Top 5 Quiz

Instructions
Spilt the class into groups of 2 or 3, give each group a piece of paper and
encourage them to come up with an interesting team name. Explain that you are
going to give the teams a category and they have 3 minutes to come up with the
top 5 items in that category. For example: the top 5 largest countries in the world
by area. Students are awarded 1 point for every answer that they guess that
appears in the top 5, and an additional bonus point for every answer that is in
the correct place in the list, meaning that there is a total of 7.5 points on offer for
each round. The different categories are listed below:
(note: this was designed with Spanish students in Barcelona in mind so some
categories may not be suitable for all groups)
Largest countries in the world by
area
1. Russia
2. Canada
3. China
4. USA
5. Brazil
Most
viewed
artists
on
youtube.com
1. Justin Beiber
2. Rihanna
3. Taylor Swift
4. Katy Perry
5. Eminem
Best-selling books of all time
1. The Lord of the Rings
2. The Hobbit
3. The Little Prince
4. Harry
Potter
and
the
Philosophers stone
5. And Then There Were None by
Agatha Christie
Richest people in the world
1. Bill Gates
2. Amancio Ortega
3. Warren Buffett
4. Carlos Slim
5. Jeff Bezos
Largest cities
Russia)
1. Istanbul
2. Moscow

in

Europe

(inc

Most
1.
2.
3.
4.

popular pets in the USA

Cat
Dog
Fish
Small mammal (hamster, gerbil,
rabbit etc.)
5. Bird
Highest grossing films of all time
1. Avatar
2. Titanic
3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
4. Jurassic World
5. The Avengers
Largest oceans in the world
1. Pacific
2. Atlantic
3. Indian
4. Southern
5. Arctic

First 5 Pixar films in the order they

were released
1. Toy Story
2. A Bugs Life
3. Toy Story 2
4. Monsters Inc
5. Finding Nemo
Countries in Europe by population
1. Russia
2. Germany
3. Turkey

3. London
4. St. Petersburg
5. Berlin
Male tennis players with most
grand slams
1. Roger Federer
2. Pete Sampras
3. Rafa Nadal
4. Novak Djokovic
5. Bjorn Borg
Most popular ice-cream flavours in
the world
1. Vanilla
2. Chocolate
3. Cookies and cream
4. Strawberry
5. Mint choc-chip
Most popular football clubs in the
world
1. Man Utd
2. Real Madrid
3. Barcelona
4. Chelsea
5. Arsenal
Barcelona FCs most expensive
signings
1. Neymar Jr.
2. Luis Suarez
3. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
4. David Villa
5. Marc Overmars

Most
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Most
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

popular boys names in UK

Muhammed
Oliver
Jack
Noah
Jacob
popular boys names in Spain
Alejandro
Daniel
David
Pablo
Adrin

4. France
5. UK
Female tennis players with most
grand slams
1. Steffi Graf
2. Serena Williams
3. Chris Evert
4. Martina Navaratilova
5. Margaret Court
Best-paid football (soccer) players
(2016)
1. Cristiano Ronaldo
2. Lionel Messi
3. Wayne Rooney
4. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
5. Yaya Toure
Autonomous regions in Spain by
area.
1. Castile-Leon
2. Andalusia
3. Castile-La Mancha
4. Aragon
5. Extremadura
5 elements in the periodic table from
which the letters in the symbol do not
appear in the name of the element in
Spanish or in English. (award 1 point
for name of element and for correct
symbol:
1. K Potassium
2. Na Sodium
3. Hg Mercury
4. Au Gold
5. W Tungsten
Most popular girls names in UK
1. Sophia
2. Emily
3. Lily
4. Olivia
5. Amelia
Most popular girls names in Spain
1. Maria
2. Lucia
3. Paula
4. Laura
5. Andrea