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1) Who are these people? Choose the correct row of names below...

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Florence Nightingale,  Queen Elizabeth II,   Kylie ,  Queen Victoria

Queen Mary,   Queen Elizabeth I,   Lily Allen,  Anne Frank

Queen Elizabeth I,   Queen Sofia of Spain,    Kate Moss,  Marie Curie

2) A human adult skeleton is made up of how many bones?
206

186

326

3) How many planets are there in our solar system?
10

9

8

4) Over three-quarters of Earth's surface is covered in what?
Land

Water

Grass

5) Who are these people? Choose the correct row of names below...

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Tony Blair,  Prince Andrew,   Captain Cook,  Joseph Stalin

Gordon Brown,   Simon Cowell,  Horatio Nelson,   Winston Churchill

George Bush,   Hugh Grant,   Duke of Wellington, Vladimir Lenin

6) Where was Shakespeare born?
Stratford, London

Stratford-upon-Avon

Manchester

Edinburgh

7) Can you name the only pharaoh whose tomb escaped robbery in ancient times?
Khufu

Ramses The Great

Tutankhamun

8) Which of Henry VIII's six wives was the only one to produce a son?
Anne Boleyn

Catherine Howard

Jane Seymour

9) How many soldiers were there in a Roman legion?
500

5,000

50,000

10) How many days make up a year on Mars?
365 days

550 days

687 days

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