Sporting trivia
WWI
Making a Nation
Biomes & Food Security
Geographies of Interconnections
100
What type of race is the Tour de France?
What is bicycle?
100
The assassination of this archduke in 1914 triggered WWI.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
100
The First Fleet arrived in this year.
What was 1788?
100
What biome is characterised by this climate graph?
What is a tropical rainforest?
100
This term describes the increasing interconnectedness of people, goods, and ideas around the world.
What is globalisation?
200
In this sport, "love" means zero points scored.
What is tennis?
200
This “I” refers to competition for colonies and global influence.
What is imperialism?
200
What factor had the most devastating impact on population numbers for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
What is disease?
200
This biome is only found in the northern hemisphere.
What is the taiga (or boreal forest) biome?
200
The total economic value of goods and services produced by a nation.
What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
300
How many countries have won the FIFA Men's World Cup?
What is 8 countries?
300
This empire controlled the Gallipoli Peninsula during the campaign.
What is the Ottoman Empire (or Turkey)?
300
This Eora man was kidnapped and acted as Governor Phillip's translator for other Aboriginal clans in the Sydney area.
Who was Bennelong?
300
This grassland biome is ideal for growing grains like wheat.
What is a temperate grassland?
300
Name the four criteria for how a person can feel connected to a place.
What are spiritual, economic, cultural and historical connections?
400
Arguably the second-most popular in the world after soccer, what lucky sport has defensive positions named gully, silly mid-off, and deep mid wicket?
What is cricket?
400
This condition refers to soldiers who experienced extreme pychological distress caused by repeated bombardment, fatigue and shell explosions.
What is shell shock?
400
The idea for the systematic colonisation of South Australia came from this man (who wrote about it whilst in prison for kidnapping).
Who was Edward Wakefield?
400
This term refers to when all people have physical and economic access to enough safe and nutritious food.
What is food security?
400
This three-letter abbreviation refers to companies that operate in many countries, such as Nike or Apple.
What is an MNC/TNC (multinational/transnational corporation)?
500
What is the only sport to be played on the moon?
What is golf?
500
The name of the German strategy that planned on quickly defeating France by first marching through neutral Belgium.
What was the Schlieffen Plan?
500
What did the Chinese call Australia in the 1850s?
What is New Mountain of Gold (Xin Jin Shan)?
500
An area with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, often characterised by lack of supermarkets but abundance of fast food options.
What is a food desert?
500
The idea that buying one product might involve workers in multiple countries illustrates this key global concept
What is interconnectedness/interdependence?