General Knowledge 1
What language is spoken in Brazil?
What is Portuguese?
When is 1851?
The name of the structure Jesus died on.
What is the cross?
In the 2024 Olympic Games, a particular Australian went viral online. For 100 points, what was her real name?
Who is Rachel Gunn?
What is the largest bone in the human body?
What is the femur?
A 'flamboyance' is the collective noun for a group of what?
What is a group of flamingos?
Family Day 2024 is an important House event to decide the winner of the Cockhouse, with the second-placed Fleming House trailing the leading House by just 1 point. Before the results of Family Day, which House is in first place?
What is Lawson?
The name of the first book of the Bible.
What is Genesis?
This athlete has the most (23) gold medals out of any Olympian.
Who is Michael Phelps?
The number of timezones Australia has.
What is 3?
Ulaanbaatar is the capital city of which Asian country?
What is Mongolia?
Scotch College is known for their state-of-the-art sports ovals. How many of them start with the letter M?
What is 4? (Main, Meares, Melville and McKendrick?)
Adam and Eve lived here at the beginning of the world.
What is the Garden of Eden?
This year, the pole vault world record was broken at the Olympic Games. From which country was this athlete from?
What is Sweden?
The only number which is spelled alphabetically backwards.
What is one?
In which year did Usain Bolt set his 100m in 9.58 seconds world record?
When is 2009?
In which year was the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre for Science opened?
When is 2016?
Moses guided the Israelites out of Egypt on their way to the Promised Land. When Pharaoh and his army pursued them, Moses did this famous act.
What is parted the Red Sea?
This year, Paris hosted the Olympics for the third time. Which is the only other city which has hosted the Olympics three times as well?
What is London?
What year was the iPhone released?
When is 2007?
The unicorn is the official animal of which Northwestern European country?
What is Scotland?
According to Wikipedia, how many hectares of land (+-5) is our school placed on? (Not including Healesville etc.)
What is 27 hectares?
The second greatest commandment.
What is 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
Which two of these sports was not a past Olympic sport?
a) Croquet
b) Bowling
c) Darts
d) Cricket
e) Polo
f) Tug-of-war
g) Motor Boating
What is Bowling and Darts?
Which semiaquatic animal is known for having pink milk?
What is the hippo?