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Which country drinks the most coffee per capita?
Finland
(Average consumption of about 12 kilograms per year!)
Which of these is not a notifiable condition in NSW: measles, influenza, STEC/VTEC, chickenpox, or donovanosis?
Chickenpox
What’s the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
Which fruit was once considered deadly in Europe because people got sick after eating it from lead plates?
Tomato
Which artist recently achieved the most streamed song in a single week on Spotify?
Taylor Swift
(Almost 129 million streams, 31 million in a single day)
What is the process by which a solid changes into a gas?
Sublimation
How is HIV notification managed differently compared to other notifiable conditions in terms of the information that is collected?
Notifications for HIV infection should only include the first 2 letters of the patient’s first and last names, residential postcode and date of birth.
Full name and addresses are not to be included.
(Information Bulletin: IB2025_023)
What percentage of Turkey is geographically in Europe? (Any answer within 5% is acceptable)
a) 3%
b) 9%
c) 20%
d) 47%
3%
What was bubble wrap originally invented for?
Wallpaper
In Stranger Things, what’s the name of the alternate dimension?
The Upside Down
In which year did the Titanic sink?
Bonus Question (2x points): What was the date and time (to the nearest hour)?
1912
Bonus Question: 15 April 1912 at 02:20am
What condition is likely to be notified from the sample on the right in the image?
Bonus Question (2x points): What is this test called?
Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE)
Bonus Question: Disc diffusion
Which country has the longest coastline?
Canada
Which planet has a day longer than its year?
Venus
(A single day takes about 243 Earth days, while a single orbit around the sun takes only 225 Earth days)
What name is singer-actor Stefani Germanotta better known by?
Lady Gaga
What is the name of the largest living structure on Earth, visible from space?
Great Barrier Reef
Which of the following is listed as a purpose of the AIR in the Australian Immunisation Register Act 2015?
a. Checking an individual's vaccination status by that individual or by a recognised vaccination provider
b. Research relating to vaccinations
c. Collecting, analysing and publishing statistics, and other information, about vaccination coverage across Australia and parts of Australia
d. All of the above
All of the above
Which desert spans parts of China and Mongolia?
Gobi
What animal has three hearts and blue blood?
Octopus
What book holds the record for the fastest selling book in history?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
(8.3 million copies in 24 hours)
What element is denoted by the symbol “W” on the periodic table?
Tungsten
What is the name of the causative agent of plague?
Yersinia pestis
Name two countries that are city-states, meaning they do not have a distinct capital city.
Monaco
Singapore
Vatican City
What do the letters “Wi-Fi” stand for?
Nothing - it's not an acronym!
Which continent do Toto bless the rains in?
Africa