General knowledge
In what game would you perform an en passant move?
Chess
A triangle has sides: 5cm, 12cm and 13cm. What type of triangle is it?
Scalene triangle
What is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament played on grass?
Wimbledon
What is Sous Vide?
A precise cooking method where food is vacuum-sealed and cooked in temperature-controlled water bath
What year was the first iPhone released?
2007
What’s the term for a word that is the same forwards and backwards?
Palindrome
What is the value of square root 50 in its simplest surd form?
5 square root 2
What Olympic sport uses a sabre, foil, or épée?
Fencing
What does the acronym URL stand for in web technology?
Uniform Resource Locator
What’s the name of the space telescope launched in 1990?
Hubble Space Telescope
What is the chemical symbol for iron?
Fe
Convert 37.5% into a fraction in the simplest form
3/8
Who is the highest paid athlete in world?
Christiano Ronaldo
Who owns the Patent to Google’s original search algorithm?
Stanford University
What’s the study of weather called?
Meteorology
In what year did the Berlin wall fall?
1989
Simplify:
7(x + 4m) - 2(3x - 2m)
x + 32m
Which country did Australia defeat to win the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final?
India
Who was the first female Prime Minister of the UK?
Margaret Thatcher
What is the powerhouse of the cell?
Mitochondria
Which Australian Prime minister has held the longest term?
Robert Menzies (18 years)
Simplify:
(7p2 x m4 x -m x 3p3) / (6p2m2)2
-7pm/12
How many players are on a standard netball team on the court at one time?
7
What does the “C” in CPU stand for?
Central
Which African country has the largest population?
Nigeria
Which machine played a crucial role in World War II by encoding German military communications
The Enigma Machine
A cinema charges:
$10 for a child ticket
$15 for an adult ticket
A group of 20 people go to the movies and pay $260 in total.
How many children and adults went?
8 children and 12 adults
Which country has won the most Rugby World Cups (mens), and how many have they won?
South Africa, 4 (1995, 2007, 2019, 2023)
Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
In what country would you find the ancient city of Petra?
Jordan
Who was the last Tsar of Russia?
Tsar Nicholas II
A number sequence follows this pattern:
3, 8, 15, 24, 35, ...
Find the 20th term?
Bonus 100: Find the rule for this sequence
440
Rule: n2 + 2n
Which Australian has won the most Formula 1 World Championships?
Jack Brabham
What historical event took place on 14 July 1789?
The storming of the Bastille
Which country is the only country in the world that has three capital cities, each serving a different branch of government? (legislative, judicial, and executive)
Bonus 100 if you can name the cities
South Africa
Cape Town, Bloemfontein and Pretoria