General knowledge quiz for kids

False. It's Helsinki. Finland has about 188,000 lakes.

New Delhi. The wheel on India's flag has 24 spokes and is called the Ashoka Chakra.

Nairobi. Kenya's flag has a Maasai shield and two spears in the middle.

True. It was built for the pharaoh Khufu, about 4,500 years ago.

False. It's Buenos Aires. The sun with a face on Argentina's flag is called the Sun of May.

Kampala. Lake Victoria, which Uganda shares with Kenya and Tanzania, is the biggest lake in Africa and a source of the Nile.

Dubai. When the Burj Khalifa opened in 2010, it became the tallest building in the world.

True. It's Riga. Latvia's flag is one of the oldest in the world. A red and white banner like it is described in a chronicle from the 1200s.

CN Tower. Toronto's CN Tower was the world's tallest free-standing structure for more than 30 years.

Gitega. Gitega became the capital in 2019. Bujumbura, the biggest city, is still called the economic capital.

Woolly mammoth. Woolly mammoths lived in the last Ice Age, more than 60 million years after the giant dinosaurs died out.

True. A baby kangaroo, called a joey, lives in its mother's pouch for months.

Earth. The Moon is about 384,000 kilometres away. Its light takes just over a second to reach us.

Chicken mimic. Some of its neck bones looked like a chicken's.

Omnivore. People are omnivores. So are foxes, pigs and chickens.

A comet. As a comet nears the Sun it warms up. Gas and dust stream off it and make the tail.

Germination. A seed germinates when it has water, air and warmth. The root comes out first.

A giant storm. Jupiter has no solid surface. Its stripes are bands of cloud blown along by fierce winds.

Redwood. The tallest known tree is a coast redwood in California. It is more than 115 metres tall.

False. It means ‘parrot lizard’. It had a short, curved beak like a parrot's.

Roman conquest of Britain begins. The Roman conquest of Britain began in AD 43. Emperor Claudius sent the army. Rome ruled much of Britain for more than 350 years.

Work starts on Hadrian's Wall. Work started on Hadrian's Wall in AD 122, 1,817 years before the Second World War began.

Great Pyramid of Giza built. The Great Pyramid of Giza was built in around 2560 BC, about 4,500 years before the Titanic sank.

True. It was 1922, in the 20th century (the 1900s). He found it in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, packed with treasure.

False. It was 1776, in the 18th century (the 1700s). The Declaration was adopted on 4 July, which is why Americans celebrate Independence Day on that date.

Vesuvius buries Pompeii. Vesuvius buried Pompeii in AD 79, 1,866 years before the Second World War ended.

Black Death reaches England. The Black Death first reached England in 1348, 555 years before the Wright brothers made the first powered aeroplane flight.

Peasants' Revolt. The Peasants' Revolt took place in 1381, 104 years before the Battle of Bosworth was fought.

First public TV demonstration. Television was first shown to the public in 1926, 45 years before the UK switched to decimal money.

1805. Admiral Nelson's fleet won at sea. His statue stands on top of Nelson's Column in London.

False. One less than 20 is 19. Count back one from 20: 19.

11. Count on 1 from 10: 11.

18. The numbers go up by 2 each time, so the next number is 18.

True. The ones digit is 8. 5 or more rounds up, so 548 becomes 550.

8,000. The 8 is in the thousands place, so its value is 8,000.

True.

5. Go through the 9 times table: 9 × 5 = 45.

6. Start at −1 on a number line and count 7 to the right: 6.

False. 1/10 of 130 = 13. To find a tenth, divide by 10: 130 ÷ 10 = 13.

3.97. Line up the decimal points: 2.40 + 1.57 = 3.97.