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General Knowledge
100

Which AFL team is known as the "tigers"?

Richmond

100

Which 1977 film introduced audiences to Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Darth Vader?

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

100

Who was Israels first prime minister?

David Ben-Gurion

100

How many candles does a Menorah have?

9

100

This TV show featured a red-haired woman who always got into funny trouble and was married to Ricky.

I Love Lucy

200

What colours do our Olympic team wear?

Green and gold

200

Who directed the science fiction classic E.T. the Extra Terrestrial?

Steven Spielberg

200

What is the largest desert that covers a lot of Southern Israel?

The Negev

200

Which Chag has a custom of building a temporary ‘hut’ or Sukkah?

Sukkot

200

This famous singer from the 1950s was called “The King of Rock and Roll.”

Elvis Presley

300

He is considered one of Australia's greatest bowlers, famous for "Ball Of The Century".


Shayne Warne

300

Julie Andrews starred as a singing nun who cared for seven children in this 1965 movie musical

The Sound Of Music

300

Who was the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of Israel?

Golda Meir

300

What is the ritual bath called that is used for conversion to Judaism, after a woman’s menstrual cycle, before Yom Kippur, and before a wedding?

The Mikvah
300

People used to keep their milk cold before fridges existed by putting it in one of these, filled with ice.

 Icebox

400

The "Diamonds" are Australia's national team for what sport?

Netball

400

Which movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture and starred Sylvester Stallone as a small-time boxer?

 Rocky

400

What year did the 6 day war take place?

1967

400

Who are the four matriarchs (mothers of Israel)?

Sarah, Rachel, Leah and Rebecca

400

In 1969, people all over the world watched as man first walked on this place.

The moon

500

This female swimmer became Australia’s youngest Olympic champion at age 14 in 1956.

Dawn Fraser

500

This 1950s musical tells the story of gang rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks in New York City

West side story

500

Which international organisation voted in 1947 to recommend the partition of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states?

The United Nations

500

Name the first three books of the Torah

Genesis, Exodus and Leviticus

500

Before coffee machines, people often made their morning coffee using this simple pot on the stove.

A percolator