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BTN T3 W7

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What percentage of the US is in drought?

a)

50%

b)

70%

c)

25%

2.

Experts say the droughts in the northern hemisphere could end up being the worst humans have seen for 500 years.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

How many categories does the new Australian Fire Danger Rating System have?

a)

8

b)

2

c)

6

d)

4

4.

What does the new Fire Danger Rating System tell us?

a)

How many fires there are

b)

How likely a fire is

c)

How dangerous a fire is

5.

In what year was marriage equality achieved in Australia?

a)

2017

b)

1998

c)

1978

6.

How many years ago was the Overland Telegraph Line completed?

a)

200

b)

100

c)

150

7.

How far did the Overland Telegraph Line stretch?

a)

1200 km

b)

2,200 km

c)

3,200 km

8.

Telegraph messages were sent and received in Morse code.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Where is Guam located?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

10.

Where are stray dogs from Guam being sent?

a)

Australia

b)

New Zealand

c)

United States of America

11.

What unusual thing has appeared in Serbia recently?

a)

Ghost garden

b)

Unexploded World War Two bomb

c)

7000 year old Stonehenge

d)

Sunken ship

12.

What is the cause of unusual things appearing across Europe and the UK?

a)

Flooding

b)

Storms

c)

Drought

13.

What is the name of the world's third largest river?

a)

Amazon River

b)

River Nile

c)

Yellow River

d)

Yangtze River

14.

Which country is currently experiencing severe floods?

a)

Australia

b)

Uk

c)

Pakistan

d)

China

15.

Which American sports superstar made an appearance at a press conference with the PM and Indigenous Australians minister Linda Burney on the weekend?

a)

Shaquille O'Neal

b)

Giannis Antetokounmpo

c)

Kevin Durant

d)

Stephen Curry

16.

Which telescope recorded soundwaves from a black hole in the Perseus Galaxy cluster?

a)

Hubble Space Telescope

b)

Chandra X-ray Telescope

c)

Spitzer Space Telescope

d)

W.M. Keck Telescope

17.

The 'Wear it Purple Day', was about showing support for LGBTQIA+ people?

a)

True

b)

False

18.

When was the first Sydney Mardi Gras held?

a)

1968

b)

1988

c)

1958

d)

1978

19.

Which team recently dropped Australian Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo?

a)

Ferrari

b)

Alfa Romeo

c)

Aston Martin

d)

McLaren

20.

Where was the 2022 T-Rex Derby held?

a)

Ruby Downs

b)

Diamond Downs

c)

Sapphire Downs

d)

Emerald Downs