General Knowledge
Riddles
AUS
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100

The largest ocean on Earth?

What is the Pacific Ocean

100

What has hands but can’t clap?

 A clock

100

What is the capital of Australia? 

ACT

100

How many bones are in the human body?

206

100

What is the name of the famous cricket series between England and Australia?

ashes 

200

The tallest mountain in the world?

What is Mount Everest

200

What gets wetter the more it dries?

A sponge

200

Which Australian City was the first to host a Summer Olympics?

Melbourne

200

About what percentage of the Earth does water cover?

71% 

200

Which country has won the most World Cups?

Brazil

300

The closest planet to the sun

What is Mercury

300

What disappears as soon as you say its name?

Silence

300

Why do the kangaroo and emu appear on our coat of arms? 

they cant move backwards

300

What gas do humans breathe in and what do we breathe out? 

Oxygen, CO2

300

When are the next Olympics? 

2028 

400

The longest river in Africa?

What is Nile River

400

What follows you everywhere but disappears in the dark?

A shadow

400

What is the third larget state of Aus? 

NT

400

What are the three states of matter?

solid, liquid, gas

400

What are the four main competitive swimming strokes?


Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Freestyle

500

The largest animal on Earth

What is the Blue Whale

500

What can you only keep if you don’t share it

A secret

500

Who was Australias first prime minister? 

Edmund Barton

500

Define gravity. 

A force pulls objects towards the center of the Earth

500

What is the term in golf that is for one stroke before a par?

Birdie

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