General Knowledge
What is the largest island in the world?
Greenland
A large tank at a dairy farm holds 3.5 kL of milk.
How many 2 L cartons could be filled from one tank?
1750 cartons
Which Australian Olympian won the most medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Emma McKeon
What two animals are featured on the Australian coat of arms and why?
Kangaroo & Emu - because they are the two Australian animals that can’t walk backwards & so indicate the country is always moving forwards
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
Which is the longest river in Australia?
Murray River
How much time has passed from 7:23 a.m. to 4:54 p.m.?
9 hours 31 mins
Who is Australia’s most capped Socceroos player?
Mark Schwarzer
Which iconic Australian landmark is the world’s largest war memorial?
The Great Ocean Road
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
What is the northernmost capital city in the world?
Reykjavik, Iceland
A real estate agent charges commission of 3.4% on the first $150,000 of the value of a property, and 2% on the remaining amount.
Find the total commission payable on the sale of a property for $260,000.
$7300
Cameron Smith is the only rugby league player to pass 400 NRL games. Who played the next most?
Cooper Cronk
Which Australian Island is the largest sand island in the world?
Fraser Island
how many postcodes are there in Australia?
Closest answer wins. Each team has one try. Must write down the answer on the page before we read the answers
2644
What is the rarest blood type among humans?
AB-negative
How much would you save if you bought four bottles of soft drink for $3.70, compared to 93 cents each?
2 cents
Which Australian swimmer won the women's 100 m freestyle at three consecutive Olympics?
Dawn Fraser
There are 5 countries larger than Australia – name three of them.
Brazil, Canada, China, Russia and the USA.
Solve the system of linear equations.
3x-2y=-5
4x+5y=47
x = 3
y = 7
In what year and in which city were the first modern Olympic Games held?
1896 in Athens, Greece
Solve the system of linear equations by elimination
-x+y=4
x+3y=4
x = -2
y = 2
In what year did Australia first qualify for the FIFA World Cup
1974
Which line of latitude runs through Australia?
Tropic of Capricorn
Find the greatest possible result of dividing two different integers from the set (-7, -3, -2, 3, 4, 8)
3.5