How to Measure Wellbeing
What term describes a measurement of a complex idea using multiple indicators?
Index
Where would you be if someone greeted you with 'Aloha'?
Hawaii
What is the highest mountain in Australia?
Mt Kosciuszko
Name three types of photographs
Aerial oblique, aerial bird's eye view, ground-level, satellite photography
What town is the Simpsons set in?
Springfield
Give two quantitative indicators of wellbeing.
Anything that can be measured with numbers and relates to wellbeing indicators (e.g. wealth, health, employment, education etc)
What are Japanese 'shinkansen' better known as?
Bullet trains
What is Australia's second most populated state?
Victoria
What term describes a piece of land surrounded on three sides by water?
Peninsula
Pho and banh mi are dishes from which country?
Vietnam
Which country developed the Gross National Happiness index to guide their government's philosophy?
Bhutan
What country has the world's third largest population?
1. China (1.4B)
2. India (1.3B)
3. USA (331M)
4. Indonesia (273M)
Albany, Geraldton and Fremantle are located in which state?
WA
What lines measure longitude?
Meridians
In music, what does 'forte' mean?
Loud
Name six of the top ten 'happiest' countries according to the World Happiness Report 2021.
1. Finland
2. Iceland
3. Denmark
4. Switzerland
5. Netherlands
6. Sweden
7. Germany
8. Norway
9. New Zealand
10. Austria
List 5 countries starting with P
Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal
What river flows through the city of Melbourne?
Yarra
I am travelling south-west. I turn 90 degrees left, then turn around. What direction am I now travelling?
NW
What musician has songs titled 'Tennis Court' and 'Green Light'?
Lorde
Name six of the bottom ten countries on the World Happiness Report for 2021.
Burundi
Yemen
Tanzania
Haiti
Malawi
Lesotho
Botswana
Rwanda
Zimbabwe
Afghanistan
What name refers to both a clothing brand and a capital city?
Kathmandu
Which Australian state is home to Bells Beach?
Victoria
What term describes the direction a slope is facing?
Aspect
What Japanese term means 'empty hand' or 'no weapon'?
Karate