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General
100

What subject did Dr Garrick teach?

 English

100

First Line: In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit

The Hobbit

100

Where will the next Olympic Games be held?

Los Angeles

100

What river flows through Lake Burley Griffin?

The Molonglo river

100

What number planet is the Earth, from the sun?

Earth is third from the sun.

200

Burgmann house is named after this person.

Ernest Henry Burgmann

200

Which book does the term doubleplusungood originate from?

1984

200

Emma McKeon is an athlete in what sport?

Swimming

200

What is the other name for the National Science and Technology Centre?

Questacon

200

What is the strongest passport?

Singaporean Passport

300

Canberra Grammar School was relocated from this town.

Cooma

300

How many books are there in the Harry Potter series?

7

300

In what sport would you hear the term 'turkey'?

Bowling

300

Name a Corner of the Parliamentary Triangle

Parliament House, City Hill, Defense Headquarters.

300

What is the hours difference between Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)?

10 Hours

400

Burgmann House was founded this decade

1961

400

In 2011, Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton wrote and illustrated the first of many short books featuring what structure?

A 13-storey treehouse (It goes up by 13).

400

How many gold medals did Australia win in the Glasgow Commonwealth games?

70

400

Which hill has the highest elevation?

Red Hill     Mt. Ainslie    

Black Mountain    Capital Hill

Mt. Ainslie (843m)

Black Mountain (812m)

Red Hill (720m)

Capital Hill (611m)

400

What is element 56 on the periodic table?

Barium

500

Name 4 current Junior Houses.

Buru, Mulleun, Bariny, Dhiriwiri, Namarang, Guginyal

500

In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, what object allows travellers to understand all languages?

The Babel Fish

500

The annual Cooper's Hill cheese rolling and wake sees hundreds of participants tumble down a hill chasing what type of cheese?

Double Gloucester

500

Where was Walter Burley Griffin born?

Illinois, United States of America

Accept USA

500

What is the birthstone associated with the month October?

Opal

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