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Quiz for 11 to 13 year olds

Thirty questions with answers for 11, 12 and 13 year olds, in six rounds. Harder than our other kids’ quizzes, and hard enough to catch out a few parents.

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A shortened quiz, to play solo

30 questions to play on your own, online. Type your answers and get your score at the end. No PDFs and no group play.

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Questions
30
Rounds
6
Difficulty
Easy to hard

Round 01

Science

  1. What is the chemical symbol for oxygen?

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    O

  2. What is the hardest substance in the human body?

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    Tooth enamel

    Also accept: Enamel, The enamel on your teeth, Teeth

  3. Which is the nearest star to the Earth?

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    The Sun

    Also accept: Sun

    It is easy to forget that the Sun is a star.

  4. Which gas do you breathe out more of than you breathe in?

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    Carbon dioxide

    Also accept: CO2

  5. Which force slows a moving object when it rubs against a surface?

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    Friction

Round 02

History

  1. Which queen reigned over Britain from 1837 to 1901?

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    Victoria

    Also accept: Queen Victoria

  2. In which year did the First World War begin?

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    1914

  3. Which queen was on the throne when the Spanish Armada was defeated in 1588?

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    Elizabeth I

    Also accept: Elizabeth the First, Queen Elizabeth I, Elizabeth 1

  4. Who led the suffragettes in their campaign for votes for women?

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    Emmeline Pankhurst

    Also accept: Pankhurst, Mrs Pankhurst

  5. Which people built the mountain city of Machu Picchu?

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    The Incas

    Also accept: Incas, Inca, The Inca

Round 03

Geography

  1. Which country is made up of the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku?

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    Japan

  2. Which imaginary line divides the Earth into northern and southern halves?

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    The Equator

    Also accept: Equator

  3. The Alps are a mountain range on which continent?

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    Europe

  4. Which currency is used in most countries of the European Union?

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    The euro

    Also accept: Euro, Euros

  5. On which continent is Mount Kilimanjaro?

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    Africa

Round 04

Arts, words and numbers

  1. What is 15 per cent of 200?

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    30

    Also accept: Thirty

  2. What is the square root of 144?

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    12

    Also accept: Twelve

  3. "Buzz", "bang" and "splash" are all examples of what?

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    Onomatopoeia

  4. How many musicians play in a string quartet?

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    Four

    Also accept: 4

  5. Which artist cut off part of his own ear and painted "Sunflowers"?

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    Vincent van Gogh

    Also accept: Van Gogh

Round 05

Sport

  1. How many players does each team have on the pitch in rugby union?

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    15

    Also accept: Fifteen

  2. Which city hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics?

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    London

  3. In tennis, what is a score of zero called?

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    Love

  4. How many points is the black ball worth in snooker?

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    7

    Also accept: Seven

  5. In which sport do England and Australia compete for the Ashes?

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    Cricket

Round 06

Books and language

  1. Who wrote the Harry Potter books?

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    J.K. Rowling

    Also accept: JK Rowling, Rowling, Joanne Rowling

  2. What do we call a word that means the opposite of another word?

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    An antonym

    Also accept: Antonym

  3. Which Shakespeare play is about two young lovers from the Montague and Capulet families?

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    Romeo and Juliet

  4. What is the plural of "cactus"?

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    Cacti

    Also accept: Cactuses

    "Cactuses" is correct too, so give the point for either.

  5. What do we call the story of someone's life written by that person?

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    An autobiography

    Also accept: Autobiography

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How hard is this quiz for 13 year olds?

It's pitched at Key Stage 3 (Years 7 to 9), so it's harder than our other kids' quizzes. An 11 year old will find some of it tough, and a few questions are hard enough to catch out the adults.

Is this quiz suitable for teenagers at a party or sleepover?

Yes. Play in teams of two or three, read each round out and mark the answers at the end of the round. For a longer game, add one of our topic quizzes like science or geography.

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How to run it

  1. Let them play against the grown-ups. On these questions it's a fair fight.
  2. No phones on the table.
  3. Double points for the last question in each round.