General Knowledge
Connect/School
Maths
Science
Ms Johnson
100
The galaxy we live in.
What is the Milky Way?
100
What is the classroom we have connect in?
M207
100
Evaluate
20divide10-4*7
-26
100
Name one type of energy
Teacher's discretion
100
What is Ms Johnson's favourite day of the week?
Friday
200
A food that cannot go bad.
What is honey?
200
Who designs the connect program?
The LCL
200
Calculate (in simplest form)
2/3*4/6
4/9
200
What is the brain of the cell?
Nucleus
200
What is Ms Johnson's favourite colour?
Purple
300
The colour of a polar bear's skin.
What is black?
300
What is the school motto?
By Daring and By Doing
300
Simplify the following ratio:
7:21
1:3
300
The name for the supercontinent that incorporates most of the landmasses on Earth.
Pangaea
300
What classes did Ms Johnson teach this semester?
8 STEM Maths and Science, 9 Science, 9 STEM Science, 10 Atoms to Cells (Science)
400
The people that built the statue of liberty.
Who are the French?
400
What is the school motto (in Latin)?
Audendo et Agendo
400
Express $35 out of $40 as a percentage.
87.5%
400
The periodic table is arranged according to:
Atomic number (protons)
400
What are Ms Johnson's favourite candle?
Lemon Meringue Pie
500
The most spoken language in the world.
What is Mandarin
500
What are the school values?
Curiosity, Community, Integrity and Diversity
500
What is the formula to find the area of a triangle?
A=0.5bh
500
What is energy?
The ability to do work or cause change
500
What is one of Ms Johnson's go to phrases?
Up to my discretion
600
The largest mammal on Earth.
What is the blue whale?
600
What was the main focus of Connect in term 2?
Project Connect
600
Find the area of the following shape:
300cm2
600
Identify and explain one difference between a plant and an animal cell.
Cell wall, vacuole, chloroplast.
600
What is the name of Ms Johnson's car?
Christina
700
Bananas are categorised as this food group.
What are berries?
700
Name the tech subjects available to year 9 students.
CAD, Creative Tech, Digi Tech (and Advanced), Electronics, Food Tech, Jewellery Design, Photographic Imaging, Woodwork
700
Simplify the following expression:
4xy2*4y*3x2y
48x3y4
700
What takes blood away from the heart?
Arteries
700
Where was one place that Ms Johnson went on holiday this year (or will go, Christmas holidays count)?
New Zealand, Clayton Bay, Kangaroo Island, England, Spain, France
800
The job of the person who invented cotton candy.
What is a dentist?
800
How many clubs are available at NIHS?
21
800
Identify the like terms in the phrase:
11b-3b2+5b2-2b
11b & 2b
3b2 & 5b2
800
The particles which contribute to an atoms mass are:
Protons and Neutrons
800
What is one sports team Ms Johnson goes for?
Brighton (EPL), Gold Coast (AFL), Adelaide United (A league), Brisbane Lightning (Hockey)
900
The number of legs a lobster has.
What is ten?
900
Who was the year 8 LCL at the start of the year?
Merima Ganibegovic
900
Solve the following subtraction problem
(7p)/12-(5p)/11
(17p)/132
900
What is an indication that a chemical change has occurred?
Teachers discretion
900
What is Ms Johnson's favorite movie?
The Labyrinth
1000
The reason for flamingos pink colour
What is their diet?
1000
Who is the head of STEM, Maths and Science at NIHS next year?
Josh Earle
1000
You have $120 to share between 2 people in the ratio of 3:5. How much does each person get?
Person A = 45
Person B = 75
1000
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
Energy is conserved, it cannot be created or destroyed. It can only change form.
1000
Who is Ms Johnson's least favourite person?
Zach Clough
1100
The biggest desert in the world.
What is Antartica?
1100
What was the program you used to create your ePortfolio in term 3?
MyCareerPortal
1100
If 5% of something equals 56, what does 100% equal?
1120
1100
Dissolving salt in water is a chemical or physical change?
Physical
1100
Currently, what classes do I have next year?
7 Connect, 11 IBDP Psychology, 9 Science, 9 Maths, 7 STEM Science, 7 STEM Maths
1200
Strongest bone in the body.
What is the femur?
1200
What are the IB Learner Profile Attributes?
Inquirers, Knowledgeable, Thinkers, Communicators, Principled, Open-Minded, Caring, Risk-Takers, Balanced, Reflective
1200
The ratio of the cost of a shirt to the cost of a jacket is 2:5. If the jacket costs $240 more than the shirt, find the cost of each.
3 units = 240
1 unit = 80
Shirt = $160
Jacket = $400
1200
What is the process which enables mechanical digestion in the stomach?
Peristalsis
1200
What is Ms Johnson's least favorite holiday?
Australia Day
1300
The planet that rotates clockwise.
What is Venus?
1300
When did the school originally begin?
Jan 25 1910
1300
Two Basketball teams had the height of all their players measured. Their heights, in centimeters, are shown below:
TEAM 1: 172 169 171 180 157 166 163
TEAM 2: 183 175 168 191 183 179
What is the mode of each team?
Team 1: No mode
Team 2: 183
1300
This occurs at convergent boundaries
Subduction (one plate is pushed beneath the other one)
1300
What is Ms Johnson's goal for next year?
Learn a new hobby (suggestions welcome)
1400
Platypuses sweat this.
What is milk?
1400
Two Basketball teams had the height of all their players measured. Their heights, in centimeters, are shown below:
TEAM 1: 172 169 171 180 157 166 163
TEAM 2: 183 175 168 191 183 179
What is the median of each team?
Team 1: 169
Team 2: 181
1400
Hawaii was formed as a result of:
Hot Spot Volcanoes
1400
What are Ms Johnson's plans for the holidays?
Have a white Christmas/New Years.
Or see the Louvre.
1500
This sports drink is named after a Florida college football team.
Gatorade
1500
What is the purpose of Studio?
Down to teacher discretion
1500
Two Basketball teams had the height of all their players measured. Their heights, in centimeters, are shown below:
TEAM 1: 172 169 171 180 157 166 163
TEAM 2: 183 175 168 191 183 179
What is the mean of each team?
Team 1: 168.3
Team 2: 179.8
1500
Who created the periodic table (both names required)?
Dmitri Mendeleev
1500
What are the names of Ms Johnson's only remaining Grandparent?
Natalie