A collection of quiz questions for use when teaching English as a foreign language. Please submit your own using the comments link at the bottom of the page.
ANIMALS (easy ESL TEFL quiz questions about animals)
1. What is the fastest land animal? Cheetah
2. What is the largest land animal? African Elephant
3. What is the largest animal? Blue whale
4. How many legs does a butterfly have? Six
5. Does a zebra have spots or stripes? Stripes
6. Does a leopard have spots or stripes? Spots
7. How many legs does an octopus have? 8
8. What is the lightest bird in the world? Humming bird
9. What is the biggest snake? Anaconda
10. What animal has four legs, eats grass, makes the noise Moo and makes milk? A Cow
11. How many legs do 2 spiders have? 16
FOOD (easy ESL TEFL quiz questions about food)
1. What are French Fries made from? Potatoes
2. What is cheese made from? Milk
3. What can you buy at a butchers shop? Meat
4. In what room of your house would you cook food? Kitchen
5. What does a baker bake? Bread
6. Which country does pizza and pasta come from? Italy
GEOGRAPHY (easy ESL TEFL quiz questions about geography)
1. Which is bigger, a lake or an ocean? an ocean
2. Which country has the most people? China
3. What is the capital city of Norway? Oslo
4. What is the biggest state in the U.S.A.? Alaska
5. Which country has the biggest land area? Russia
6. In which ocean is Hawaii? the Pacific Ocean
7. What is the capital of England? London
8. In which country is the Eiffel Tower? France
9. Name a country beginning with the letter R. Russia, Rwanda, Romania
10. What is bigger, a hill or a mountain? mountain
11. Which country has the longest wall? China (The Great Wall)
12. Where are the great pyramids? Egypt
13. Which is larger, a river or a stream? A River
14. In what country do people speak German? Germany
GENERAL (easy general knowledge EFL TEFL English as a foreign language quiz questions)
1. Who flies an airplane? a pilot
2. How many letters are there in the English Alphabet? 26
3. In what room of a house would you sleep? Bedroom
4. If Mike came first in a race and Jane came second, who won the race? Mike
5. What does a singer sing? Songs
6. What do reporters report? News
7. Which Q is a kings wife? Queen
8. Which word beginning with U is useful in the rain? Umbrella
9. If the time is 7.00AM, what time will it be in four hours? 11.00AM
MUSIC (easy ESL TEFL quiz questions about music)
1. How many strings does a violin have? Four
2. What do you use to listen to music? Ears
3. What colours are the keys on a piano? Black and White
4. Which singer usually sings rap music, Mariah Carey or Eminem? Eminem
5. Which instrument is often used in jazz music, a saxophone or a tuba? a saxophone
6. What nationality is Robbie Williams? English or British
SCIENCE AND MATHS (easy ESL TEFL science quiz questions)
1. What does your heart pump? Blood
2. Which is the nearest star? the Sun
3. Which is heavier, gold or silver? Gold
4. How many sides does a triangle have? Three
5. What is H20? Water
6. What is the furthest anybody has been from America? The moon
7. Which is the biggest planet (in our solar system)? Jupiter
8. How many sides does a cube have? 6
9. Where does paper come from? Trees
10. Fire needs two things, fuel and what gas? Oxygen
11. If you mix together the colours yellow and blue, what colour do you make? Green
12. If you have 12 Chocolate bars and you eat half of them, how many do you have left? 6
13. What would you use to ring somebody? A telephone
14. If you have £5.00 and you buy 3 apples for £0.50 each and a bannana for £1.00, How much money do you have left? £2.50
SPORTS (Easy sports ESL TEFL quiz questions)
1. What sport is played at Wimbledon, England? Tennis
2. Name 3 sports that have the word ball in the title. Basketball, Baseball , Football, Netball etc.
3. In which country was the 2008 Olympic Games be held? China
4. What country does the football player Rivaldo come from? Brazil
5. What is the most popular indoor sport in the U.S.A.? Basketball
6. In which sport was Muhammad Ali the world champion? Boxing
7. What sport uses rackets, shuttlecocks, a net and a court? Badminton
TV and Film (Easy TV and Film ESL TEFL quiz questions)
1.What children's television show are the following names from: Donatello, Michaelangelo, Leonardo, and Raphael? The teenage mutant ninja (hero) turtles
2. Who is Homer Simpson's boss? Mr Burns
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