Mastermind EFL/ESL Quiz Beginner Level

Skill Level: Beginner Level

Duration: Flexible

Objective: Question and Answer

This is a simple question and answer game. A score is given for every correct answer. However, if the answer is incorrect the Quiz Master can open up the question to the audience to answer.

QUESTIONS

GEOGRAPHY

1) What is the most widely spoken language in the world?
a. Mandarin b. French c. English

2) What is the largest ocean?
a. the Pacific Ocean b. the Indian Ocean c. the Atlantic Ocean

3) Which famous river flows through London ?
a. the River Kwai b. the Thames c. the Amazon River

4) Which country is famous for producing Cologne perfume?
a. France b. Germany c. Denmark

5) Which of the following country belongs in South East Asia ?
a. Cambodia b. Sri Lanka c. Philippines

6) What is the smallest ocean in the world?
a. The Indian Ocean b. The Artic Ocean c. The Pacific Ocean

Answers: 1) a 2) a 3) b 4) b 5) a 6) b

HISTORY

1) What year did Christopher Columbus discover America?
a. 1492 b. 1592 c. 1692

2) Who wrote Alice in Wonderland?
a. Jim Carrey b. Kermit the Frog c. Lewis Carrol

3) Who was the Russian leader during World War II?
a. Adolf Hitler b. Validamir Lenin c. Josef Stalin

4) What was the name of German WW II submarine?
a. X-Boat b. U-Boat c. Z-Boat

5) Who was the first man to set foot on the moon?
a. Julius Ceasar b. Siddartha Gautama c. Neil Armstrong

6) Which of Eistein's theory was published in 1916?
a. Relativity b. The Special c. Evolution

Answers: 1) a 2) c 3) c 4) b 5) c 6) a

MUSIC

1) What famous musical was Andrew Loydd Webber famous for producing?
a. The Phathom of the Opera b. King Kong c. Hamlet

2) The national anthem of the USA is called?
a. The Star-Spangled Banner b. The Star-Wars Banner c. The Star-Studded Banner

3) Choose the best answer. The Christmas song "Silent Night" is:
a. a christmas song b. A song about peace c. about the birth of Jesus Christ

4) Select the right answer. Who was Bob Marley?
a. A famous composer. b. A famous reggae singer. c. A famous dancer.

5) "Everything I do I do it for you" was sung by:
a. Bryan Adams b. Britney Spears c. Paul Newman

6) Madonna was famous for this song:
a. "We are the World" b. "Material Girl" c. "Hotel California"

Answers: 1) a 2) a 3) c 4) a 5) b 6) a

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

1) What was IBM formerly known as?
a. The computing-Tabulating Co. b. MBI c. International Systems Integrated

2) Who was the inventor of the first Model-T car in 1908?
a. Al-Gore b. Bill Gates c. Henry Ford

3) Bill Gates is the founder of what software?
a. Microsoft b. Linux c. HTML

4) What does PDA stand for?
a. Private Digital Assitant b. Personal Digital Assistant c. Public Digital Assistant

5) Where was the first Atomic Bomb dropped?
a. Nagaski b. Tokyo c. Hiroshima

6) Where was the second Atomic Bomb dropped?
a. Bangkok b. Sydney c. Nagaski

Answers: 1) c 2) c 3) a 4) b 5) c 6) c