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100
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
100
What is the common name for a canine?
A dog.
100
What is the name of the table that lists all the elements?
The periodic table of the elements.
100
Where is the Louvre?
Paris, France.
200
On a traffic light, is the green on the top, middle or bottom?
Bottom
200
What colour are dalmations when they are born?
White
200
What is the capital of France?
Paris.
200
What is the hardest naturally occurring mineral?
Diamond
200
What colours mix together to create green?
Yellow and Blue
300
How can you determine the age of a tree that has just been cut down?
Count the rings on the inside of the trunk.
300
What breed of dog is also known as a 'Weiner dog'?
Daschund
300
Over 75% of the Earth's surface is covered by some form of _____.
Water.
300
What does the Richter Scale measure?
An earthquake's intensity.
300
What is Picasso famous for?
Painting. Abstract Art. Being an artist.
400
What name is given to an elephant's upper incisor?
A tusk.
400
If you cross the northern border of America, which country are you in?
Canada.
400
What does a Geiger counter measure?
Radioactivity.
400
A caprese salad contains what type of cheese?
Mozzarella
400
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo Da Vinci
500
What is the scientific name for the human voice box?
Larynx
500
What animal group does a crab belong to?
Crustaceans
500
Which metal is a liquid at normal pressure?
Mercury
600
Which French phrase in English means a road closed at one end?
Cul-de-sac
600
Why do woodpeckers peck at trees?
To catch insects/To find food.
600
Which childhood disease is also called varicella?
Chicken-pox
700
What number is also known as a baker's dozen?
13
700
What is the practice of creating replicas of animals from their dead skins called?
Taxidermy
700
The Tropic of Capricorn cuts what continent into two fairly equal halves?
Australia
700
Fish travel in 'schools', what do whales travel in?
Pods or Gams.
800
In England, what type of job is referred to as a 'bobby'?
A police officer.
800
What is the plural form of the word Mongoose?
Mongooses
800
What branch of medicine is concerned with disorders of the blood?
Haematology
800
Name the actor who played the leading role in "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly".
Clint Eastwood
900
What does the word 'tepid' mean?
slightly warm; lukewarm.
900
What type of animal is a Marmoset?
A monkey.
900
What is the most eastern point of the Australian mainland?
Cape Byron/Byron Bay
900
In 1976, which country made a soft-landing on Mars?
The United States. (It was Viking 1: An unmanned vehicle, designed to take samples and pictures.)
1000
Cross, Tail and Head are all types of which weather condition?
Wind
1000
The world's smallest mammal by length is the _______ ___ of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.
The bumblebee bat.
1000
Who was the first Australian Prime Minister?
Edmund Barton
1000
Sound Navigation Ranging is better known as _________.
Sonar.
1000
Who painted the painting 'Blue Poles' which as been on display at the National Gallery of Australia since 1973.
This is the paiting:
Jackson Pollack