Christmas
How many 'las' are there after the 'fa' in the Christmas song 'Deck the Halls'?
8
Summer in Australia is what months of the year?
December, January and February
How many test matches are in the ashes?
5
How long does it take the ball to drop in Times Square on NYE?
10 seconds
What date is Australia Day?
26th of January
Santa would have to travel approximately 160,000,000km to deliver presents to the worlds children. Given that he has about the 34 hours to deliver the presents, what speed would he need to travel in m/s
1,307,189.54m/s
The temperatures for the 25/12/20 to the 31/12/20 are given below. What was the mean temperature during this time?
40.4, 29.6, 29.7, 34.1, 39.0, 33.6, 30.8
33.9 degrees
How many points does each player have if the score is deuce in tennis?
40
About 360 million glasses of champagne are consumed on NYE. If each glass is about 160ml, how many litres of champagne is this?
57.6L
In what year was January 26 adopted as Australia Day?
1935
Perth's hottest ever Christmas was 42 degrees. In what decade did this occur?
1960s
From what direction does the summer sea breeze, known as the 'Fremantle Doctor', blow?
Southwest
The longest cricket match went for 14 days and ended in a tie.
How long is this in minutes?
20,160 mins
Given that Perth is GMT+8 and New York is GMT-5, what time and day will it be in New York when it hits 12am in Perth on New Years Day
11am 31 Dec
In recent years there has been a lot of debate about holding Australia day on the 26th of January, why?
Miss Ingram Check
If you were given all the gifts from the song 12 days of Christmas, how many would you have?
394
The temperature for any given day approximates the sin wave.
The temperature for any given time on the 1st of January 2021 can be given by D=13.6sin(15t-90)+27.1, where D is the temperature in degrees and t is time in hours
What were the maximum and minimum temperatures that day?
40.7 and 13.5
Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar are the two highest run scorers in test cricket history, and have scored 13,378 and 15,921 respectively. However, Ponting has played 168 test matches and Tendulkar has played 200.
Who has the higher run score per match on average, and what is their average run rate.
Ricky Ponting with 79.63runs/match
45% of Americans make new years resolutions, and 25% of them have given up on the resolution by the second week of January.
What percentage of Americans have stuck to their resolutions in the second week of January?
88.75%
Given that Australia Day was first celebrated in 1935, how many Australia Days have been celebrated?
85
How much does the average Australian spend on Christmas?
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$1,232
The hottest day ever recorded in the Perth metropolitan area was recorded on the 23rd of February 1991. What was the temperature (to 1DP)?
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46.7 degrees
How many grand slams has Serena Williams won?
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23
The New York Times Square NYE Ball has how many LED lights?
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32,256
In 2020 the Triple J Hottest 100 was on the 25th of January. How long, in minutes, would the playlist go for.
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362 minutes