Year 7 to 9 Trivia challenge

Question 1

Australiana: Which oceans surround Australia?

Accepted Answer

Indian and Pacific

Question 2

Australiana: What is the highest mountain in Australia?

Accepted Answer

Mount Kosciusko

Question 3

Brain Teasers: What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

Accepted Answer

Towel

Question 4

Sport: Which capital city does Nick Kyrgios come from?

Accepted Answer

Canberra

Question 5

General Knowledge: What is the most common non-contagious disease in the world?

Accepted Answer

Tooth Decay

Question 6

Famous People: He is the man who invented Apple products e.g. ipads, iphones, Apple / Mac computers

Accepted Answer

Steve Jobs

Question 7

Geography: Reykjavik is the capital of Iceland

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Kids' Stuff: Who said this and in what movie?

Accepted Answer

Dory in Finding Nemo

Question 9

Fantasy: If you wanted to disarm your enemy in Harry Potter, what would you say?

Accepted Answer

Expelliarmus

Question 10

General Knowledge: How many legs do butterflies have?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 11

Kids' Stuff: Name these characters from Play School

Accepted Answer

Big Ted, Little Ted, Jemima and Humpty

Question 12

Kids' Stuff: There are 20 milk teeth (baby teeth) in a human child's mouth

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Brain Teasers: How many holes are in this shirt?

Accepted Answer

8

Question 14

Famous People: Who is this man?

Accepted Answer

Clive Palmer

Question 15

Kids' Stuff: How is SpongeBob described in the theme song for the show?

Accepted Answer

Absorbent, yellow, porous

Question 16

Sport: Which country has competed the most times in the Summer Olympics without winning any medal at all?

Accepted Answer

Liechtenstein

Question 17

Australiana: How many standard time zones are there in Australia? (does not include during daylight savings)

Accepted Answer

3

Question 18

Famous People: Who is this musician?

Accepted Answer

Katy Perry

Question 19

Australiana: Alice Springs is the capital of the Northern Territory

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

Australiana: How many states does Australia have?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 21

Famous People: Name this actor.

Accepted Answer

Tom Hanks

Question 22

General Knowledge: What breed is the dog in the picture ?

Accepted Answer

Corgi

Question 23

Brain Teasers: How many animals can you see?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 24

Brain Teasers: An electric train travels West with the wind blowing East. The smoke will travel to the East.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

General Knowledge: What is the national sport of Japan?

Accepted Answer

Sumo Wrestling

Question 26

Famous People: Who is this movie star?

Accepted Answer

Scarlett Johansson

Question 27

General Knowledge: What is the name of the phobia that involves an abnormal fear of spiders?

Accepted Answer

Arachnophobia

Question 28

Famous People: Who is this musical artist?

Accepted Answer

Camila Cabello

Question 29

Australiana: What salty spread is Australia known for?

Accepted Answer

Vegemite

Question 30

Brain Teasers: How many squares can you create in this figure by connecting any 4 dots as the corners?

Accepted Answer

11

Question 31

Australiana: Which of these animals is NOT native to Australia?

Accepted Answer

Deer

Question 32

Fantasy: Who is Percy Jackson's father?

Accepted Answer

Poseidon

Question 33

Sport: How many games did Ange Postecoglo win, as coach of the Socceroos?

Accepted Answer

22

Question 34

Famous People: This man is a British royal. Who is he?

Accepted Answer

King Charles III

Question 35

Fantasy: Where and in what dynasty is Carole Wilkinson’s Dragonkeeper series set?

Accepted Answer

Ancient China, Han Dynasty

Question 36

General Knowledge: What is the white dove a symbol of?

Accepted Answer

Peace

Question 37

Kids' Stuff: Who lives in this object and on what kids TV show?

Accepted Answer

Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street

Question 38

General Knowledge: Which animals start their lives in an aquatic environment and the rest on land?

Accepted Answer

Amphibians

Question 39

Brain Teasers: What can you catch but not throw?

Accepted Answer

cold

Question 40

Brain Teasers: And the answer is .....?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 41

Famous People: Who is this musical artist?

Accepted Answer

Drake

Question 42

Fantasy: The Ranger’s Apprentice series by John Flanagan is set in which medieval kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Araluen

Question 43

Sport: During the first ever modern Olympics, a silver medal and an olive tree branch was awarded for first place.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

Australiana: Approximately how many people are there in Australia?

Accepted Answer

27 million

Question 45

Sport: There are 9 players on a baseball team

Accepted Answer

True

Question 46

Kids' Stuff: Which Hans Christian Andersen story, inspired the creation of Frozen?

Accepted Answer

The Snow Queen

Question 47

Australiana: The national flower of Australia is ....

Accepted Answer

Golden Wattle

Question 48

Australiana: The longest river in Australia is the...

Accepted Answer

Murray River

Question 49

Brain Teasers: What plant, if you sit under it for 10 minutes, you will die?

Accepted Answer

Water Lily

Question 50

Brain Teasers: The next number is...? 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, ....

Accepted Answer

29

Question 51

General Knowledge: What is the first letter of the Greek alphabet?

Accepted Answer

alpha

Question 52

Geography: Name this mountain range

Accepted Answer

Himalayas

Question 53

Geography: Which capital city has the largest population in the world?

Accepted Answer

Tokyo

Question 54

Sport: Who are the current Australian Open singles champions?

Accepted Answer

Sofia Kenin, Novak Djokovic

Question 55

Fantasy: When Alice plays croquet in Alice in Wonderland, what does she use to play the game?

Accepted Answer

A flamingo club and a hedgehog ball

Question 56

Fantasy: In this popular series, a boy finds a blue stone which becomes a dragon hatchling. What is the name of the boy?

Accepted Answer

Eragon

Question 57

Geography: The sun rises in the East in the Northern hemisphere

Accepted Answer

True

Question 58

Geography: The entire continent of Africa lies below the equator

Accepted Answer

False

Question 59

Famous People: Name this actor.

Accepted Answer

Bradley Cooper

Question 60

Sport: Before 1894, basketball games were played with a soccer ball

Accepted Answer

True

Question 61

General Knowledge: What is the largest mammal on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Blue whale

Question 62

Brain Teasers: The answer is....?

Accepted Answer

21

Question 63

Geography: If I was eating paella and a tortilla, in which country might I be dining?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 64

Sport: To which sports team does this logo belong?

Accepted Answer

Brisbane Roar FC

Year 7 to 9 Trivia challenge

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Year 7 to 9 Trivia challenge

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