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General Knowledge
100

What is the current semester running at UNSW

Semester 2

100

The genre of BTS

K-pop

100

Tallest Mountain in the world

Mt Everest

100

What has to be broken before you can use it?

An egg

100

What is known as the red planet?

Mars

200

What is the debt that all university students ignore till graduation

HECS - HELP

200

The most-sold video game of all time.

Minecraft

200

What is the longest river in the world

The Nile

200

I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old what am I?

A candle

200

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Leonardo Da Vinci

300

What is UNSW's Rank on QS (2026)

20th

300

What is the hit sci-fi movie inspired by a theoretical physics paper on wormholes by Kip Thorne?

Interstellar

300

What continent houses the country with the most time zones.

Europe - France (13)

300

Forward I’m heavy, backwards I’m not.

ton

300

Which chemical element has the symbol 'W'?

Tungsten

400

What is the maximum number of courses a student can enrol in each semester?

4

400

What is the most liked Music Video on YouTube?

Luis fonsi - Despacito ft. daddy yankee

400

Which country has the most islands

Sweden (267,570)

400

I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?

A keyboard.

400

In Greek mythology, who is the god of commerce and thieves?

Hermes

500

The UNSW motto in Latin is “Scientia Manu et Mente.” What does it translate to?

“Knowledge by Hand and Mind”

500

Where is the quote
“Life is like a box of chocolates.” from

Forrest Gump

500

Which capital city is the highest above sea level

La Paz in Bolicia  3,650 m above sea level

500

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

the letter M

500

Which country has won the most World Cups

Brazil

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