Around the World
This Japanese capital is home to the famous Shibuya Crossing.
What is Tokyo?
This independent institution sets Australia’s official cash rate.
What is the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)?
This animal has three hearts, blue blood and eight arms.
What is an octopus?
Fans of this singer call themselves “Swifties”.
Who is Taylor Swift?
Paris hosted the Summer Olympics, Inside Out 2 reached cinemas, and the Eras Tour visited Melbourne and Sydney.
What is 2024?
Machu Picchu, the ancient Inca city, is found in this South American country.
What is Peru?
*Double Points* Improvements in labour efficiency and technology drive this long-run source of growth.
What is productivity growth?
This gas makes up approximately 78% of Earth’s atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
In Finding Nemo, Nemo and Marlin belong to this orange-and-white species of fish.
What is a clownfish?
COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics were postponed, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons was released.
What is 2020?
Covering more than 30% of Earth’s surface, this is the world’s largest ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Investment in education and training raises this quality of labour that boosts productivity.
What is human capital?
This part of the brain, located beneath the back of the cerebrum, helps coordinate balance and movement.
What is the cerebellum?
*Double Points* In The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda Priestly edits this fictional fashion magazine.
What is Runway?
“Old Town Road” became a massive hit; Avengers: Endgame reached cinemas; the final season of Game of Thrones aired.
What is 2019?
*Double Points* This country completely surrounds the independent nation of Lesotho.
*Double Points* What is South Africa?
Microeconomic reform can lift potential output, yet without accompanying demand-side support it may lead to this outcome — where the economy operates below new productive capacity.
What is under-utilisation (or an output gap)?
This planet takes longer to rotate once on its axis than to complete one orbit of the Sun.
What is Venus?
Fleetwood Mac released “Dreams”, “Go Your Own Way” and “The Chain” on this 1977 album.
What is Rumours?
YouTube launched; the first Twilight novel was published; The Office began airing its US version.
What is 2005
Across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain lies this African country.
What is Morocco?
Reforming the National Broadband Network to lower business costs and enable innovation illustrates how microeconomic reform improves this specific form of efficiency.
What is dynamic efficiency?
Unlike most mammals, the platypus and echidna lay eggs, placing them in this group.
What are monotremes?
This singer’s real name is Elizabeth Woolridge Grant.
Who is Lana Del Rey?
*Double Points* Dolly the sheep’s cloning was announced; the first Harry Potter novel was published; Princess Diana died.
What is 1997?
This country has coastlines on both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
What is Iran?
*Double Points* When a government funds an infrastructure boom through borrowing during full employment, this effect may occur as public spending displaces private investment.
What is crowding out?
The independent evolution of powered flight in birds and bats is an example of this evolutionary process.
What is convergent evolution?
Eminem’s “Stan” samples “Thank You” by this British singer.
Who is Dido?
Google was founded; Titanic won 11 Oscars; the first Pokémon video games were released in Australia.
What is 1998?