General Knowledge 1
Finance
General Knowledge 2
Earth Geometry
Bivariate Data
100
What do pescetarians eat?
Fish - no other meat products
100
Mitch is investing $5000 at 4.8%p.a. compounded every 6 months for 5 years. How much money will Mitch have at the end of the five years?
$6338.25
100
What is the biggest desert?
Antarctica
100
How many degrees of longitude are equal to 1 hour of time difference?
15
100
Describe the strength of the correlation is Pearson's correlation is -0.87.
Strong negative
200
What is numerophobia a fear of?
Math
200
Mrs Potgieter gets paid $3 a week, and wants to save up for a new car valued at $60,000. How long will it take her to save up if she manages to save 40% of her weekly income each week?
50,000 years
200
What are Mrs Potgieter's two favourite animals?
Horses and cats
200
How far apart are Esperance (34oS, 122oE) and Broome (18oS, 122oE)? Round your answer to the nearest kilometer.
1779km
200
If running speed and age were recorded, identify the explanatory and response variables.
Age - explanatory
Speed - response
300
Who are our College Captains for next year?
Jack and Thamadhi
300
Angel has borrowed $8000 at an interest rate of 11.28% per annum, compounding monthly, and plans to pay this off over 2 years. How much interest will Angel have paid?
$2014
300
Who is the author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
Harper Lee
300
Calculate the angular distance between Point A (20S, 130E) and Point B (70S, 130E).
50 degrees
300
For the relationship described by the scatterplot shown, the coefficient of determination, R2=0.8215. Determine the value of the correlation coefficient, r (correct to three decimal places).
r=0.906
400
What are Mrs Potgieter's two qualified subjects to teach?
Math and English
400
A building society offers $240,000 home loans at an interest rate of 10.25% per annum, compounding monthly. Chelsea would like to pay off this loan over 15 years with monthly repayments.
Determine the monthly repayment amount. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
$6164
400
Name the four main Math teachers at St James.
Mrs Mac, Mrs Laurie, Mr Trail, Mrs Potgieter
400
Calculate the time in LA (GMT-2) when it is 8:00am on Wednesday in Sydney (GMT+8).
10:00pm the day before
400
If the coefficient of determination is R2=0.8215, what percentage of the response variable is explained by the explanatory?
82%
500
Which country has the highest life expectancy?
Hong Kong
500
Melinda needs to save $5000 for her holiday. If she can gain simple interest at a rate of 3.5% and has $100 to invest today, how long will she need to invest it for?
1429 years
500
What animal is Mrs Potgieter the most afraid of?
Frogs
500
An aircraft flies from Bairnsdale (38oS, 148oE) due north to Grenfell (34oS, 148oE). It then flies due west to Renmark (34oS, 141oE). What is the total distance the aircraft flies?
1274.7km
500
Calculate the regression line for the following data:
x 1 2 3 4 5
y 6 3 9 1 2
y=7.2-x