Chapter 1A
Chapter 1B
Chapter 2A
Australian General Knowledge
General Knowledge
100
A payment for a year's work

What is a salary?

100

Paid by the government for 18-24 year olds who are studying full time

What is Youth Allowance?

100
When money is made on top of the cost required

What is profit?

100

Canberra

What is the capital of Australia

100

An animal with 8 legs

What is an octopus?

200

A payment based on an hourly basis, or dependent on how much you have worked

What is a wage?
200

When employees work beyond the normal working day

What is overtime?

200

A unit ownership of a company

What is a share?

200

1901 (Aus)

In what year did Australia become a federation?

200

1914 - 1918

When did world war I start and end?

300

A percentage of the value of the goods or services sold

What is commission?

300

A percentage of the price of intellectual property such as a book or a song

What is a royalty?

300

A tax, 10% of the item, that is added to the cost of purchases

What is GST?
300

Dodecagon ($)

What shape is the 50c coin?

300

The wife of Ryan Reynolds

Who is Blake Lively?

400

Something paid for working weekends, public holidays, late night shifts or early morning shifts.

What is a penalty rate?

400

Used to compare the cost of items using unit the unit cost of the contents

What is the unit cost method?

400

The continuous upwards movement of the economy or prices increasing over time

What is inflation?

400

1956 and 2000

In what year has Australia hosted the Olympics?

400

North Saint Chicago Psalm

What are the names of Kanye and Kim's kids?

500

An allowance paid to someone who is 25 or under for studying full time in Australia

What is AUSTUDY?

500

Paid to someone who has a permanent and diagnosed disability or medical condition that stops them from working

What is the disability support pension?

500
An amount that is paid by a company and expressed as a percentage of the share price

What is a dividend?

500

Coffs Harbour (fruit)

Where in Australia is the Big Banana?

500

Ottawa

What is the capital of Canada?

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