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100
What is the name of the horseshoe-shaped zone encircling the Pacific Ocean that accounts for approximately 90% of the world's earthquakes?
The Pacific Ring of Fire
100
What Pacific Ocean climate phenomenon, characterised by weakening trade winds and warming of the central Pacific, increases drought and bushfire risk in Australia?
El Niño
100
What continent accounts for approximately 95% of all global malaria cases and 96% of malaria deaths, according to the WHO?
Africa
100
What is the capital city of Lebanon?
Beirut
100
Who is this actor?
Jacob Elordi
200
What Japanese facility suffered a meltdown following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.
200
What term describes the dominance of concrete and asphalt in urban areas that prevents rainwater from soaking into the ground, contributing to flood risk?
Impervious (sealed) surfaces.
200
What type of organism causes malaria, transmitted to humans via the Anopheles mosquito?
A parasite (Plasmodium).
200
What is the name and what country is home to the world's longest river?
The Nile Rive in Egypt (6550km of extension)
200
Name this character from Stranger Things:
Steve Harrington
300
What type of tectonic plate boundary was responsible for the 2011 Japan earthquake?
A convergent (subduction) boundary
300
What is the third element of the fire triangle, alongside fuel and oxygen, needed for a bushfire to start?
Heat (an ignition source)
300
What inexpensive preventive tool, costing roughly $5–10 USD each, has been credited with preventing an estimated 7.6 million malaria deaths between 2000 and 2020?
An insecticide-treated bed net (ITNs).
300
What country has this flag?
DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo)
300
This pop artist, known for her theatrical red-carpet looks and the anthem 'Good Luck, Babe!', had her debut album 'The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess' explode in 2024, earning her a Grammy for Best New Artist.
Chappell Roan
400
What is the name of the scale designed to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
Richter Scale
400
What natural wetland environments actually reduce flood risk by absorbing excess water?
Swamps and marshlands
400
What is the term for an organism that transmits a pathogen from one host to another without becoming sick itself?
Vector
400
Name 3 Landlocked Countries in the world.
- Africa (16): Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Europe (14): Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Czechia, Hungary, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, North Macedonia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Vatican City.
- Asia (12): Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
- Americas (2): Bolivia, Paraguay.
TOTAL: 44
400
Name at least 1 of the most played songs in 2025 on Spotify. You need to mention the song name & the artist to get full points.
1. "Die With A Smile" by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
2. "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" by Billie Eilish
3. "APT." by ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
4. "Ordinary" by Alex Warren
5. "DtMF" by Bad Bunny
500
What is the name of the most lethal gas volcanic hazard?
Double points if mention how fast it travels.
pyroclastic flow (700km/h)
500
What primary data collection method did we use on-site during our Melbourne flood hazard fieldwork?
Double Points if you mentioned both correctly!
1. Field Photography
2. Pre-filled observation tables
500
What is the name of the main medicine drug used for Malaria treatment?
Chloroquine
500
This narrow strip of land connecting North and South America is home to one of the world's most strategically important artificial waterways, completed in 1914, which allows ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans without sailing around the tip of South America.
Panama Canal
500
This Netflix series, set in a dystopian underground vault society, was adapted from a beloved video game franchise and became one of the most-watched shows of 2024
Fallout