. Which summer fruit is often eaten with cream during the Wimbledon tennis tournament?
14. Starting with the letter 'A', can you name Earth's southernmost continent?
15. What was the name of the concrete wall constructed in East Germany which was taken down in 1989?
16. What traditional name is given to a person who tends, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep?
17. On a set of traffic lights, which colour is positioned in the middle between the green and red lights?
18. The cornea and retina are found in which part of the human body?
19. The month of July is named after which ancient Roman statesman?
20. What word beginning with 'Q' is given to an open excavation or large pit usually for obtaining natural materials such as building stone?
21. Name the capital and largest city in Spain?
22. What colour is an emerald gemstone?
23. Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?
24. What colour are the spots on a ladybird?
25. Which fictional children's character's nose grew when he told a lie?
26. Which country would you visit to see the pyramids?

Questions with Answers

1. What do we call the inside part of the hand between the wrist and the fingers? The palm
2. If you are said to be feeling "uner the weather", how do you feel? Unwell, or ill
3. What's the name of the long river that runs through Egypt? The Nile
4. What language did the Romans speak? Latin
5. What's the highest mountain in the world? Mount Everest
6. How many tentacles does an octopuses have? Eight
7. How many extra days are there in a leap year? One extra day
8. What sort of table lists all the chemical elements in rows and columns? The Periodic Table
9. What is one quarter of 200? 50
10. What planetary object orbits the Earth? The mooon
11. Which instrument has forty-seven strings and seven pedals? A harp
12. Which country had a famous revolution which ended in 1799? France
13. Which summer fruit is often eaten with cream during the Wimbledon tennis tournament? Strawberries
14. Can you name earth's southernmost continent? Antarctica
15. What was the name of the concrete wall constructed in East Germany which was taken down in 1989? The Berlin Wall
16. What traditional name is given to a person who tends, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep? Shepherd
17. On a set of traffic lights, which colour is positioned in the middle between the green and red lights? Amber
18. The cornea and retina are found in which part of the human body? The Eye
19. The month of July is named after which ancient Roman statesman? Julius Caesar
20. What word beginning with 'Q' is given to an open excavation or large pit usually for obtainingnatural materials such as building stone? Quarry
21. Name the capital and largest city in Spain? Madrid
22. What colour is an emerald gemstone? Green
23. Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet? William Shakespeare
24. What colour are the spots on a ladybird? Black
25. Which fictional children's character's nose grew when he told a lie? Pinocchio
26. Which country would you visit to see the pyramids? Egypt