Languages
Animal Farm
Around the World
General Knowledge
100
Which language has given us the words karaoke, tsunami and anime?
Japanese
100
List as many of the original Seven Commandments as you can remember. 50 points each.
Seven Commandments
100
Name the country in Africa which shares its name with one of the main characters from the High School Musical movie franchise.
Chad
100
In what month of this year will the social media ban for under 16s be introduced in Australia?
Bonus 100 points if you can name the exact date
December 10
200
What ancient language was used in the Roman Empire, and is the root language behind many words in English, Italian, French and Spanish?
Hint: We still use some phrases from this language today, such as "mea culpa" (my fault), "alter ego" (another self), and "pro bono" (for the good of the people).
Latin
200
What single rule do the Seven Commandments of Animalism eventually get reduced to?
200
Name the world’s smallest and largest countries by land area.
100 points each.
Smallest: Vatican City and Largest: Russia
200
What are the next three numbers in the Fibonacci sequence, as written below:
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ___, ___, ___
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34
300
Name three countries where Spanish is the official language.
100 points for each correct answer
Spain
Mexico
Guatemala
Honduras
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
Colombia
Venezuela
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Paraguay
Chile
Argentina
Uruguay
Equatorial Guinea
300
What was the name of the donkey in Animal Farm?
Benjamin
300
Only one country in the world has a flag that is NOT rectangular. The flag features a sun and moon. Name the country.
Nepal
Nepal's flag features two triangles, representing the Himalayan mountains and the two major religions of Nepal, Hinduism and Buddhism.
300
Before their downfall at the start of the 20th century, the Ottoman Empire controlled countries in which three continents?
Hint: They controlled countries in the 'Middle East'--which two continents is the Middle East split across?
Europe, Asia, Africa
400
A famous story from biblical times, often referred to as the Tower of ________, tells of a unified human race (who all speak the same language) trying to build a massive tower to reach the heavens. However, God confuses their languages, preventing them from communicating and causing their tower-building project to fail.
Name the tower (or the city it was built in).
Babylon (the Tower of Babel)
400
Give the name and author of each of the two texts you will study in English next year
100 points for each correct answer
Night by Elie Wiesel
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare
400
Earlier this term, we learned about the difference between a nation and a country, and learned that it is possible to be a nation without being recognised as a country (such as the Kulin nation or Palestine).
We learned that Kurdistan is another example of a nation that isn't a country. Name any one of the four countries that Kurdish people live in.
Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria
400
What recent blockbuster movie has received unexpected criticism for being too 'anti-Israel'?
Superman
500
The ten most widely-spoken languages in the world all have a way of saying 'hello.' Name five of them.
100 points for each correct answer
- English: 'Hello'
- Mandarin Chinese: 'Nï häo'
- Hindi: 'Namaste'
- Spanish: 'Hola'
- French: 'Bonjour'
- Arabic: 'Mhrban'
- Bengali: 'Hyālō'
- Russian: 'Privet'
- Portuguese: 'Olá'
- Urdu: 'Helo'
500
Although we did not learn about this, Animal Farm is supposed to represent the events of the Russian Revolution. When did the Russian Revolution occur?
During WW1 (specifically, in 1917)
500
Name five of these countries that these flags belong to.
100 points for each correct answer
500
What historic legislation was introduced to Victorian Parliament in September 2025, as part of negotiations between the government and First Nations Traditional Owners?
Hint: We had an incursion/visitor who came to speak to us about this last term.
Statewide Treaty Bill 2025, aka Treaty for Victoria
