General History
First person on the moon
Neil Armstrong
The written alphabet of Ancient Egypt
Hieroglyphs / Hieroglyphics
How long does Persephone spend in the Underworld each year?
6 months
A 7M student who shares a name with an antelope (and a famous animated princess)
Nyala
Oxford word of the year; means 'loss of mental function due to too much TikTok'
brainrot
History's deadliest conqueror, Genghis Khan, came from which country?
Mongolia
Who became Pharaoh at age 9?
Tutankhamun
What creature pulls the flying chariot of the Norse goddess Freyja?
Cats
A 7M student who shares a name with the capital of Chile
Santiago
Skibidi (or G-Man)
What year did the first fleet arrive in Australia?
1788
What skin colour was Osiris?
Green
Who does Fenrir eat at the Norse end of the world?
Odin
A 7M student whose name comes from the Latin word for 'light'
Lucy
What type ('class') of animal is a frog?
Amphibian
In historical dates, what does 'AD' stand for?
Anno Domini
Name the special salt used in mummification.
Natron
Name three of the twelve Olympian gods
Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus
A 7M student named after one of King Arthur's knights, a famous archer
Tristan
What structure is on the school logo?
Bridge (Walter Taylor Bridge = double points)
In ancient Greece, what did Olympic athletes wear?
Nothing / naked
Famous battle won by Thutmose III vs Kadesh - one of the earliest battles ever written about in detail
Megiddo
What was the Norse word for their gods (like Thor and Odin)?
Aesir
A 7M student descended from the rulers of Languedoc in France
Molly
SHAME