ANIMALS
What creature has eight arms and can solve simple puzzles?
Octopus
What is the name of the kingdom in Frozen?
Arendelle
Which river runs through Egypt?
The Nile
What is the centre of an atom called?
The nucleus
What is the capital city of Japan?
Tokyo
Which country has won the most FIFA World Cups?
Brazil.
What animal uses echolocation to navigate in the dark?
Bat
In the Avengers, what is Thor’s hammer called?
Mjölnir
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Diamond
What modern-day country was once called Persia?
Iran
How long is an Olympic swimming pool?
50 metres.
What is the only continent without native snakes?
Antarctica
What is the name of the Na’vi homeworld in Avatar?
Pandora
Which two continents are entirely in the Southern Hemisphere?
Australia and Antarctica
What part of the brain controls breathing and heart rate?
The brainstem / medulla
How many bones are in the adult human body?
206
What is the only sport to be played on the moon?
Golf.
What insect is responsible for pollinating most of the world’s food crops?
Bees
In Back to the Future, what year does Marty McFly travel back to?
1955
What desert covers much of northern Africa?
The Sahara
What is the main gas in Earth’s atmosphere?
Nitrogen
What language has the most native speakers?
Mandarin Chinese
What is the cycling race called that takes place over 3 weeks in France?
The Tour de France.
What type of animal is a Komodo dragon?
Bees
Who trained Luke Skywalker after Obi-Wan?
Yoda
Which mountain range forms a boundary between Europe and Asia?
The Ural Mountains
What organelle in cells produces energy for the cell?
Mitochondria
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
In AFL, what is the name of the award for the League’s best and fairest player?
The Brownlow Medal.
What bird can mimic nearly any sound it hears, including car alarms?
Lyrebird
In Jurassic Park, what type of dinosaur is the main predator in the first movie?
Tyrannosaurus rex
What is the longest mountain range in the world?
The Andes
What is the chemical formula for carbon dioxide?
CO₂
How many degrees are in a full circle?
360
What is the national sport of Japan?
Sumo wrestling.
What mammal holds the record for the deepest dive?
Sperm Whale
In The Matrix, what colour pill does Neo take?
Red
What city is known as the “City of Canals”?
Venice
What type of rock is formed from cooled lava?
Igneous rock
How many sides does a hexagon have?
Six
In cricket, what is it called when a bowler gets three wickets in three balls?
A hat-trick.
What is the fastest aquatic animal?
Marlin
In Stranger Things, what is the shadow monster also known as?
The Mind Flayer
What country is both in Europe and Asia?
Turkey (also acceptable: Russia)
What is the speed of light per second?
300,000 km/s
What is the only number that has the same number of letters as its value?
Four.
Which sport includes the positions “wing attack” and “goal defence”?
Netball.
What animal can survive being frozen and then thawed back to life?
Tardigrade
In How to Train Your Dragon, what kind of dragon is Toothless?
A Night Fury.
What is the deepest place in the ocean?
The Mariana Trench
What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Au
What animal is on the Australian 10-cent coin?
A lyrebird.
What ball sport did James Naismith invent in 1891?
Basketball.