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The term 'Cetaceans' refers to ...
All whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Bottle nose dolphins.
Orcas and Narwhals.
Sperm whales and humpback whales.
2
Who wrote the book, 'The Biggest Estate on Earth'?
Bill Gammage
Jeff Bezos
Tim Cook
Bruce Pascoe
3
Who won Australia’s 100th Olympic gold medal?
Cathy Freeman
Nova Peris
Ashleigh Barty
Tatiana Grigorieva
4
This currency depicts:
Ernest Rutherford (NZ)
William Shakespeare (U.K.)
Niels Bohr (Denmark)
Carl Linnaeus (Sweden)
5
Identify this famous deep space craft now in interstellar space:
Gemini
Voyager 2
Opportunity
Spirit
6
In the Periodic Table of Elements, the symbol
Au
stands for ...
Gold
Australia
Copper
Augmentin
7
The Ediacaran period of geological history is named after ...
Jurassic Coast, England.
Anacleto Formation, Argentina.
Seymour Island, Antarctica.
Ediacara Hills in South Australia.
8
He invented Alternating Current and the Induction Motor but never won a Nobel Prize. Who was this famous physicist?
Albert Einstein
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla
Alexander Bell
9
Humanity's first steps on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was relayed by the
Arkaroola Astronomical Observatory (SA)
Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (WA)
Siding Spring Observatory (NSW)
Parkes Observatory (NSW)
10
Who wrote this epic book: War of the Worlds?
J.K. Rowling
H. G. Wells
Michael Moore
E.M. Forster
11
Which electromagnetic wave has a higher frequency (i.e. more energy) than visible light?
4G - Microwaves
Radio Waves
Ultra-Violet (UV)
5G - Microwaves
12
Which of the following is NOT a disputed item in the collection of the British Museum?
The Royal Throne of Sri Lanka
Rosetta Stone
Elgin Marbles
Benin Bronzes
13
The Global Seed Vault is a secure seed bank. Where is it located?
Reykjavík (Iceland)
Gotland (Sweden)
Casey Station (Antarctica)
Svalbard (Norway)
14
Who wrote the famous book: "Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered."
Norman Schwarzkopf
Arnold Schwarzenegger
E.F. Schumacher
Philip Haig Nitschke
15
What fish is this?
Sun fish
Blob fish
Trout
Mahi-mahi
16
What fish is this?
Sail fish
Mako shark
Marlin
Wahoo
17
The printing press was invented by
Johannes Gutenberg.
Rod Stewart.
Max Planck.
Issac Newton.
18
What is the largest organ in the human body?
Brain
Skin
Liver
Lung
19
Who painted this famous painting of his Tahitian partner, Pahura?
Salvador Dali
Camille Pissarro
Paul Gauguin
Claude Monet
20
Which two naturalist are credited with the theory of evolution by natural selection?
Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace.
Charles Darwin and Steve Irwin.
Charles Darwin and David Attenborough.
Charles Darwin and Georges Cuvier.
21
Famous for the self-mutilation of his left ear, who was the great master who painted 'The Starry Night'?
Vincent van Gogh
Edgar Degas
Pablo Picasso
Camille Pissarro
22
What is the capital of this country?
Dakar
Paris
Tokyo
Wellington
23
Tim Berners-Lee invented the
World Wide Web.
The transistor.
LED bulb.
Computer.
24
The longest river in the world is
The Nile river.
The Mekong river.
The Amazon river.
The Yangtze river.
25
“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”
Cliff Richard
Bob Dylan
Jean Pitney
Tom Jones
26
What is the official name of Australia?
Commonwealth of Australia
Stralia
Terra Australia
Australia
27
Who said this? “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”
John F. Kennedy
Mother Teresa
Lucille Ball
Eleanor Roosevelt
28
Where did the numeral 0 (zero) and positional notation originate?
Italy
Arabia
England
India
29
What is 110 km/h in meters per second?
31
62
110
55
30
What fish is this?
Blue fin Tuna
Snapper
Cod
Giant Trevally
31
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away". Who said this?
Margaret Thatcher
Marilyn Monroe
Marie Curie
Maya Angelou
32
Meaning “little armored one” in Spanish, this animal is called an
Armadillo
Ant eater
Aardwolf
Antelope
33
Reminiscent of flowing water, the highly-prized steel known as 'Damascus steel' originated in ...
U.S.A.
Sri Lanka
Japan
Taiwan
34
Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano in the Solar system is found on
Earth.
Mars.
Saturn.
Venus.
35
Who was the longest serving president of the U.S.A.?
William Henry Harrison
Barack Obama
John Quincy Adams
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
36
This famous resident of Sri Lanka wrote the book
2001: A Space Odyssey
. Who was he? It later became an iconic movie.
Arthur C. Clarke
Ernest Hemingway
Salvador Dali
James Morrison
37
The "Cambrian Explosion" refers to ...
An atomic nuclear explosion.
The beginning of the known Universe.
An explosion of 100 tonnes of TNT.
The sudden appearance in the fossil record of complex animals.
38
What is the capital city of this country?
Stockholm
Gothenburg
Copenhagen
Helsinki
39
The Galapagos Islands, associated with the theory of evolution by natural selection is in the
Southern Ocean.
Indian Ocean.
Atlantic Ocean.
Pacific Ocean.
40
This graphic represents ...
The man from snowy river.
An off-road vehicle endurance race.
An arabian film festval.
The cover of a spy thriller.
41
This picture
(of Indohyus)
depicts the earliest known ancestral form of ...
Hippos
Whales
Rats
Dogs
42
This animal (capybara) is native to which continent?
Australia
Africa
Asia
South America
43
What is the capital of this country?
Colombo
Kotte
Kandy
Galle
44
The image shows the:
British Antarctic Teritory
Norwegian Antarctic Teritory
NZ Antarctic Teritory
Australian Antarctic Teritory
45
The largest ocean current on Earth is the
Gulf Stream.
Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
East Australian Current.
Humboldt Current.
46
Who is the artist known as 'the unifying force behind Impressionism' and also painted 'Jeune fille à la baguette'?
Edgar Degas
Claude Monet
Camille Pissarro
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
47
The world's deepest lake is:
Lake Michigan (U.S.A.)
Great Bear Lake (Canada)
Lake Baikal (Russia)
Lake Eyre (Australia)
48
This NASA Deep Space Tracking station is located in
Tidbinbilla (Canberra, Australia)
Goldstone (U.S.A.)
London (U.K.)
Madrid (Spain)
49
This animal is best classified as a ...
Mammal.
Monotreme.
Reptile.
Bird.
50
What was the top speed of the supersonic airliner Concorde?
500 km/h
980 km/h
2,179 km/h
1020 km/h
