Vocabulary
Governments & world leaders
English
Wildcard
Lunchtime clubs & events
100
Principles or instructions that state what actions or behaviours are allowed and not allowed (in a certain space or setting)
Rules
100
Type of government: North Korea
Dictatorship
100
Who Napoleon blamed for the destruction of the windmill
Bonus 100 points: what was the sentence (or consequence) if they were caught?
Snowball
Bonus points: Death
100
Other than Miss Cath/Ms Beshara's lunchtime club, name one other recess/lunchtime club that runs on Fridays
Futsal for 7/8s with Mahad (recess)
Auslan Conversation with Ms Connor (recess)
Tabletop Games with Vaughn (lunchtime)
100
Lunchtime club run by Miss Cath & Ms Beshara on Fridays
200
Name for rule or power of the people, from Ancient Greek: dēmos (people) + kratos (power, rule)
Democracy
200
President of China
Xi Jinping
200
Napoleon changed the rules of Animalism in Chapter VI of Animal Farm. State two new rules
100 points for each rule correctly identified
* Animal Farm would engage in trade with neighbouring farms
* No animal shall sleep on beds with sheets
200
Name the two courses that Miss Cath studied at uni before becoming a teacher
100 points for each correct answer
1. Engineering
2. Law
200
Lunchtime tournament Pete W played in this week
Table tennis
300
Verb form of the word tyranny?
Bonus 100 points for the adjective form
Verb: tyrannise
Adjective: tyrannical
300
Type of Russia's government
Bonus 100 points: type of Australia's government
Russia: Autocracy
Australia: Democracy
300
What is the essential idea of our study of Animal Farm?
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
Animal Farm shows that those who have power will change the rules in order to keep it
300
The reason school uniforms were first introduced
To reduce the impact of socioeconomic inequality between students
300
In the table top role-playing game ‘Dungeons and Dragons’, what does the abbreviation DM refer to?
a) Dark Magic
b) Dragon Master
c) Dungeon Master
d) Divine Mage
c) Dungeon Master
400
Biased, misleading or false information that is spread to promote a specific idea, opinion or cause
Propaganda
400
Australia has agreed to recognise which state at the next meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in September?
Bonus 200 points: write the name in Arabic
Palestine
Bonus points:
400
Four questions to judge whether a rule is good or bad, fair or unfair
100 points for each rule
1. Who made the rule?
2. How was it made?
3. Who does it empower?
4. Who does it disempower?
400
Name the band, popular in the 90s and 00s, that released songs titled American Idiot, Basket Case and Wake me up when September comes
400
According to mythology and heraldic representation, a dragon-like creature with two hind-legs and two wings is called:
a) Hydra
b) Wyvern
c) Cockatrice
d) Griffin
b) Wyvern