Earth & Environment
What natural disaster is measured using the Richter scale?
Earthquakes
How many degrees are there in a full circle?
360 degrees
Which superhero, secretly billionaire Bruce Wayne, is known as the "Caped Crusader" and protects Gotham City?
Batman
What is the iconic, sail-shaped performing arts center located in Sydney Harbor?
The Sydney Opera House
What is the biological process by which plants make their own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide?
Photosynthesis
What is the only even prime number?
2
In the popular indie farming game Stardew Valley, what major asset does the player character inherit from their grandfather to start the game?
A farm
Which two native animals are featured holding the shield on the Australian Coat of Arms?
The Kangaroo and the Emu
Making up about 78% of the air we breathe, what is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
What famous mathematical sequence begins with 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, where each subsequent number is the sum of the two preceding ones?
The Fibonacci sequence
Which famous British author wrote the classic fantasy novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings?
J.R.R. Tolkien
What is the general term used to describe the vast, remote, and arid interior of Australia?
The Outback
Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere contains the ozone layer that protects the planet from harmful ultraviolet radiation?
The Stratosphere
What mathematical theorem states that in a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides?
Pythagoras' theorem (or Pythagorean theorem)
Which acclaimed Japanese animation studio produced famous films like Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, and My Neighbor Totoro?
Studio Ghibli
Which massive sandstone monolith in the Northern Territory is considered deeply sacred to the local Pitjantjatjara Anangu people?
Uluru