Jonah's at Whale Beach first opened to the public in 1973.

1. Welcome
& thanks for coming!

2. Order of Events
8 rounds of 8 questions
Scores reviewed at the end of each round
Fun games between rounds
Lucky Door & Winners Prizes
Followed by…
Booty Shaking!!!

3. ART - LITERATURE SPORT
MOVIES HISTORY
GEOGRAPHY The Human Body
Insular Peninsular MUSIC

4. HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS!
Bilgola Plateau Public School
Trivia Night Is Going
Interactive With

5. Using Qwizdom …
• Select your answer
• Press the send key
• Receive personal feedback

6. Qwizdom Scoring…
Points for each
question are
based on the
speed of correct
answers
submitted i.e.
1st correct = 1000
2nd “ = 950
3rd “ = 900
...and so on to 50.

7. Practice
Questions

8. Practice Question 1:
Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a feature of
the fabulous Bilgola Trivia nights?
A. Spectacular dance techniques
B. Amazing table decorations
C. Well thought out team strategies and
answers to questions
D. Car park indiscretions

9. Practice Question 2:
YES or NO
You may need to do some calculations here…
There are 74 students in the combined year 6 classroom.
At any one time 28% have a cold,
12% have nits,
52% need to go to the toilet and
9% are pretending that they are on a train.
Question: Is this a good time for Mrs McConaghy to
take long service leave? (Yes or No)

10. Practice Question 3 - Sequencing:
Place these in chronological order…
1. Child covers school desk in purple vomit
2. $10 liberated from wallet
3. Purchase of red Slushy from Bilgola canteen
4. 2 Slushies consumed in 12.3 seconds
5. Blue Slushy purchased in case red one is not
sufficient
6. Bilgola parent turns back on child for 1.8
seconds

11. Are We Ready?
Lets Play!

12. ROUND 1
ART - LITERATURE

13. ART - LITERATURE
1. Which bush ranger did Sidney Nolan portray
in a series of paintings he created in 1946-47?
A: Captain Midnight
B: Ben Hall
C: Martin Cash
D:Ned Kelly
E: Captain Starbuck

14. ART - LITERATURE
2. Who wrote the children's novel's The
Little Mermaid and the Ugly Ducking?
A: Hans Christian Anderson
B: Enid Blyton
C: Roald Dahl
D:Ian Fleming
E: Stephen King

15. ART - LITERATURE
3. When was this
famous portrait
painted?
A: 1753 B:1703 C:1659 D: 1503 E:1602

16. ART - LITERATURE
4.How many books
are there in the
bible?

17. ART - LITERATURE
5. Which of these famous writers was the
only one born in Australia?
A: Colleen McCullough
B: Bryce Courtenay
C: May Gibbs
D: Paul Jennings
E: Jane Austen

18. ART - LITERATURE
6. Which famous Author’s names were
Herbert George?
A: George Orwill
B: H.G. Wells
C: George Eliot
D: George Sand
E: Curious George

19. ART - LITERATURE
7. “When shall we three meet again, in
thunder, lightning or in rain?” Is the opening
line of which Shakespeare play?
A: Macbeth
B: The Merchant of Venice
C: Hamlet
D:Romeo & Juliet
E: King Lear

20. ART - LITERATURE
8. The Archibald Prize is Australia's oldest and
best-known visual arts award?
How much prize-money goes to the winner?

21. ROUND 1 ANSWERS
1. (D) Ned Kelly
2. (A) Hans Christian Anderson
3. (D) 1503
4. 66 books in the bible
5. (A) Colleen McCullough
6. (B) H.G. Wells
7. (A) Macbeth
8. $50,000

22. ROUND 2
SPORT

23. SPORT
1. Which team in the NRL has won the
most premierships?
A: Dragons
B:Eagles
C: Roosters
D:Rabbitohs
C: Tigers

24. SPORT
2. What is the name of the Australian
Women's basketball team?
A: Diamonds
B: Opals
C: Emeralds
D: Sapphires

25. SPORT
3. How many players on a team take to
the diamond in a game of Baseball?

26. SPORT
4. What’s the maximum number of golf
clubs that a player can carry?

27. SPORT
5. What is the most common colour
for basketballs?
A: Brown
B: Orange
C: Yellow
D: Red

28. SPORT
6. Which of these drivers has won
the Bathurst 1000 5 times or more?
1. Peter Brock
2. Jim Richards
3. Alan Moffat
4. Dick Johnson
5. Larry Perkins

29. SPORT
7. Which of these tennis players NEVER
won Wimbeldon?
A: LENDL B: HEWITT C: SAMPRAS D: AGGASSI
(aka “The Iceman”)

30. SPORT
8. Place these countries in order (highest to
lowest) based on gold medals won in all
Summer Olympic games
1: Australia
2: Great Britain
3: France
4: Italy
5: United States

31. ROUND TWO ANSWERS
1. (D) Rabbitohs
2. (B) Opals
3. 9 Baseball Players
4. 14 clubs maximum
5. (B) Orange
6. 1, 2, 5 – Brock (9) Richards (7) Perkins (6)
7. (A) Lendl

32. ROUND TWO ANSWERS
8. 5 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 1
United States – 929
United Kingdom– 207
France – 191
Italy – 190
Australia - 131

33. DEAD OR ALIVE

34. ROUND 3
MOVIES

35. MOVIES
1. “Eye of the Tiger”, the theme song from “Rocky III”
was performed by which American Band?
A: Poison
B: Survivor
C: Motley Crew
D: Chicago

36. MOVIES
2. Who plays the character Jake Sully in
the recent block buster film “Avatar”?
A: Hugh Jackman
B: Sam Worthington
C: Guy Pearce
D: Eric Bana

37. MOVIES
3. In which movie does
Julia Roberts
play Kitty Kiernan?
A: Everybody says I love you
B: Closer
C: Notting Hill
D: Michael Collins

38. MOVIES
4. Which of these actors was not part of
the blockbuster 1974 film Towering
Inferno?
A Paul Newman
B OJ Simpson
C Dustin Hoffman
D Steve McQueen

39. MOVIES
5. What is name of Goldie
Hawn's famous actress
daughter?
A: Kate Hudson
B: Jessica Alba
C: Reese Witherspoon
D: Mischa Barton

40. MOVIES
6. What is Johny Depp’s character in the soon
to be released film “Alice in Wonderland”?
A: The White Rabbit
B: The Cheshire Cat
C: The Mad Hatter
D: The King of Hearts

41. MOVIES
7. In what year was
the original
Star Wars movie
released?

42. MOVIES
8. Which of the following movies have grossed
more than $1 Billion in worldwide ticket sales?
1: Avatar
2: Titanic
3: Harry Potter & the
Philosophers Stone
4: Jurassic Park
5: The Dark Knight

43. Round 3 Answers
1. (B) