Industrial Revolution
What was the name of the currency people during the Industrial Revolution would be paid with?
Shillings and Pence
Why did public hangings fail to deter people?
Public hangings became entertainment → lost deterrent effect.
What is the national animal of Scotland?
The Unicorn
What are the 2 main characters in High School Musical? (Full names)
Troy Bolten and Gabriella Montez
Who sings 'Hotline Bling'
Drake
Why was the MAIN reason factory owners preferred to employ children over adults?
So they could lower wages.
What was a ticket-off leave?
Would allow convicts to get paid for labour during the remainder of their sentence.
What animals milk is pink?
Hippo
Finish the famous movie quote: "Fish are friends, not ...."
Bonus 50 points if you name the movie.
Fish are friends, not food.
Finding Nemo
Belgium
What type of jobs did children during the Industrial Revolution do?
Children has various jobs to complete at factories, such as operating and repairing machinery.
Trappers: In coal mines, children known as trappers would sit in the dark, opening and closing ventilation doors to allow coal carts to pass through.
What was assisted migration and what was the major DISADVANTAGE?
Assisted migration: The government would pay for you to migrate to Australia.
Disadvantage: No choice of job and location.
What company was initially known as "Blue Ribbon Sports"?
Nike
What movie features the location 'Pride rock'
The Lion King
This artist became the first to reach 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify and holds the current record for most weeks at No1.
Taylor Swift
Why was the Industrial Revolution one of the most important periods to change modern history?
It marked the beginning of the technological revolution (the Steam engine, new farming techniques
What was the name of where convicts would live when they came to Australia and what were the conditions like?
What is the best-selling book of all time?
The Bible
Name the movie, released in 2021 that stars Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet and is set in a desert planet where sandworms roam.
Dune
What is the human body’s heaviest organ?
The skin
What was one change that came about during the Factory Reform Act?
1. Limited working hours
2. Banned employment of children under 9
3. Factory inspectors were introduced
4. Reduced working hours for women
What was the name of the 2 places of secondary punishments and what punishments were conducted there?
Norfolk Island: extreme brutality, heavy chains.
Port Arthur: psychological punishment, isolation, anonymity.
What is the rarest and most expensive spice in the world by weight?
Saffron
In this 2019 Marvel movie, the Avengers travel through time to collect _____ and reverse the effects of Thanos' snap.
What is the name of the movie and What are they collecting?
Avengers Endgame
Infinity stones
Who is known as the 'King of Rock'?
Elvis Presley