Literary Techniques
The Outsiders
Australia
General Knowledge
School Trivia
100

'Plop,' 'clap,' 'zap' and 'boing' are all examples of what?

Onomatopoeia 

100

What are the names of the two gang rivals?

The socs and the greasers 

100

How many states are in Australia?

6

100

How many players are on an NBA roster?

Each NBA team can have a maximum of 15 players, 13 of which can be active each game.

100

How much is a large works haystack from the canteen? 

$7.50


200

What do you call a technique that is used to emphasise a point and requires no answer

Rhetorical question

200

What is Sodapop's girlfriend's name?

Sandy

200

Australia and the world’s first feature film was about which bushranger?

The Kelly Gang (Ned Kelly)

200

In what year was the first iPhone released?

2007

200

What is the current principals first and last name?

 Rohan Deanshaw

300

What type of language do we refer to as meaningful in English but not literally true?

Figurative language

300

While hiding in the church, what book did Ponyboy read?

Gone with the Wind 
300

What is considered the first “BIG thing” in Australia? 

The Big Scotsman stands 5 metres tall and was completed in 1963, making it the first "Big Thing" in Australia (Medindie, SA)

300

What is the smallest planet?

Mercury

300

How much for a tomato cheese garlic bread, chocolate cookie and fruit smoothie from the school canteen?

Tomato, cheese, garlic butter $4.00

Chocolate cookie $1.20

Fruit smoothie (DF/PB/GF) $3.80

=$9

400

What are the 5 types of sensory imagery?

Visual, gustatory, tactile/kinaesthetic, auditoy & olfactory 

400

What decade is the story set in?

1960's
400

What is Australia's most deadly bird?

The Cassowary. It is usually considered to be the world's most dangerous bird, at least where humans are concerned, although ostriches and emus can also be dangerous, a 4-inch, dagger-like claw on each foot that "can slice open any predator or potential threat with a single swift kick."

400

What is Pink Floyd's most famous album?

Dark side of the moon

400

What is the school motto?

In him we live

500

What is foreshadowing?

A warning or indication of (a future event).

500

Where is The Outsiders (book) set?

Tulsa, Oklahoma

500

What is the highest grossing Australian movie?

Crocodile Dundee

500

Name the 3 mascots at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games 

a duck-billed platypus (Syd), a kookaburra (Olly) and an echidna or spiny anteater (Millie). Lizzie was the official mascot of the 2000 Summer Paralympics

500

What year did Macquarie College open and where?

1901 in Hamilton



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