Geography
What is the largest non-polar desert in the world?
Answer: The Sahara Desert
which Australian bushranger led the iconic 1880 siege at the Glenrowan Inn?
Ned Kelly
What is the name of the college's famous outdoor education and residential campus located in the Kangaroo Valley?
a) Glengarry
b) Aspinall
c) Macintyre
d) Royle
Glengarry
Which planet in our solar system has the most moons
Saturn with 274
What is the most popular flavor of ice cream worldwide?
Vinilla
What is the capital city of Brazil?
Brasilia
Who was Australia's first Prime Minister?
Answer: Edmund Barton
In what year was The Scots College originally founded?
Answer: 1893 (recently celebrating its 125th anniversary)
What phenomenon is caused by the tilt of Earth's axis?
the seasons
what known food never expires
honey
Which two countries share the longest international land border in the world?
Answer: Canada and the United States
Which major milestone occurred in 1901
Answer: The Federation of Australia, when the six separate British colonies united to form the Commonwealth of Australia.
What does GPS stand for
Great public schools
What is a "light-year" a measure of?
distance
what French dish is typically served upsidedown
tartin tarte
What is the largest island in the world by area?
Greenland
What was the nickname given to the infamous convict ship fleet that arrived in 1790?
Answer: The "Death Fleet" (the Second Fleet), due to the horrific conditions and high mortality rate of convicts during the voyage
What is the official College motto?
Answer: Utinam Patribus Nostris Digni Simus (May we be worthy of our forefathers)
what is the only planet in our solar system not named after a Roman or Greek god or goddess?
Earth
Which type of bread is traditionally served on Jewish holidays?
challah
What is the largest desert in the world?
Answer: Antarctica. I dont care what you say
Who was the Australian Prime Minister who vanished while swimming at Cheviot Beach in 1967
Harold Halt
first scots headmaster
reverend Arthur Ashworth Aspinall.
What is the name of the huge, raging storm on Jupiter that has been going on for over 300 years?
the Great Red Spot did I get dad
what is the only fruit that has seeds on the outside
strawberry