GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
------------------------------------------- The next test (the last of the term) will be on Friday 5th December The scores for week 7 are as follows: Ebble 909 Wylye 908 Avon 886 Nadder 873 Term scores with one test to go: Avon 6309 Ebble 6090 Nadder 5930 Wylye 6126 ------------------------ There are 8 facts to learn and two questions to answer - the key facts are in bold
Junior Questions (Years 3,4 and 5)
1. The trombone is a brass instrument which has a sliding section. 2. Holland is another name for the Netherlands. 3. The Spanish Armada was a fleet of ships which tried to invade England in 1588. 4. The ancient Egyptians were people who wrote in hieroglyphics.
5. The Equator is an imaginary line of latitude around the centre of the world, midway between the North and South poles.
6. London was the English city where a great fire occurred in 1666. 7. A large group of lions is called a pride. 8. German submarines during World War II were called U-boats. 9. Which island lies just south of Hampshire across the Solent? 10. Where is the stern of a ship? 
Junior questions set this week by Mrs Carlyle-Clarke ---------------------------------
Senior Questions (Years 6, 7 and 8) 1. The Sydney Opera House was built in 1973 in Australia.
2. Arthropods are the largest group of animals. 3. Trigonometry is the study of the sides and angles of triangles.
4. A solution's pH can be tested with universal indicator paper.
5. Felipe Scolari is the manager of Chelsea Football Club.
6. Hans Holbein was a German artist who produced many of his finest paintings at the court of Henry VIII. 7. Benjamin Disraeli was the British Priome Minister who secured British control of the Suez Canal during Queen Victoria's reign.
8. An occluded front is formed when a warm front merges with a cold front. 9. What is the name of the new President Elect of the USA?
10. What is the capital of the Republic of Congo?
Senior questions set this week by Mrs Brady
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