A QUIZ TO KEEP YOUR BRAIN WORKING WHILE YOU'RE AT HOME! (answers are now listed underneath)

1.  How many vowels are there in the alphabet?

2.  When does a nocturnal animal sleep?

3.  Oompa Loompas are a group of workers in which book?

4.  On what date in December is Boxing Day?

5.  Which animal is known as the 'Ship of the Desert'?

6.  How many years are there in a decade?

7.  'Merci' means 'thank you' in which language?

8.  How many legs altogether do 4 spiders have?

9.  Which author wrote 'The Enchanted Wood'?

10.  How many continents are there in the world?

11.  What gas do we breathe to stay alive?

12.  In 'The Hodgeheg' by Dick King-Smith, what are Max's 3 sisters called?

13.  What is the capital city of Germany?

14.  How many days are there in a leap year?

15.  What is the tallest mountain in Northern Ireland?

16.  In the boardgame 'Trivial Pursuit', how many wedges (pieces of pie)does it take to fill a game               piece?

17.  Which river flows through Belfast?

18.  When rounding to the nearest 10, which 9 numbers round to 30?

19.  Which fictional character led the rats (and children) out of Hamelin?

20.  What is Mrs McClure's favourite colour?

ANSWERS:

1.  5

2.  daytime

3.  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

4.  26th

5.  camel

6.  10

7.  French

8.  32

9.  Enid Blyton

10.  7

11.  oxygen

12.  Peony, Pansy & Petunia

13.  Berlin

14.  366

15.  Slieve Donard

16.  6

17.  Lagan

18.  25,26,27,28,29,31,32,33,34

19.  Pied Piper

20.  blue