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Which country has an 'ij' letter sequence in it's name?
Fiji
To the nearest billion, how long ago was the Big Bang?
13.8 Billion Years Ago
Carbon
Which sport is associated with the Ashes series between Australia and England?
Cricket
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
Five students in this classroom have two first names (e.g. their last names are common first names). Name at least 2.
Aiden Matthew
Sam Nelson
Ethan Bluff
Which variable is denoted by symbol 'u'?
Initial velocity
Name one hormone that is secreted during a flight/fight response
Adrenaline, cortisol
Which Australian city hosts the annual Australian Open tennis tournament?
Melbourne
Why have the kangaroo and emu been chosen to be on the Austalian coat of arms?
They cannot walk/go backwards
Complete the lyrics...
"When did ___ ___ ___ all the sudden I could look you up and down all day."
you get hot
Name one model of observing/measuring dark energy
Standard candles/type Ia supernovae, redshift
In one sentence, describe what an 'Isotope' is
An isotope is an element with too many or too few neutrons.
Who is the Australian swimmer that won 7 Olympic gold medals and is nicknamed the “Thorpedo”?
Ian Thorpe
What country invented the Pavlova?
Australia
Which musical artist released an album named 'Graduation' in 2007?
Kanye West
Rearrange the first equation of motion to find t
t = v - u / a
Recall one advantage and one disadvantage of asexual reproduction
Advantage: Rapid population growth, Only need 1 parent so it's more efficient
Disadvantage: Offspring are clones, limited genetic diversity, limited ability to adapt to new environments
Which AFL team has won the most premierships in the history of the Australian Football League?
The team with the most premierships in the Australian Football League is Carlton Football Club (tied with Essendon).
Who was the longest-serving Prime Minister in Australian history?
The longest-serving Prime Minister in Australian history was Robert Menzies.
Name three movies that Timothee Chalamet has starred in from 2020-2026
Dune 1
Dune 2
Wonka
Marty Supreme
A Complete Unknown
Bones and All
Don't Look Up
If you drop a hammer and a feather on the Moon, what happens? Why?
They fall at the same rate, because without air resistance, acceleration due to gravity is the same.
Create a stimulus-response model for being exposed to cold weather, and shivering.
Cold weather (stimulus) > Skin/Mechanoreceptors (receptor) > Hypothalamus/Brain (Control Centre) > Skin/Mechanoreceptors > Goosebumps + Shivering
In what year did Australia last win the men’s Cricket World Cup before 2023, and who was the captain of that team?
Australia last won the men’s Cricket World Cup before 2023 in 2015, and the captain was Michael Clarke.
What was the name of the 1975 political crisis that led to the dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam?
The crisis is known as the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis.