This year's NAIDOC theme was Keep the Fire Burning: ______, ______ and _____?
The current Taylor Swift tour, which has been running since March 2023 and won't finish until December 2024, is known as the ______ Tour?
Eras
Calculate the area of the following shape:
Area = 3 x 4 / 2 = 6 units2
Find the perimeter of the following shape:
10m
Last weekend, the Sydney Swans lost by 112 points, making them the only first-placed team to lose by more than 100 points in the last fifty years.
Who beat them?
Port Adelaide Power
Name the famous actor who featured on the Kanye West track "Gold Digger" and shares a surname with a common wild animal.
Jamie Foxx
Find the area of the following circle, rounding your answer to 2 d.p.
A = 3.14 x 2.62 = 21.27 m2 to 2 d.p.
Find the perimeter of the following shape:
18km
Current US president Joe Biden recently withdrew from the 2024 presidential election. Who has he endorsed as his replacement?
Double points: Joe Biden became the oldest president ever when he came into office in 2020. How old was he? (This was a data point in one of the sets we analysed last week--and an outlier, according to our calculations!)
Kamala Harris
78 years old (he is now 81!)
Out of all the tracks released as part of the Kendrick/Drake beef, which one has the most views on YouTube (61 million)?
Not Like Us
Find the area of the shaded shape:
Total area = 66cm2
Area cut out = 6 x 11 / 2 = 33cm3
So remaining shaded area = 33cm3
Find the perimeter of the following composite shape:
90cm
Name this US athlete, who is the most-decorated gymnast in history and just led Team USA to another Olympic gold medal this week.
Simone Biles
What brand of shoes, commonly referred to in rap lyrics, are known commonly as "red bottoms"?
Christian Louboutin
A rectangular park covers an area of 2,000,000 m2.
Give the area of the park in km2.
m2 / 10002 = km2
2,000,000 / 10002= 2km2
Find the perimeter of the following sector, rounding your answer to 2 d.p.
Where is Australia on the current gold medal tally at the Olympics?
3rd
What were the nicknames of each of the Spice Girls?
100 points for each correct answer
Scary Spice - Mel B
Sporty Spice - Mel C
Baby Spice - Emma Bunton
Ginger Spice - Geri Halliwell
Posh Spice - Victoria Beckham
A tennis court area is illuminated by four corner lights. The illumination of the sector area close to each light is considered to be good (G) while the remaining area is considered to be lit satisfactorily (S).
What area of the court (in m2) is considered to have ‘good' lighting?
Total area = 30m x 12m = 360m2
Area of G = 1/4 x 3.14 x 62 = 28.26m2
4x G areas = 28.26 x 4 = 113.04m2
What is the perimeter of this shape?
46cm