Maths
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Pot Luck
100
What is an exponent?
An index
100
Who wrote the play a midsummers night eve?
Shakespeare
100
What is the scottish word for a river?
A loch.
100
Who was the first prime minister of Australia?
Edmund Barton
100
What famous word did Archimedes shouted out?
Eureka!
200
What building was built using the golden ratio?
The Parthenon, Greece
200
How did Mary Shelly get the idea of Frankestein?
She was at a party with friends who liked scary stories. They each added an idea until Frankenstein was born.
200
Where is the Grand Canyon? An additional 200 points for the name of the national park it's in.
US - Grand Canyon National Park
200
What is the smallest star on the flag?
e Crucis.
200
What is the world's largest steel structure and where is it?
Sydney Harbour Bridge - Sydney.
300
Who gave us the approximate of pi that we use today?
Archimedes
300
What does 'to be or not to be' come from?
Hamlet
300
Which city is famous for it's catacombs?
Paris, France
300
What sort of bow did Robin Hood use?
A Longbow
300
What is another word for base 10?
Decimal notation.
400
What is triginometry?
The study of triangles
400
What object does Shakespeaare hold when he says 'To be or not to be'?
A skull
400
What is the name of the artist who drew the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci.
400
Where was the first Australian gold rush?
NSW.
400
Which art work is features the 12 Apostles?
The Last Supper.
500
What is the first 10 digits of pi? What is the fraction ot get pi?
3.141592653 - 22 over 7
500
Where was Shakespeare born?
London
500
Name all the seven wonders of the world. This is worth 1000 points.
Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus, Temple of Artemis , Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Colossus and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.
500
Which famous Australian outlaw liked to humiliate police officers?
Ben Hall.
500
Who was Schindler in the movie Schindlers List? This question is worth 1000 points.
Schindler was a doctor in WW2.