Top 5 Quiz

Instructions
Spilt the class into groups of 2 or 3, give each group a piece of paper and encourage them to come
up with an interesting team name. Explain that you are going to give the teams a category and they
have 3 minutes to come up with the top 5 items in that category. For example: the top 5 largest
countries in the world by area. Students are awarded 1 point for every answer that they guess that
appears in the top 5, and an additional bonus ½ point for every answer that is in the correct place in
the list, meaning that there is a total of 7.5 points on offer for each round. The different categories
are listed below:

(note: this was designed with Spanish students in Barcelona in mind so some categories may not be
suitable for all groups)

Largest countries in the world by area Most popular pets in the USA
1. Russia 1. Cat
2. Canada 2. Dog
3. China 3. Fish
4. USA 4. Small mammal (hamster, gerbil, rabbit
5. Brazil etc.)
5. Bird
Most viewed artists on youtube.com Highest grossing films of all time
1. Justin Bieber 1. Avatar
2. Rihanna 2. Titanic
3. Taylor Swift 3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
4. Katy Perry 4. Jurassic World
5. Eminem 5. The Avengers
Best-selling books of all time Largest oceans in the world
1. The Lord of the Rings 1. Pacific
2. The Hobbit 2. Atlantic
3. The Little Prince 3. Indian
4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s 4. Southern
stone 5. Arctic
5. And Then There Were None by Agatha
Christie
Richest people in the world First 5 Pixar films in the order they were
1. Jeff Bezos released
2. Bill Gates 1. Toy Story
3. Warren Buffett 2. A Bug’s Life
4. Bernard Arnault 3. Toy Story 2
5. Mark Zukerberg 4. Monsters’ Inc
5. Finding Nemo
Largest cities in Europe (inc Russia) Countries in Europe by population
1. Istanbul 1. Russia
2. Moscow 2. Germany
3. London 3. Turkey
4. St. Petersburg 4. France
5. Berlin 5. UK
Male tennis players with most grand slams Female tennis players with most grand slams
1. Roger Federer 1. Steffi Graf
2. Pete Sampras 2. Serena Williams
3. Rafa Nadal 3. Chris Evert
4. Novak Djokovic 4. Martina Navaratilova
5. Bjorn Borg 5. Margaret Court
Most popular ice-cream flavours in the world Best-paid football (soccer) players (2018)
1. Vanilla 1. Cristiano Ronaldo
2. Chocolate 2. Lionel Messi
3. Cookies and cream 3. Neymar
4. Strawberry 4. Oscar
5. Mint choc-chip 5. Kevin de Bruyne
Most popular football clubs in the world Autonomous regions in Spain by area.
1. Man Utd 1. Castile-Leon
2. Real Madrid 2. Andalusia
3. Barcelona 3. Castile-La Mancha
4. Chelsea 4. Aragon
5. Arsenal 5. Extremadura
Barcelona FC’s most expensive signings 5 elements in the periodic table from which the
1. Neymar Jr. letters in the symbol do not appear in the name
2. Luis Suarez of the element in Spanish or in English. (award
3. Zlatan Ibrahimovic 1 point for name of element and ½ for correct
4. David Villa symbol:
5. Marc Overmars 1. K – Potassium
2. Na – Sodium
3. Hg – Mercury
4. Au – Gold
5. W – Tungsten
Most popular boys names in UK Most popular girls names in UK
1. Muhammed 1. Sophia
2. Oliver 2. Emily
3. Jack 3. Lily
4. Noah 4. Olivia
5. Jacob 5. Amelia
Most popular boys names in Spain Most popular girls names in Spain
1. Alejandro 1. Maria
2. Daniel 2. Lucia
3. David 3. Paula
4. Pablo 4. Laura
5. Adrián 5. Andrea