English
Who is the faceless spirit that follows Chihiro in Spirited Away?
No-face
In a group of 20 students, 7 like English, 9 like Math, and 2 like both.
How many students like neither option?
6 students
What is the salt and gas formed in this reaction?:
Magnesium + hydrochloric acid
Magnesium chloride and hydrogen gas
Name any major political party in Australia.
Labor; Liberal; National; Greens
What does KFC stand for?
Kentucky Fried Chicken
What is the literary technique used in short stories to begin a story in the middle of the plot instead of at the start?
In media res
A parabola is formed by this equation:
y = -2x2 + 5
Will the parabola be upright or inverted?
Upright (concave up)
(+100 for translated up by 5)
What type of plate boundary formed the Himalayas mountains?
Convergent plate boundary
What year did World War I begin?
1914
What is the capital city of Norway?
Oslo
What does SWAT stand for?
Symbolic, written, audio, and technical codes
Find x:
2x + 5 = 7
x = 6
Which indicator is colorless in acidic solutions but turns pink in basic solutions?
Phenolphthalein
What is the 2nd highest court in Australia?
State and territory Supreme Courts
Name two flags with a unique shape other than a rectangle.
Nepal; Switzerland; Vatican City; Zamora: Ohio (civil flag)
Name five figurative language techniques.
Onomatopoeia; metaphor; simile; personification; imagery; foreshadowing; etc.
If you roll a six-sided dice and an eight-sided dice, what is the probability of rolling a sum of 12 (simplify)?
1/16
How long does it take for 64 grams of Thorium-232 (half-life of 14 000 million years) to decay to 1 gram?
84 000 million years
What are the two sectors our economy?
Household sector and business sector
When did the Big Bang occur?
13.8 billion years ago
What are the three main types of irony?
Verbal, dramatic, and situational
What number does tan(45°) equal?
1
Why are volcanoes often found near deep sea trenches?
Caused by converging plate boundaries subduct to make deep sea trenches. Subduction zones with high heat are formed, and magma bursts to the surface to form a volcano.
What initiated World War 1?
The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In linguistics, what is the study of word origins called?
Etymology