How many 'las' are there after the 'fa' in the Christmas song 'Deck the Halls'?
8
Summer in Australia is what months of the year?
December, January and February
How many test matches are in the ashes?
5
How long does it take the ball to drop in Times Square on NYE?
10 seconds
What date is Australia Day?
26th of January

History repeats itself
Santa would have to travel approximately 160,000,000km to deliver presents to the worlds children. Given that he has about the 34 hours to deliver the presents, what speed would he need to travel in km/h
4 705 882 km/h
The temperature range on a hot summer's day was 16 degrees.
If the maximum temperature was 37 degrees, what was the minimum?
21 degrees
How many points does each player have if the score is deuce in tennis?
40
About 360 million glasses of champagne are consumed on NYE. If each glass is about 160ml, how many litres of champagne is this?
57.6L
In what year was January 26 adopted as Australia Day?
1935

Last but not least
Perth's hottest ever Christmas was 42 degrees. In what decade did this occur?
1960s
From what direction does the summer sea breeze, known as the 'Fremantle Doctor', blow?
Southwest
The longest cricket match went for 14 days and ended in a tie.
How long is this in minutes?
20,160 mins
Given that Perth is GMT+8 and New York is GMT-5, what time and day will it be in New York when it hits 12am in Perth on New Years Day
11am 31 Dec
In recent years there has been a lot of debate about holding Australia day on the 26th of January, why?
Jan 26th was the day Captain Cook and the First Fleet arrived, which began generations of persecution of Aboriginal Australians

Musically inclined
If you were given all the gifts from the song 12 days of Christmas, how many would you have?
394
The temperatures for the 25/12/20 to the 31/12/20 are given below. What was the mean temperature during this time?
40.4, 29.6, 29.7, 34.1, 39.0, 33.6, 30.8
33.9 degrees
Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar are the two highest run scorers in test cricket history, and have scored 13,378 and 15,921 respectively. However, Ponting has played 168 test matches and Tendulkar has played 200.
Who has the higher run score per match on average, and what is their average run rate.
Ricky Ponting with 79.63runs/match
30% of Americans make new years resolutions, and only 9% of those that make one will complete the resolution by the end of the year.
What percentage of ALL Americans will have completed a new years resolution?
2.7%
Given that Australia Day was first celebrated in 1935, how many Australia Days have been celebrated?
91

But on second thought...
How much does the average Australian spend on Christmas?
Closest without going over
$1,232
The hottest day ever recorded in the Perth metropolitan area was recorded on the 23rd of February 1991. What was the temperature (to 1DP)?
Closest without going over.
46.7 degrees
How many grand slams has Serena Williams won?
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23
The New York Times Square NYE Ball has how many LED lights?
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32,256
In 2025 the Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian songs was on the 26th of July. How long, in minutes, would the playlist go for.
Closest without going over.
406 minutes

A backwards glance