The Digestive System
Perimeter
Area
Year 8 Maths
Random Trivia
What happened in 2024???
Riddles
100

What is the name of the tube which carries food from your mouth to your stomach?

The Oesophagus

100

Perimeter = SOS

What does SOS stand for?

Sum of Sides

100

Area of a rectangle = ?

Length x Width

100

A whole number which can be positive, zero or negative is called a what? Begins with I.

Integers

100

How many bones do sharks have?

None

100

Who became the President of the United States in 2024

Donald Trump (again)

100

What goes up but never comes down?

Your Age

200

Name the acid in the stomach.

Gastric Acid

200

The perimeter of a square with a side length of 5cm is?

20cm

200

A classroom is having the carpet replaced. The classroom is a rectangle shape, what measurements are needed?

The length of the classroom and the width of the classroom.

200

what is 32?

32= 3x3 = 9

200

How many stars are inside the bounds of our solar system? 

1


Bonus 100: What star is in our solar system?

200

Which international sporting event took place in Paris in Summer 2024?

The Olympics

200

What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

Short

300

Where is the enzyme "Amylase" found?

In saliva in your mouth.

300

True or False? 

The perimeter of a parallelogram = Base x Height

False. P= Sos

300

A courtyard area in a triangle shape is being re-tiled. What area of tiles is required if the triangle has a base of 11m and a perpendicular depth of 12m?

A = 11 x 12 /2

A=132/2

A= 66sqm

300

What does B stand for in Bimdas?

Brackets

300

What is the name of the galaxy we live in?

Hint, it shares a name with a well-known chocolate bar

The Milky Way

300

Who won MTV's "Artist of the Year" Award?

Taylor Swift

300

I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?

A bank

400

Where is bile produced?

The Liver

400

The circumference of a circle with a Diameter of 3m is?

give answer correctly to 3 decimal places

pi x 3 = 9.425m

400

A circular rug has a diameter of 2.5m. What floor area will it cover? (A = pi x r2)

Give your answer correct to two decimal places

pi x 1.252 = 4.91m2

400

What is 30/100 as a percentage?

30%

400

In the Chinese Calendar, 2024 is the year of which animal?

The Dragon

400

Frozen II was surpassed as the highest-grossing animated film ever by which 2024 animated movie?

Inside out 2

400

A plane crashed between the border of France and Belgium. Where were the survivors buried?

They didn't bury the survivors - they lived.

500

Lipase is an enzyme which breaks down _____ in food?

fats

500

The Perimeter of a half circle with a radius of 16mm is?

Give your answer correct to 3 decimal places.

P= 100.53 + 2x16 = 132.531mm

500

A hang glider has a Glider shaped like a traditional kite. The glider is 5.5m long, and 3.2m wide. The glider fabric is being replaced and is priced at $12.50 per sqm. How much does it cost to replace the glider fabric

A = 5.5 x 3.2 = 8.8 sqm

Cost = 12.5 x 8.8 = $110

500

What is 40% of $240

$96

500

Steve Job's famously built the first Apple Computers in which space in his parent's home?

The garage

500

Maggie Smith died this year. She was well-known for her role in the Harry Potter film franchise portraying which important character?

Professor McGonagall


BONUS 100: What was Professor McGonagall's first name

500

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

A Map