Mapping at School
Australia
World News September 2019
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100

What direction is the gas tanks from the play equipment?

East

100

What is the most northerly point of the Australian mainland?

Cape York

100

When Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas what category was it?

Category 5

100

You are in a cabin and it is pitch black. You have one match on you. Which do you light first, the newspaper, the lamp, the candle, or the fire?

You light the match first!

100

Sharks are immune to all known diseases

True or false

True

200

What is the direction from the library to the canteen?

South west

200

Where is the Stockman's Hall of Fame?

Longreach, Qld

200

Who is Boris Johnson and why is he is the news?

UK Prime Minister and Brexit.

200

Who is bigger: Mr. Bigger, Mrs. Bigger, or their baby?

The baby, because he is a little bigger.

200

Australia is  the world's 5th largest country by area, True or False

False it is the 6th largest

300

How far is it from the water tank near Room 17 to the bus stop?

90 m

300

What is the most easterly point of the Australian mainland?

Cape Byron

300

What was stolen from Britain's Blenheim Palace — the birthplace of wartime leader Winston Churchill last week?

Burglars have stolen a fully functional 18-carat gold toilet from Britain's Blenheim Palace.

300

A plane crashes on the border of the U.S. and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors?

You do not bury the SURVIVORS!

300

Where is the world's longest golf course?

Nullarbor Links is an 18-hole par 72 golf course, said to be "the World's Longest Golf course", situated along 1,365 kilometres of the Eyre Highway along the southern coast of Australia in two states (South Australia and Western Australia), notably crossing the Nullarbor Plain at the head of the Great Australian Bight.

400

What is at GR173625?

Ag shed

400

Australia is home to around 1,500 types of spiders, 4,000 types of ants and 350 types of termites.

True or false

True

400

Name one of the four towns expected to run out of water by November if there is no significant rainfall.

The projections from NSW’s river operator and bulk water supplier WaterNSW show without significant rain the first towns to lose water supply will be Dubbo, Cobar, Nyngan and Narromine with the Macquarie River forecast to run dry by November.

400

When you have me, you immediately feel like sharing me. But, if you do share me, you do not have me.

A secret

400

In Aussie slang, what is a Banana bender?

A person from Queensland

500

If I was at GR210690 and looked in a NE direction, what building would I see?

Library

500

Where is Adaminaby and why is it special?

Adaminaby is a unique town because it is was moved to higher ground when the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electricity Scheme was built. It was drowned when the waters of Lake Eucumbene rose.

500

Who was the winner of Australian Survivor 2019

Pia Miranda

500

I have no voice, yet I speak to you.
 I tell of all things in the world that people do.I have leaves, but I am not a tree.I have pages, but I am not a bride.I have a spine, but I am not a man.I have hinges, but I am not a door.I have told you all. I cannot tell you more.What am I?

A book

500

What Australian feature is called the coat hanger?

Coat hanger : Sydney Harbour bridge

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