Year 8

Science

100

What is the smallest living organism?

Cells C-e-l-l-s

200

What is a rock made out of?

Minerals M-i-n-e-r-a-l-s

300

What word is used to describe the way light interacts with the surface of a crystal, rock or mineral?

Lustre L-u-s-t-r-e

400

The system in your body which removes waste?

Excretory E-x-c-r-e-t-o-r-y

500

What in a plant cell makes a leaf green?

Chloroplast C-h-l-o-r-o-p-l-a-s-t

History

100

Who discovered Australia?

Captain Cook C-a-p-t-a-i-n C-o-o-k

200

Who is the play writer who wrote Othello?

Shakespeare S-h-a-k-e-s-p-e-a-r-e

300

What king Had six Wives?

King Henry the eighth K-i-n-g H-e-n-r-y t-h-e e-i-g-h-t-h

400

Who invented the lightbulb?

Thomas Edison T-h-o-m-a-s E-d-i-s-o-n

500

What Viking discovered America?

Leif Erikkson L-e-i-f E-r-i-k-k-s-o-n

Geography

100

What continent is at the bottom of the Earth?

Antarctica A-n-t-a-r-c-t-i-c-a

200

What is the line that divides the Earth in two horizontally?

Equator E-q-u-a-t-o-r

300

What is the capital of Thailand?

Bangkok B-a-n-g-k-o-k

400

What is the country directly above Australia?

Papua New Guinea P-a-p-u-a N-e-w G-u-i-n-e-a

500

What is the name of the line of latitude 23.5 degrees South of the Equator?

Tropic of Capricorn T-r-o-p-i-c o-f C-a-p-r-i-c-o-r-n

Maths

100

What is another word for number?

Numeral N-u-m-e-r-a-l

200

The bottom half of a fraction?

Denominator D-e-n-o-m-i-n-a-t-o-r

300

What is another word for volume?

Capacity C-a-p-a-c-i-t-y

400

When two lines join it makes the letter 'T' it is called a...?

Perpendicular P-E-R-P-E-N-D-I-C-U-L-A-R

500

What is the letter of an algebraic expression called?

Pronumeral P-r-o-n-u-m-e-r-a-l

Random

100

What is the frame of a boat called?

Hull h-u-l-l

200

What does KFC stand for?

Kentucky Fried Chicken K-e-n-t-u-c-k-y F-r-i-e-d C-h-i-c-k-e-n

300

What do you sign as a protest?

Petition P-e-t-i-t-i-o-n

400

What is the phobia called when you have a fear of electricity?

Electrophobia E-l-e-c-t-r-o-p-h-o-b-i-a

500

What is a chronic disease of the lower respirator tract in the lungs?

Emphysema E-m-p-h-y-s-e-m-a