General Knowledge
What's the biggest animal in the world
Blue Whale
What year was CGS founded
February 5, 1929
How many players are on the court for a team in basketball? If you name all the positions +100pts.
5
PG, SG, SF, PF, C
What day is ANZAC day?
25th of April
Paris
France
Only edible food that never spoils?
Honey
What year did CGS become fully co-educational from Preschool to Year 12?
2018
Who has won the most Women's Grand Slams in the open era?
Serena Williams
Name one animal that Wallabies are related to?
Kangaroos, Wallaroos
Stokholm
Sweden
How many bones does a shark have?
None (a shark’s skeleton is made entirely of cartilage)
Where was CGS located before Red Hill?
Cooma
Which BBL cricket team won the 2025-26 season?
Perth Scorchers
In the list of the world's 10 most deadly snakes, how many of them are from Australia? And name one.
9
Accept: Eastern Brown Snake, Inland Taipan, Coastal Taipan, Mainland Tiger Snake, Mulga Snake, Common Death Adder, Western Brown Snake, Lowland Copperhead, and Red-Bellied Black Snake
Ankara
Turkey
This country contains more than 800 languages, making it the world's most linguistically diverse country.
Papua New Guinea
How many students attended CGS in 1929
Accept
50-63
Haaland played for how many clubs during his career? +100pts if you name all of them correctly
5
Bryne, Molde, Redbull Salzburg, Dortmond, Man City
Australia technically has a fence longer than the Great Wall of China, stretching thousands of kilometres to keep what animal away from farmland?
Dingo
Valletta
Malta
This word describes an animal that is primarily active at dawn and dusk rather than during the day or night.
Crepescular
When was the IB introduced to CGS
2011
In which sport are the terms “stale fish” and “mule kick” used?
Snowboarding
What is on each side of the 5c coin? Half points if you only get one.
Heads: King Charles
Tails: Echidna
Nassau
Bahamas