The Year That Was

Which scientist created the main way of classifying animals?

• Charles Darwin

• Carl Linnaeus

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

Answer explanation

Carl Linnaeus created the modern system of naming organisms

Spot the odd one out

• Christianity

• Islam

• Sikhism

• Humanism

Answer explanation

All the other religions believe in some form of life after death

Vertically opposite angles are...

• Adjacent

• Equal to 360 degrees

• Equal to 180 degrees

• The same

The Ancient Olympic Games were a religious festival held in honour of which God?

What was the name of Ernest Shackleton's ship?

• Endurance

• Titanic

• Princess Royal

• Victory

Answer explanation

Endurance was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

The angles in a quadrilateral add up to...

• 90 degrees

• 180 degrees

• 270 degrees

• 360 degrees

What does 'incarnate' mean?

• Risen from the dead

• Embodied in flesh

• Carnivore

• Unable to eat meat

What is an 'autocracy'?

• a form of government in which everyone gets a say

• a form of government in which only men can vote

• a form of government in which one ruler has absolute control and decision-making power

• a form of government in which people can vote more than one time

Answer explanation

Sparta had an autocratic government; Athens had a democratic government.

What does this symbol represent?

• Buzzer

• Battery

• Cell

• Connected wires

When was the first VE Day?

• 6th May 1945

• 7th May 1945

• 8th May 1945

• 9th May 1945