History
The Rosetta Stone helped scholars finally decode this ancient writing system.
What is Egyptian hieroglyphics?
This planet rotates on its side, making its axis tilted about 98 degrees.
What is Uranus?
Steven Bradbury won Olympic gold in 2002 (Winter Olympics) after this happened to his opponents.
What is they all fell over?
“Here’s looking at you, kid.”
What is Casablanca?
Landlords are legally required to provide tenants with this type of document before a tenancy begins.
What is a Condition Report?
The city of Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of this volcano in 79 CE.
What is Mount Vesuvius?
This element is the most abundant in the Sun.
What is hydrogen?
This country was stripped of 51 Olympic medals due to doping scandals between 2000–2014
What is Russia?
“I drink your milkshake!”
What is There Will Be Blood?
If an auctioneer says the property is “on the market,” it means this.
What is the reserve price has been met?
This city-state gave us democracy.
What is Athens?
Male seahorses are famous for this unusual biological role.
What is giving birth?
In the 2012 London Games, badminton players were disqualified for doing this deliberately.
What is losing matches on purpose?
“I see dead people.”
What is The Sixth Sense?
The High Court case that confirmed native title rights in Australia.
What is Mabo v Queensland (No 2), 1992?
The name of the 1854 rebellion of gold miners in Ballarat
What is the Eureka Stockade?
Thomas Edison once electrocuted this animal to prove a point about AC electricity.
What is an elephant?
This tennis player was disqualified from the 2020 US Open for hitting a ball into a line judge.
Who is Novak Djokovic?
“That’ll do, pig. That’ll do.”
What is Babe?
The year negative gearing was briefly (partially) abolished in Australia.
What is 1985?
The Roman emperor who made Christianity the empire’s official religion.
Who is Constantine?
In 1986, this nuclear disaster happened after a late-night safety test went wrong.
What is Chernobyl?
The infamous 1981 “underarm bowling” incident was bowled by this cricketer.
Who is Trevor Chappell?
“The horror… the horror…”
What is Apocalypse Now?
The Melbourne urban renewal project built in place of the previous heavy railyards, wharfs & light industry
What is the Docklands?