Олимпиада "The Cleverest"
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QUIZ

1. Mathematics

1. Look at the shapes. Find the hexagon.

2. Olga has seven boxes. She puts two shoes in each of these boxes. How many shoes are there altogether?
3. Rafael cuts a pizza into four equal slices. He eats one slice. What fraction of the pizza does he eat?

1. ¼      B. ½       C. ¾      D.  ⅓        

4. Sam is collecting cards. He wants to collect one hundred cards altogether. Last week he collected fifty cards. This week he collects thirty cards. How many more cards does he need?
5. Svetlana Pavlovna planted five rows of carrots. There were three carrots in each row. A rabbit ate two of the carrots. How many carrots were left?

2. English

6. Find the correct word to complete the sentence below.

We were _________ on our topics.

1. worked
2. works
3. working
4. work

7. Find the correct word to complete the sentence below.

Tomorrow, we could go for a walk ______ play games indoors.

1. when
2. or
3. because
4. if

8. Find the two nouns in the sentence below.

She has left her book on the bench over there.

9. Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly?

1. Lena’s bag is green and has lots of pockets.
2. Lenas bag is green and has lot’s of pockets.
3. Lenas bag is green and has lots of pocket’s.
4. Lenas’ bag is green and has lots of pockets.

10.  Which punctuation mark completes the sentence below?

What a wonderful present you gave me __

1.    .
2.    !
3.    ?
4.    ,

3. Science

11.  Which planet is closest to the sun?

1. Mercury
2. Neptune
3. Uranus
4. Venus

12.  What is the largest planet in the solar system?

1. Earth
2. Jupiter
3. Mars
4. Saturn

13.  Which of the following animals is not an insect?

1. Ant
2. Butterfly
3. Fly
4. Spider

14.  What important gas is provided by trees and helps us to breathe?

1. Air
2. Carbon dioxide
3. Nitrogen
4. Oxygen

15. What is the human body’s biggest organ?

1. Head
2. Lungs
3. Skin
4. Stomach

4. History

16.  During what year did World War I begin?

1. 1901
2. 1905
3. 1914
4. 1917

17.  Julius Caesar was the leader of which army?

1. English
2. Greek
3. Latin
4. Roman

18.  In Egypt, the Sphinx is a statue of a man and the body of which animal?

1. Bear
2. Dog
3. Lion
4. Tiger

19.  During which century were the world's first cars invented?

1. XVIII
2. XIX
3. XX
4. XXI

20.  Who was the President of Russia in 1991-1999?

1. Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
2. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
3. Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev
4. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev

5. Literature

21.  This author was born in India. One of his most famous books is a collection of short stories called “The Jungle Book.” The book’s well-known characters include young Mowgli, who was raised in the Indian jungle by wolves, and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a brave mongoose. Who wrote “The Jungle Book”?

1. Herman Melville
2. Jack London
3. Joseph Conrad
4. Rudyard Kipling

22.  In the early 1800s, two German brothers gathered and published folk tales which had been handed down over generations. Their collections of stories included “Hansel and Gretel”, “Rapunzel”, “Little Red Riding Hood” among many others. Which brothers brought us these fairy tales?

1. The Basile Brothers
2. The Brothers Brown
3. The Brothers Grimm
4. The Heidelburg Brothers

23.  One of the most beloved authors of children's stories has given us such tales as ‘The Ugly Duckling’, ‘The Little Mermaid’, ‘The Emperor's New Clothes’ and ‘The Snow Queen.’ Who was this Danish author?

1. Hans Christian Andersen
2. Hans Frederick Jorgensen
3. Hans Haakon Christoffersen
4. Hans Neils Christensen

24.  His most famous works, ‘Anna Karenina’ and ‘War and Peace’, have been translated into many languages and brought him worldwide recognition long after his death. What is his name?

1. Alexander Pushkin
2. Fyodor Dostoevsky
3.  Leo Tolstoi
4. Mikhail Bulgakov

25.  This journalist, novelist and doctor wrote one of his most famous novels, ‘Master and Margarita’, which is a story of the Devil visiting Moscow.

1. Boris Pasternak
2. Mikhail Bulgakov
3. Anton Chekhov
4. Nikolai Gogol

6. Geography

26.  What is the name of the biggest ocean on Earth?

1. The Arctic Ocean
2. The Atlantic Ocean
3. The Indian Ocean
4. The Pacific Ocean

27.  What continent is the most northern?

1. North America
2. Antarctica
3. North Pole
4. Eurasia

28.  Which river flows through the rainforests of Brazil?

1. Nile
2. Mississippi
3. Congo
4. Amazon

29.  Helsinki is the capital city of which country?

1. Estonia
2. Finland
3. Norway
4. Sweden

30.  In which country would you find the famous palace called the Taj Mahal?

1. Australia
2. China
3. India
4. Nepal

Total: 30 points

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