Biology
This organelle is known as the 'powerhouse of the cell'.
What is Mitochondria?
Rain, snow, and hail are all forms of this abiotic factor
What is Precipitation
This is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature
What is Mercury?
The 2003 Antwerp diamond heist — considered the largest diamond theft in history — saw thieves steal over $100 million in gems. Most of the gang was eventually caught, but this key part of the haul was never recovered.
In a criminal trial, the prosecution must prove the defendant's guilt to this standard - the highest standard of proof in law.
What is beyond reasonable doubt?
This two-part system gives every species a genus and species name.
What is Binomial nomenclature ?
This gas makes up about 78% of Earth’s atmosphere.”
What is nitrogen?
The first video uploaded to YouTube was titled this.
What is "Me at the Zoo".
In 1971, a hijacker known only as D.B. Cooper extorted $200,000 from a US airline, then parachuted from the plane and vanished. What makes this case uniquely frustrating for the FBI?
What is the only unsolved case of air piracy in US aviation history?
This legal doctrine means a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime after being acquitted or convicted - a clue lies in the name of this game
What is double jeopardy?
In humans, this is the number of chromosome pairs.
What is Twenty-three pairs (46 total).
These are the three main types of rock.
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
Mulder, Scully and Skinner are all characters from this 90s TV show
What is The Xfiles
OJ Simpson was famously acquitted of murder in 1995 - but was later convicted and jailed in 2008 for this entirely different crime.
What is armed robbery and kidnapping? (He attempted to recover sports memorabilia at gunpoint in Las Vegas and received a 33-year sentence.)
This Melbourne gangland figure, who wrote several books and had a film made about his life, was born Mark Brandon Read and was nicknamed after a brand of tobacco.
Who is Chopper Read?
The increase in concentration of certain substances or pollutants as they move up trophic levels.
What is biomagnification?
This is the longest river in Australia
What is the Murray River
Van Diemen's land was a major British penal colony what did its name get changed to in 1856.
What is Tasmania
This American gangster, nicknamed "Scarface," ran a massive Chicago crime empire in the 1920s - but was ultimately brought down not by murder charges, but by this mundane crime.
What is tax evasion?
This Australian serial killer, active in the 1990s, lured backpackers to the Belanglo State Forest in NSW and was convicted of 7 murders. He died in prison in 2019.
Who is Ivan Milat
This type of plant minimises water loss by opening its stomata at night and storing CO₂ for use during the day.
What are CAM plants?
In soil science, this specific abiotic factor refers to the proportion of pore spaces in soil not filled with water, critical for aerobic decomposition.
What is soil air capacity (aeration)?
Australia's only prime minister to disappear without a trace vanished while swimming at this Melbourne beach in 1967.
Who is Harold Holt?
Victor Lustig is considered one of history's greatest con artists - he once sold this famous Parisian landmark Twice! To the same type of victim. What did he sell, and who did he sell it to?
What is the Eiffel Tower? He posed as a government official and sold it to scrap metal dealers in 1925 - twice. Victims were too embarrassed to report it to police.
Red Bull was sued in a US class action for its slogan "Red Bull gives you wings" - and settled for $13 million. Under what consumer law principle did the plaintiffs succeed?
What is false advertising / misleading representation