Set One Flashcards
What unit of weight is represented by the symbol oz?
Ounce
Which American investment bank holds the record for the largest bankruptcy in human history?
Lehman Brothers
What do the letters QR refer to in the term QR code?
Quick Response
In Greek mythology, who fell in love with his own reflection?
Narcissus
Bauxite is the most commonly exploited ore for the production of which metal?
Aluminium
The city of Pripyat, abandoned since a nearby nuclear accident in 1986, is in which country?
The Ukraine
The historic Walk for Reconciliation saw a record crowd cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge in what year?
2000
Also known as a developmental co-ordination disorder, what name is given to the common condition that affects movement and co-ordination?
Dyspraxia
What film, considered part of the new wave of Australian cinema from the 1970s, stars Anne-Louise Lambert as a schoolgirl named Miranda?
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Cataract Gorge is fifteen minutes walk from the centre of which Australian city?
Launceston
At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, who became the third Australian to win the 200m and 400m freestyle double?
Ariarne Titmus
Saul of Tarsus, generally considered one of the more important Christian apostles, is commonly known by what name?
Apostle Paul
What is the name of the long bone in the human body that runs between the shoulder blade and the elbow joint?
Humerus
In the painting Drowning Girl by Roy Liechtenstein, the featured woman is thinking ‘I don’t care, I’d rather sink than call who for help?
Brad
In what year was the most recent Australian census?
2021
In the 1930s, in a bid to sound more European, which Australian ballet dancer added an n to his name in a bid to sound more European?
Sir Robert Helpmann
Hotel Sorrento, Life After George and Extinction are plays by which Australian?
Hannie Rayson
In which 1980s song does John Lennon sing ‘life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans’?
Beautiful Boy
Winning in 2020, who was the first Indigenous painter to be awarded the prestigious Archibald prize for painting?
Vincent Namatjira
In geometry, complementary angles are a pair of angles that add up to how many degrees?
90
Tennis legend Evonne Goolagong-Cawley won 7 grand slam singles titles, including Wimbledon how many times?
Twice
In 1856, stonemasons in Melbourne campaigned successfully to become the first workers to gain which important working condition?
8-hour day
In which country is Angel Falls?
Venezuela
Taken from the Latin for ‘water’ and ‘bean’, what is the name of the liquid in which legumes are soaked or cooked which can be used as an egg white substitute?
Aquafaba
Margaret Thatcher was the only British PM in the 20th century to win how many consecutive general elections?
Three
Having a remarkable twelve colour photoreceptors in the eye compared to our three is the creature called a stomatopod, also known as a mantis what?
Shrimp
Dame Nellie Melba made her operatic debut in Brussels in 1887 as Gilda in which Verdi opera?
Rigoletto
In which Asian country was a cat named station master at a train station in 2006 after budget cuts forced redundancies of human employees?
Japan
Who wrote the unfinished novel The Last Tycoon, which Amazon turned into a TV series in 2917?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
In standard Australian fire extinguishers, a black band notes that the fire retardant inside is made from which gas?
Carbon dioxide
In 2000, who became the first woman to win the UK Mercury Prize for her album Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea?
PJ Harvey
Which couple, who run the Archwell foundation, grace the 2021 cover of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people issue?
Harry and Meghan
In winter, what is the time difference between Perth in WA and Auckland in NZ?
Four hours
Mozzarella was originally made in Italy using the milk of what animal?
Buffalo
Which South Australia Legislative Council member became the first woman to be elected as presiding officer in any Australian parliament?
Anne Levy
What plane flown by Charles Kingsford Smith and his team made the first Trans-Pacific flight?
Southern Cross
In 2001, BHP officially merged with which other mining company?
Billiton
What chemical element, found in seaweed, has the atomic number 53 and is vital to the normal functioning of the thyroid gland?
Iodine
The medical term ‘hepatic’ is used to indicate disorders or treatments of which major organ?
Liver
Which short-lived tropical plant grows to more than three metres in height and is known as the ‘corpse flower’?
Titan arum
The Long March was an epic journey undertaken in the 1930s by communist forces in which country?
