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General Knowledge Competition
4th Form 2012

1. Who discovered fire?
Early Men.
2. What animal´s name translates as water horse?
Seahorse.
3. Who developed a proper spoken language?
Homosapiens.
4. Where did Vikings come from?
Scandinavia
5. What is a raid?
A sudden attack.
6. Why was the Great Wall of China built?
To protect themselves from the enemies.
7. Why didn’t Vikingsstay in Scandinavia?
They wanted to conquer new lands to settle.
8. What is a Myth?
A myth is a story made up to explain how the world works.
9. Which is the hardest metal?
Alloy1090 , atype ofcarbon steel.
10 Which is the longest bridge?
Jiohzou Bridge in China.
11. Name the three biggest cities in Argentina?
Buenos Aires, Cordoba and Rosario.
12. Which is the currency in England?
TheSterling Pound.
13. What does VIP stand for?
Very Important Person.
14. Which are the most famous cave paintings in Argentina?
La Cueva de las manos in Sta Cruz.
15. What does UFO stand for?Unidentified flying object.
16. What do BC and AD stand for?
Before Christ and Anno Domini
17. Who wrote Argentina’s national anthem?
Vicente Lopez y Planes and Blas Parera.
18. Where do the AndesMountains stretch?
The Andes Mountains stretch between Argentina and Chile. They stretch along South America from the Cabo de Hornos up to Venezuela.
19. Which is the southernmost province inArgentina?
Tierra del Fuego.
20. Which is the largest continent?
Asia.
21.The Equator is… 1. a natural border 2. an imaginary line
22. Who is the governor of Buenos Aires?
Daniel Scioli
23.What happened on July 9th 1816?
Argentina became an independent country.
24. Which is the widest river in the world?
River Plate.
25. Which is the largest bird?
Ostrich
26. Which is thesmallest bird?
Bee humming bird
27. What are the Ten Commandments?
The fundamental laws of the Jews.
28. Who received the Ten Commandments?
Moses.
29. Which countries form the British Isles?...