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100

What is the capital city of Australia?

Canberra

100

What are the three columns in the table of the irregular verbs called?

infinitive — simple past — past participle

100

Translate into English

schuldig

guilty

100

What is full of holes but still holds water?

A sponge.

100

Who was elected president in 2016?

A) Bill Clinton

B) Barack Obama

C) Donald Trump

C) Donald Trump

200

What is the population of Australia?

around 27 million

200

How many English tenses are there?

12

200

Translate into German:

to raise, to suffer

heben/großziehen, erleiden/ertragen/leiden

200

What building has the most stories?

library

200

Where were the 2016 Olympics held?

A) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

B) London, England

C) Tokyo, Japan

A) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

300

What is the most famous sport in Australia?

Cricket

300

What tense do we use to signal something is happening right now?

present progressive

300

Translate into German:

knowledge, communication, creation

Kenntnis/Wissen, Kommunikation, Erschaffung/Produkt/Werk

300

Forward I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?

ton

300

Which of these games was absolutely massive in 2016?

A) Candy Crush

B) Pokémon Go

C) Fortnite

B) Pokémon Go

400

Name animals that only live in Australia.

kangaroo, wallabies, wombat, platypus, koala, tasmanian devil, quokka, emu, dingo,…

400

Rewrite this sentence with a participle construction:

One morning I saw a man who walked along the river.

One morning I saw a man walking along the river.

400

Translate into English

Demonstrant, Schönheit, Stolz, Marsch

Protestor, beauty, pride, march

400

What goes up but never comes down?

Your age.

400

Which of these albums came out in 2016?

A) Taylor Swift - Reputation

B) Adele - 25

C) Beyoncé - Lemonade

C) Beyoncé - Lemonade

500

When is Australia Day?

January 26th

500

What tense do we use if we want to signal that an action began in the past and is still going on to this day?

present perfect progressive

500

Translate into German

exception, heritage, foreign, pollution, collection

Ausnahme, (Kultur)erbe, ausländisch/fremd/Fremd-, Verschmutzung, (An)Sammlung/Auswahl

500

I’m tall when I‘m young and short when I‘m old. What am I?

A candle.

500

Which of these social media trends dominated in 2016?

A) The dress (white/gold or blue/black)

B) The Mannequin Challenge

C) Whip and Nae Nae

B) The Mannequin Challenge

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