Geography
What are the two largest cities in Australia population wise?
Sydney and Melbourne
How many points are awarded if you hit one of the two inside posts in AFL.
1- but it should be 7!
What nationality were the first early explorers from Europe who mapped out Australia's coastline?
The Dutch
Factorise
6x2-17x+12
(2x-3)(3x-4)
True or false: The term ‘selfie’ has Australian origins
True
Which is the longest river in Australia?
The Murray River
When did Ash Barty win the Wimbledon Women's tennis Championship?
2021
Who was Australia's Prime Minister during the 2000 Olympic games?
John Howard
True or false: Are all parallelograms rectangles?
The CSIRO patented technology in 1996 which allowed the development of what?
Stable wi-fi ( or the world wide web)
Is Victoria bigger or smaller than Great Britain in land size?
Smaller- but only just!
237,659km2 compared to 240,000 km2
Which teams finished in the 5th-8th places in AFL this year? (any order)
GWS, Fremantle, Gold Coast, Hawthorn
Where did the first fleet initially make land in 1788 before moving to Port Jackson?
Botany Bay
A parallelogram has two side lengths of 5 units. Three of its sides have equations y=0, y=2 and y=2x. Find the equation of the fourth side.
y= 2x-10 or y=2x +10
Which town in NSW will you find the big prawn?
( this one is for you Bailey!!)
Ballina
Which 3 Oceans surround Australia
Indian, Pacific and Southern Oceans
What is the name of the only New Zealand football team which currently plays in the A-League?
Wellington Phoenix
Which bushranger is one of our maths staff related to
Mr Hall- he is distantly related to the bushranger Ben Hall
Sharon invested $1800 at 6% compounding interest and it grew to $2722.66. How many years was the money invested if interest was paid twice a year?
7 years
Which popular drink was originally created as a medicine in the 19th century?
Coca-Cola
The driving distance from Sydney to Perth is closest to:
A) 1900kms, B) 2900 kms, C) 3900 kms, D) 4900 kms
C) the distance is 3941kms
Name the Wallabies player from Wagga Wagga who had the best maths teacher in years 9 and 10?
Corey Toole
What Law did the Australian state of Victoria introduce in 1970, which was quickly adopted throughout Australia the following year?
A mandatory seatbelt law.
Find the integral of sin3x with boundary values of pie/8 and zero
(2- root2)/4 or equivalent
Name either of the two foods that are more valuable than gold by weight
Saffron or truffles