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Kick start your brain muscles with our testing general knowledge quiz.

It is aimed at children aged 8 to 12 years old, although some adults might struggle to answer all the questions! Why not challenge your parents to a head-to-head and see whose general knowledge is the best?.
1) Where would you find your Achilles tendon?
In your leg

In your arm

In your back

2) What is the main language spoken in Chile?
Chilean

English

Spanish

3) What is action painting?
Painting while you cycle down the street

Paintings of people or things in action - like a bouncing ball

A 1940's method of painting

4) What is a copperhead?
A bird

A snake

A turtle

5) Where is Sardinia?
West of mainland Italy

Central Sicily

In the Corsican mountains

6) If someone referred to a melange, what would they be referring to?
A type of cake

A style of waltz

A mixture or a medley

7) What is the capital of China?
Beijing

Bangkok

Mumbai

8) What kind of food is a Stroganoff?
A type of pastry

A meat dish

A soup

9) How old is the sun?
Five hundred thousand years old

5 million years old

5 billion years old

10) What is a yak?
Someone who will not stop talking

A type of Ox

An item of clothing, common in medieval times
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