Worksheet 11: General knowledge quiz

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Quiz rules
You must complete this quiz solo (that means NOBODY helping you). The answers are all in the Heinemann Australian File Dictionary 3rd edition. You have 20 minutes. Spelling IS important! One point for each correct answer.

1 To have an Achilles heel is to have a fatal __________. 2 Aphrodite is the goddess of _______________. 3 An archangel is an angel of the __________ rank. 4 The big bang theory says that the ______________ began in a single huge explosion. 5 Black boxes are installed on __________. 6 To be born-again means to have experienced a ______________. 7 If you do something in a cloak-and-dagger way, you do it in ______________. 8 A cliff-hanger is anything that is full of ________________. 9 A devils advocate is someone who tests an _________________. 10 Eden was the first home of ________ and _________. 11 To make a faux pas means that you make a social ____________. 12 A gaffe could also be called a _____ _____. 13 A ghost writers work is _____________ to another person. 14 If you have the heebie-jeebies it means you are ___________. 15 A person cannot control their kismet because it is their _________. 16 Medusa has _________ for hair. 17 A skeleton key is also called a ________ key. 18 Pocket calculators are a spin-off from _______ __________. 19 A __________ is also known as a stool pigeon. 20 Utopia is the _________ place.

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Bonus (complete if you have finished early and have the energy)
Change the above completed statements into a fun True or False set of clues, eg A skeleton key has no bones. __________

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Worksheet 11: General knowledge quiz
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