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Bet you didn't know...

*It is impossible for most people to lick their own elbow. (try it!)
*A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
*A shrimp's heart is in its head.
*It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
*If you sneeze too hard, you could fracture a rib.
*Wearing headphones for just an hour could increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
*In the course of an average lifetime, while sleeping you might eat around 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders, or more.
*Cat urine glows under a black-light.
*Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

*Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
*A shark is the only known fish that can blink with both eyes.
* "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
*Almonds are a member of the peach family.
*Maine is the only American state that has a one-syllable name.
*There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
*A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
*An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
*Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
 *The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
​*Most people fall asleep in seven minutes. 

*Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries*Tthe Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters
*The most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E
*Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year
*M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie
*The Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense
if you add up all the numbers from 1 to 100 consecutively (1 + 2 + 3...) it totals 5050
*At birth dalmations are always white
*In a deck of cards the king of hearts is the only king without a moustache
*A group of frogs is called an army
*Monopoly is the most played board game in the world


Check out some sample quizzes here to help with your quiz revision:

*** Excellent website with hundreds of questions
https://askeabns.wordpress.com/downloads/quiz-resources-for-children/ *****
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https://linkcu.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Schools-Quiz-Sample-Questions-1.pdf
​https://linkcu.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Schools-Quiz-Sample-Questions-2.pdf
​https://linkcu.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/School-Quiz-questions-2017.pdf​

The following websites may help
https://www.knowalot.org/
​https://www.educationquizzes.com/library/School-Quiz-PDFs/Printed-Quiz-Primary-Schools-General-Knowledge-For-Class-Use-(4)-1.pdf
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https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/topic/primary-school
https://chartcons.com/100-trivia-questions-kids-answers/

Colour Shades

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Greek and Roman gods and goddesses

table_of_gods_and_goddesses.docx
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Irish Quiz Questions & Answers
https://go4quiz.com/1375/ireland-quiz/
http://setantacarlow.ie/Pages/Kidszone-GAAQuiz.aspx

County Nicknames