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Standard 2 Trivia
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Ms Menga Trivia
100

The time taken to paint a school varies inversely with the number of painters completing the task.

It takes 6 painters a total of 20 days to paint a school.

How many days would it take 15 painters to paint the same school?

Non-linear Relationships

100

What date is the HSC exam?

Monday, 19 October 2026

100

What comes next: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8?

13

100

What room were we assigned in Year 11?

138

100

What does my sister do for work?

Tattoo 

200

John knows that

• one Australian dollar is worth 0.62 euros
• one Vistabella dollar is worth 1.44 euros.

John changes 25 Australian dollars to Vistabella dollars.

How many Vistabella dollars will he get?


Linear Relationships

200

How many topic strands are there? (In year 12)

5 (Algebra, Measurement, Financial Math, Statistics, Networks)

200

I am an odd number. Take away one letter from my name, and I become even. What number am I?

Seven (remove the "s" to get "even")

200

Name all the students who are new additions to the class. 

Alana, Lara, Kiara, Mia, Sarah, Valeria

200

What other subject can I teach? 

Science (Biology)

300

Pedro is planning a statistical investigation.

List the steps that Pedro must follow to execute the statistical investigation correctly.  

Bivariate Data Analysis

300

The current syllabus you are doing was developed in which year? 

2017

300

If you add six to eleven, you get five. How is this correct?

In time/using a clock. 11:00 plus 6 hours equals 5:00pm

300

Name all students who dropped from this class 

Billie, Demi, Ella, Evie, Lola, Tamara

300

How long have I been at the MSCW?

2 years exactly. 

400

Dave’s school has computer security codes made up of four digits (eg 0773). Juanita’s school has computer security codes made up of five digits (eg. 30 568).

How many more codes are available at Juanita’s school than at Dave’s school?

Probability 

400

How many topic did we cover (Year 11 and 12)?

24

400

I am the number that is both a square and a cube under 100. What am I?

64

400
What was the name of the student teacher who taught you at the beginning of Year 12?

Mr Jong

400

What year did I graduate?

2013

500

Doris is driving in a school zone at a speed of 35 kilometres per hour and needs to stop immediately to avoid an accident.

It takes her 1.25 seconds to react and her breaking distance is 5.3 metres.

Stopping distance can be calculated using the following formula

Stopping distance = braking distance + reaction time 

What is Doris' total stopping distance? Give your answer to 1 decimal place. 

Formulas and Equations

500

How many students are in the course altogether? 

73

500

3 monkeys share a bunch of bananas. The first monkey takes 3 bananas. The second monkey then takes half of the remaining bananas. The third monkey takes the last banana.

How many bananas were in the original bunch?

5

500

What word did I mispronounce which you all continued to use for the next few weeks?

Good (Goo)

500

How many earrings do I wear?

7