General knowledge quiz for bake off day

How many nationalities did Albert Einstein have?

• 3 German/Swiss/

  American

• 2 German/Swiss

• 1 German

• 4 German/Swiss/

  French/American

Which of these facts is NOT true about Sir Isaac Newton?

• His last job was to work at the London mint

• He discovered the theory of inertia

• An apple fell on his head

• He was a professor at Cambridge

Which of these facts about Marie Curie is NOT true?

• She was the first person to win 2 nobel prizes

• She named Polonium after Poland

• She died of aplastic anaemia

• She was welcomed back to Poland after her discoveries

The half life of radium is....

• 1000 years

• 1600 years

• 600 years

• 100 years

Which of these facts about Charles Darwin is NOT true?

• He was born in Shrewsbury

• He left medical school as he didn't like the sight of blood

• He was a naturalist, biologist and geologist

• He was a vegetarian

How many letters does the longest word in the English dictionary have?

• 45

• 35

• 25

• 30

What is it?

The second longest word is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. What does it mean?

• Fear of long words

• Fear of large animals

• Fear of hippopotamus

• Fear of Muggles

My favourite word is floccinaucinihilipilification, what does it mean

• the act of estimating something as worthless

• the act of shreading sticks

• the act of destroying text books

• the act of joining sandals together

What is a single confetti called?

• Confetti

• Confetto

• Confetta

• Barry