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TIMES OF OMAN INTERSCHOOL QUIZ

ENGLISH QUIZ - JUNIORS
ANSWER KEY
QUALIFYING ROUND 1
Please note - In case of a tie, please use the “star”-marked questions.
The teams which have answered the star-marked questions [Q8, Q12, Q15, Q19] will have
receive higher marks.

1. Which masterpiece created by French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi can be

found in Musée d'Orsay, Pont de Grenelle, Musée des Arts et Métiers in
Paris and in other cities, the prominent one being New York?
Statue of Liberty

2. If Cairo : Egypt, Lhasa : ___________.

Tibet

3. Who started the movement ‘Fridays for the Future’?

Greta Thunberg

4. Which zodiac sign is represented by a ‘goat’?

Capricorn

5. Which of the following is from the Google family? YouTube, Powerpoint

or iPhone
YouTube

6. ‘Clark Kent’, in Superman, works for which newspaper?

The Daily Planet

7. Who was the rst woman to travel into space? She embarked on a solo
mission and spent more than 70 hours orbiting the Earth.
Valentina Tereshkova
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8. **Which nation that lies in both Asia and Europe shares its name with
a bird?
Turkey**

9. Fondly called Joburg or Jozi, it is one of the largest cities in South Africa.
Name it.
Johannesburg

10. Which Japanese electronics company is known for its G Shock Watch?
Casio

11. Bali is a beautiful holiday destination in which country?

Indonesia

12. **Nippon is the indigenous name of which Asian country?

Japan**

13. In which country can one nd the Acropolis?

Greece

14. Which country is the only country to have won the FIFA world cup 5
times?
Brazil

15.** Which Korean movie became the rst foreign lm to win a Best Picture
Oscar?
Parasite**

16. In which country can one nd the Ayers Rock, a huge natural rock
formation?
Australia

17. Hercule Poirot is a ctional Belgian detective. Which English author

created this character?
Agatha Christie
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18. Name the American activist, best known for the Montgomery Bus
Boycott and her popular ‘refusal’?
Rosa Parks

19. **Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?

Sir Tim Berners Lee**

20. In which city did the rst Summer Olympics take place?
Athens
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