Numeracy
Literacy
NAIDOC Week
Weird science
Lucky dip
100
Write one half as a fraction, decimal and percentage.
1/2
0.5
50%
100
How many syllables are there in the word, Aboriginal?
Five: Ab/or/ig/i/nal
100
What is the name of the ancestral wedge-tailed eagle, as seen at Bunjilaka, Melbourne Museum?
Bunjil
100
Is this creature real or created by special effects for a film?
Real! It's deep-sea lizardfish (Bathysaurus ferox)
100
How many weeks are there in Term 3?
10
200
What are the factors of 24?
Remember, factors come in pairs!
Extra clue: there are 8 factors!
1, 24, 2, 12, 3, 8, 4, 6
200
What is the common greeting in Woi-Wurrung language?
Wominjeka
200
According to the Wurundjeri calendar, what season are we currently in?
Waring - wombat.
200
These pods produce what delicious treat?
Chocolate
200
Which iconic Australian lolly was recently discontinued?
a) Minties
b) Fantales
c) Snakes Alive
d) Life Savers
Fantales
300
What is the place value of the 9 in the number 4,078.93
9 tenths
300
Identify the appositive in this sentence:
Maggie-Jean Douglas, a Gubbi Gubbi artist from South East Queensland, used the NAIDOC Week theme as inspiration for her artwork.
a Gubbi Gubbi artist from South East Queensland
300
What is the theme for NAIDOC this year?
a) Get up, stand up
b) For our elders
c) Stay deadly
d) Blak excellence
b) For our elders
300
Under the microscope!
🔶 It becomes stronger when wet
🔶 It’s found in many bank notes
🔶 It was the first plant to sprout on the moon
Cotton
300
Which AFL team is currently on a 13-game winning streak?
Hint: It's an interstate team
Port Adelaide Power
400
The full rate of pay for a Kmart employee is $20/hr.
17-year-olds earn 75% of this full rate. What is their hourly rate?
$15
400
Identify a noun, verb and adjective in the below sentence:
Aunty Dr Naomi Mayers OAM, is a proud Yorta Yorta and Wiradjuri woman, born in 1941 on Erambie Mission.
Various answers
400
Enjoy this video of Pav student, Breanna Wilson, performing at last week's NAIDOC Awards ceremony in Brisbane.
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/national-naidoc-awards/video/IP2208H001S00
(begins at 24:10 mins)
Bree participated in Australia's Got Talent last year. Why was her first performance so special?
She sang in English and Wemba Wemba.
and/or
She got the Gold Buzzer.
400
Under the microscope!
🥙 It's edible
🥙 It can add nutrition to a savoury snack or dish
🥙 The scientific name of its main ingredient is Cicer arietinum
🥙 It's not a pile of Christmas decorations
Hummus
400
A group of frogs is called what?
a) Army
b) Band
c) Croak
d) Dunk
a) Army
500
You've just started a new job at the zoo in charge of the Red Pandas, congratulations!
Your shifts are from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Additionally, you'll work from 10:30 am to 4:00 pm every Sunday.
How many hours will you work each week?
17.5 hours
2:00 pm to 6:00 pm = 4 hours
4 hours x 3 times weekly = 12 hours
10:30 am to 4:00 pm = 5.5 hours
12 + 5.5 = 17.5
500
Identify the dependent clause in the following sentence:
Although NAIDOC began as a Day of Mourning, it now celebrates and recognises the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Although NAIDOC began as a Day of Mourning
500
What does the acronym, NAIDOC, stand for?
100 points for each correct word.
National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee
500
What is 'petrichor'?
a) The smell of rain
b) A flying dinosaur
c) A style of British rap
d) A reddish colour
The smell of rain
500
Kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
True of false?
True!