The Great Questionnaire

The Great Questionnaire is a game you can play with your students to challenge their general knowledge. The game is a list of different questions related to one topic and they are given options to answer. The teacher may use it as a ludic tool for the class.

History

1) What was the name of Colombia before it was a country?
The Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada

2) What country sold Alaska to the United States?
Russia

3) Who was the first president of the United States of America?
George Washington

4) What year did WWII finished?
1945

5) How do we call our current age?
The Contemporary Age

6) Who was the first European called "land" in the Americas?
Américo Vespucio

7) What famous singer was killed by his fan named Chapman?
John Lennon

8) Who wrote the communist manifesto?
Karl Marx

9) Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong

10) What was the name of the first Mongolian emperor?
Ghenghis Khan

Geography

1) What is the most expansive ocean?

The Pacific Ocean

2) What island marks the border between Europe in the north and Africa in the south?

Malta

3) What country in South America has no coast?

Bolivia

4) What is the capital of Australia?

Canberra

5) What is the longest mountain range in the Americas?

The Andes

6) What is the largest island in Africa?

Madagascar

7) Where are the Niagara Falls?
Canada

8) What country holds the Easter Islands?
Chile

9) In what Ocean is the Bering Strait?
Artic Ocean

10) What is the tallest mountain in the world?
The Himalayas

Science

1) What is the longest organ in the body?

The Skin

2) What is the fastest thing in physics?

The Light

3) How do you call the force of attraction between two body masses?

Gravity

4) How do you call the solid part of the earth?

Biosphere

5) What is the tomato?

A fruit

6) What is the strongest mineral?

A diamond

7) What liquid can burn over water?

Oil

8) What animal is the biggest animal in the water?
The Whale

9) What is the chemical formula for water?
H2O

10) How do you call measurable experiments?
Empirical experiment 

Sports

1) What country has won the most soccer world cups?

Brazil

2) What is the most famous sport in Kenya, Ghana and Jamaica?

Running

3) In what sport can you hit a homerun?

Baseball

4) What sport is the most complete for body fitness?

Swimming

5) What sport requires most strength?

Weight Lifting or similar

6) What is the sport that requires most coordination?

Gymnastics

7) In what sport can you run a Derby?
Horse Riding

8) What is the traditional distance for a Marathon?
42 Kilometers.

9) What famous basketball player received 10 times the scoring champion award?
Michael Jordan

10) What country held the first Olympic Games?
Greece

Movies

1) How many movies does the Harry Potter saga have?
8 movies

2) How do you call the fictional lights, fires and events happening in a movie?
Special Effects

3) How do you call dangerous scenes like car chases, fights and falls?
Stunt

4) In what part of the United States is Hollywood located?
Los Angeles

5) What is the Indian version of Hollywood called?
Bollywood

6) How do you call the first showing of a movie?
Premiere

7) How do you call the person of creating and editing the movie?
Director

8) During what month are the most popular movies released?
December

9) How do you call a movie that comes from a book?
Adaptation

10) What is the most popular awards for movies?
Oscars

Religion

1) What was Buddha's real name?
Siddartha Gautama

2) Where is the center of the Catholic Church?
Rome

3) What religion celebrates Hannukah?
Hebrews

4) How do you call a set of values, rules and philosophies for a religion?
Doctrine

5) What is the name of the most important book in Muslim religion?
The Coran

6) In what country could you find Shinto temples?
Japan

7) Where does the practice of Santeria comes from?
Africa

8) What does monotheist mean?
Believing in one god.

9) How does religion get most of its money?
Donations

10) What animal is sacred in Hinduism?
The Cow