Toys Through Time
What toy involves spinning battles between colourful tops called Beyblades?
Beyblades
What do teachers use today to take the roll electronically?
School bytes
What animal is known for laughing like a person?
Kookaburra
Which pop star sang “Shake It Off”?
Taylor Swift
What spread do Australians love on toast?
Vegemite
What did kids in the 1960s use to make a ring spin around their waist?
Hula hoop
What’s the name of the tool used to sharpen pencils?
Sharpener
What’s Australia’s national gemstone?
Opal
Who was the cartoon sailor famous for eating spinach?
Popeye
What dessert has layers of sponge, jelly, and custard?
Trifle
Which pocket pet beeped when it needed food or sleep?
Tamagotchi
What smell did the old purple “ditto” worksheets have?
Ink
What suburb hosts the Sydney Opera House?
Circular Quay
What 90s sitcom featured characters named Ross, Rachel, and Monica?
Friends
What meat pie topping is considered “classic”?
Tomato sauce
What 1980s doll came with a “birth certificate” and was adopted by kids?
Cabbage Patch Kid
What were classrooms missing before air-conditioning became common?
Fans or AC (both accepted)
Who was the Australian bushranger known as wearing homemade armour?
Ned Kelly
What movie features blue creatures living in a forest and tall humans on another planet?
Avatar
What was the name of the chocolate bar ad with the jingle “Have a break…”?
Kit Kat
What gaming console first let you play Mario and Duck Hunt?
Nintendo Entertainment System
In the 70s and 80s, what classroom punishment meant writing the same line repeatedly?
Writing lines or detention
What invention by an Aussie helps sheep farmers shear faster?
Mechanical shears (by Frederick Wolseley)
What song begins with the line “Just a small-town girl, living in a lonely world”?
Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey
What family meal tradition involves cooking outside on a grill?
BBQ