Vincent Lingiari
English
Maths
Riddles
General Knoweldge
100

This Aboriginal man led the Gurindji people's walk-off from Wave Hill cattle station in 1966.

Vincent Lingiari

100

This device compares two things using “like” or “as.”

simile

100

Q: Which is smaller: 2/5 or 2/7?

 2/7

100

What has to be broken before you can use it?

egg

100

What is the largest mammal in the world?

The blue whale

200

Vincent Lingiari is honoured in this Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody song.

From little things, big things grow - Paul Kelly

200

This is a word that sounds like the noise it describes.

onomatopoeia?

200

Which is greater: 3/4 or 5/6?

5/6

200

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?

echo

200

What country is shaped like a boot?

Italy

300

This Prime Minister returned land to the Gurindji people in 1975.

Gough Whitlam

300

This is what you call the process of turning a verb or adjective into a noun.

👉 What is nominalisation?

300

What is 5.6 × 10?  

56

300

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

footsteps

300

Which sea creature has three hearts and blue blood?

Octopus

400

This famous protest led by Vincent Lingiari began in 1966 and lasted for 8 years.

Wave Hill Walk Off

400

Identify the nominalisation in this sentence:
“The explanation was unclear.”

explanation

400

How many millilitres in 3.5 litres?

2500mL

400

I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?

candle

400

: What is the name of the ocean between Australia and New Zealand?

Tasman Sea

500

This area was returned to the Gurindji people in 1975.

Daguragu

500

Turn “communicate” into a noun.
 

👉 What is communication?


500

You have 3 shirts and 4 pants. How many outfits? 

12 outfits

500

What comes next in this sequence?

O, T, T, F, F, S, S, E, __?  

N
-nine

500

What is the currency used in Japan?

Yen