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100

This year marked the Federation of Australia.

What is 1901?

100

Plants use this process to convert sunlight into food.

What is photosynthesis?

100

This is the main character in a story.

Who is the protagonist?

100

This is the largest ocean on Earth.

What is the Pacific Ocean?

100

This web browser was created by Google and is one of the most widely used in the world.

What is Google Chrome?

100

What is Miss Douglas’s favourite colour?

What is pink?

100

What is the acronym that represents the core values of Rooty Hill High School?

What is PERSIST?

100

In K-pop Demon Hunters, the main characters balance school life with battling demons using this special type of magical power.

What is K-Energy (or their demon-hunting abilities)?

100

Winning 36–14, this team secured the 2025 Pacific Cup title in a dominant performance over Samoa.

Who are the New Zealand Kiwis?

100

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?

What is an echo?

200

The first Prime Minister of Australia.

Who is Edmund Barton?

200

This gas makes up most of Earth’s atmosphere.

What is nitrogen?

200

Shakespeare wrote this famous play about two feuding families and star-crossed lovers.

What is Romeo and Juliet?

200

This country is both a continent and a nation.

What is Australia?

200

This type of code is scanned with a phone camera and often used for tickets, menus, and payments.

What is a QR code?

200

Miss Douglas proudly shares that her mum comes from this Pacific Island nation known for its beaches, culture, and warm hospitality.

What is Fiji?

200

Who is the new Year 11 2026 Year Adviser at Rooty Hill High School?

Who is Mr Hay?

200

This language has the most native speakers in the world.

What is Mandarin Chinese?

200

This dictionary.com announced its 2025 Word of the Year, celebrating a term that became widely used by young people

What is 67?

200

What has keys but can’t open locks?

What is a piano?

300

He was the first Emperor of Rome.

Who is Augustus Caesar?

300

This natural phenomenon is measured on the Richter scale.

What is an earthquake?

300

This type of figurative language compares two things using “like” or “as.”

What is a simile?

300

Mount Everest lies between Nepal and this country.

What is China?

300

This popular video-sharing platform, owned by ByteDance, is known for short-form content and viral challenges.

What is TikTok?

300

Which Year groups will Miss Douglas be the Deputy of in 2026?

What is Year 7 and Year 10?

300

Who is the new year adviser of Year 8 2026 at RHHS?

Who is Ms Valentin?

300

This number is the only even prime number.

What is 2?

300

As of December 10, 2025, Australia became the first country to pass which nationwide law impacting under16s.

What is the Australia social media ban for under-16s?

300

The more of me you take, the more you leave behind.

What are footsteps?

400

This global conflict lasted from 1914 to 1918.

What is World War I?

400

This layer of the atmosphere protects us from harmful UV rays.

What is the ozone layer?

400

George Orwell wrote this dystopian novel featuring Big Brother.

What is 1984?

400

This African desert is the largest hot desert in the world.

What is the Sahara?

400

This online storage service lets users save files in the cloud so they can access them from any device.

What is cloud storage?

400

Who is Miss Douglas’s favourite singer or celebrity?

Who is Beyoncé?

400

What is the school motto of Rooty Hill High School?

What is 'Learning, Leadership and Achievement' 

400

This country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States.

What is France?

400

In November 2025, this Australian Politician tied the knot with his partner Jodie Haydon.

Who is Prime Minister Anthony Albanese? 

400

What has one eye but can’t see?

What is a needle?

500

This ancient civilisation built Machu Picchu.

Who were the Incas?

500

This term describes the variety of living organisms in an ecosystem.

What is biodiversity?

500

This narrative perspective uses “he,” “she,” or “they”.

What is third-person?

500

This river is the longest in South America.

What is the Amazon River?

500

This type of online scam tricks people into giving away passwords or personal information by pretending to be a trusted source.

What is phishing?

500

How long has Miss Douglas taught at RHHS?

What is 15 years?

500

How many years has Ms Cawsey been the principal of RHHS?

What is 28 years?

500

This small European country is famous for its neutrality and for producing high-quality chocolate and watches.

What is Switzerland?

500

This former Philippine president was arrested in March 2025 under an ICC warrant for alleged crimes during his “war on drugs.”

Who is Rodrigo Duterte?

500

I turn once—what is out will not get in. I turn again—what is in will not get out.

What is a key?