Animals
What species of toad is a common pest in Queensland?
In what country was Wi-Fi invented?
Australia
What is the name of the indigenous lands on which we live?
Bunurong Country
When something travels faster that the speed of sound it is...
Supersonic
What creature had the head of a human and body of a lion?
Sphinx
What was the name of the now extinct Australian predator last seen in Tasmania?
Thylacine
What year were the Australian colonies federated into the country of Australia?
1901
What is the section of ocean that borders the southern coast of Australia called?
The Great Australian Bight
Which planet is known as "The Ice Giant"?
Uranus
What object was opened by Pandora?
A box, Pandora's Box
What animal provides the name sake for the 5,614km fence in the Australian outback?
Dingo
Which city was famously divided in two halves by a large wall in the 1960s?
Berlin
What is the second largest city in Victoria (extra points if you can name the third and fourth too!)
2nd: Geelong
3rd: Ballarat
4th: Bendigo
What is the largest internal organ?
Liver
What was the Roman name for Zeus, King of the Gods?
Jupiter
Name one of the Whale Species that migrates past Victoria every year.
Humpback Whale, Southern Right Whale
What was Australia's currency called before it became the Australian Dollar? (Bonus if you know the year it changed)
Australian Pound, 1966
What natural feature marks the border of Victoria and New South Wales?
The Murray River
Name the 3 particles that make an atom.
Proton
Neutron
Electron
What creature is able to be born again after a fiery death?
Phoenix
Name the most deadly Australian Spider.
Sydney Funnel Web
Name Prime Ministers of Australia going backwards in time. (every 3 correct is a gain of points)
A.Albanese, S.Morrison, M.Turnbull, T.Abbott, J.Gillard, K.Rudd, J.Howard, P.Keating, B.Hawke
Name an Australian Territory. If you have the same answer as another team then you will not gain the points!
Northern Territory, ACT, Jervis Bay, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Heard & McDonald Islands, Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Australian Antarctic Territory, Coral Sea Islands
Who founded the theory of Evolution?
Charles Darwin
What type of creature was Medusa?
A Gorgon