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The Sciences
The Sciences*
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This hit movie with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, starring Kajol and SRK, is about a wealthy estranged family, where an adoptive son marries a woman of lower socioeconomic status.
What is Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham?
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An English mathematician, who was the first ever computer programmer as well as being a Countess.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
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This Scottish "philosopher" is known for the concept of the "invisible hand" and his foundational text, The Wealth of Nations.
Who is Adam Smith?
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The price of a Quelch Fruit Juice Stick.
How much is $0.50?
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This Afghan woman from CHHS was Will and Aaron's English teacher.
Who is Ms. Shukoor?
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This Australian minister, whose first name is Nitin, was the first to be sworn in on the Bhagavad Gita.
Who is Daniel Mookhey?
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This subatomic particle, discovered in 1932 by James Chadwick, has no electric charge but nearly the same mass as a proton.
What is a neutron?
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The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the world into two halves for these colonial nations?
What are Portugal and Spain?
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The price of an iced tea.
How much is $4.80?
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Home of the NFL's Texans, this city has a problem.
Where is Houston?
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The statewide ranking of Girraween High School in 2025. (Closest wins)
What is 27th?
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This explosive compound, discovered by Alfred Nobel, revolutionised construction and mining, leading him to invent the Nobel Prize.
What is nitroglycerin?
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The Treaty of Westphalia (1648) is often credited with establishing this principle in international relations, often used as in Legal Studies SAQs.
What is state sovereignty?
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The price of a watermelon tub.
How much is $3.50?
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This former AFL player has captained the Australian ODI cricket team and has been their test wicketkeeper since 2018.
Who is Alex Carey?
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The third President of Pakistan, this leader played a major role in the genocide in East Pakistan, leading to its succession into today's Bangladesh.
Who is Yahya Khan?
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DNA is made up of four types of nucleotides: adenine, thymine, cytosine, and this one.
What is guanine?
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This desert in Central Asia, spanning Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, is also called the “White Desert” due to its salt flats.
What is the Karakum Desert?
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The price of half of a toasted banana bread.
How much is $1.80?
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The 7th President of the United States, known for his populist policies and the Indian Removal Act.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
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The name of the street which is the cultural centre of Australia's "Little India", Harris Park.
What is Wigram St?
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Leonhard Euler deduced that this sum equaled pi2/6, solving the infamous _____ problem, named after a Swiss city.
What is the Basel problem?
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These structures, used to protect priests for seasonal flooding, may have been the inspiration behind the Tower of Babel.
What are ziggurats?
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The price of a "Caeser Inspired Iceberg Salad with Chicken".
How much is $8.50?
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This type of sleep is associated with dreaming and is the root cause of "morning wood".
What is rapid eye movement (R.E.M.)?