China
In a standard deck of playing cards, the sideways-facing one-eyed Jacks are the Jack of Hearts and which other?
Jack of Spades
Which US sports brand designed the aerodynamic bodysuit in which Cathy Freeman won the 2000 Olympics 400m?
Nike
Australia’s First Fleet comprised nine civilian vessels and two Royal Navy escorts, HMS Sirius and which other?
Supply
In which year did Australia pass marriage equality?
2017
Which of Sydney’s underground city circle stations is between Town Hall and Circular Quay?
Wynyard
A person described as an arctophile would most likely collect which cuddly, stuffed children’s toys?
Teddy bears
Reportedly named after the family who planted it in the late 1800s, the invasive weed ‘Salvation Jane’ is also known as who’s curse?
Patterson’s
The clavicles are better known as what bone?
Collarbone
In which Australian city is ‘Prime Minister’s Avenue’, a collection of busts of former Australian Prime Ministers?
Ballarat
Characterised by a large vertical shape, what is the only cloud type that can produce thunder and lightning?
Cumulo-nimbus
Works by which Australian author include ‘This House of Grief’ and ‘The First Stone’?
Helen Garner
From a Greek word meaning ‘able to grasp’, what term describes devices that a user experiences through the sense of touch?
Haptic
When subject to certain conditions, which gland located in the neck can experience a swelling known as a goitre?
The thyroid
Called Gari by its native people, the Badjala people, is which World Heritage listed Queensland sand island?
Fraser Island
In the process of electrolysis, which name is used for the terminal that attracts charge particles called cations?
Cathode
Born in Zambia and raised in Botswana, Australian-based rapper and songwriter Sampa Tembo is best known by what stage name?
Sampa the Great
Considered one of the most sacred days on the Jewish religious calendar, the Day of Atonement is known as what in Hebrew?
Yom Kippur
Found only in Gippsland Victoria and averaging a metre in length, megascolides Australis is one of the world’s largest what?
Earthworms
Oloroso and amontillado are forms of which fortified wine originating in Spain?
Sherry
What party did Sir Edmund Barton represent when he first served as Australia’s Prime Minister?
Protectionist
Which Australian Prime Minister was dubbed ‘The Lizard of Oz’ by british newspapers for placing his hand on Queen Elizabeth’s back?
Paul Keating
Launching in 1992 and lasting years, Nescafe’s iconic ‘Valley’ ad campaign in Australia saw a budding romance between Jillian and who?
Roy
Which influential figure in the Australian music industry founded Mushroom Records in 1972?
Michael Gudinski
At New York’s Met Gala in 1996, which British royal made fashion headlines in a blue slip dress by John Galliano for Dior?
Princess Diana
Which major Melbourne street that becomes Punt Road at Richmond is named for the surveyor credited with planning the city’s CBD?
Hoddle Street
Popularised by impressionist artists, the act of painting an entire finished piece outdoors is known by the French phrase en plein what?
Air
First launched in 1989, what brand of basketball shoe was marketed with the instructional tagline ‘Pump up and Air Out’?
Reebok Pumps
Angela Merkel’s time of 16 years in office equalled the time of which earlier German leader who first became chancellor in 1982?
Helmut Kohl
Making her film debut in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation in 1989, who went on to play Mallory Knox in Natural Born Killers?
Juliette Lewis
Professional cyclist Egan Bernel, the winner of the 2019 Tour de France, was born in which South American country?
Colombia
What term for a piece of coloured cloth worn about the neck or head comes from a Hindi word for a method of dying cloth?
Bandanna
A powerful influence during early European colonisation, which First Nations leader took Bennelong as her second husband?
Barangaroo
Located below the stratosphere, and extending from the Earth’s surface to an average height of 12 kilometres, what is Earth’s lowest atmospheric layer?
Troposphere
Who was the US basketball player who worked for the Converse shoe brand in the 1920s, and whose name was added to their ‘All-Star’ sneaker design?
Chuck Taylor
What term for an enclosed outdoor area also means an imperial unit of length equal to 91.44cm?
Yard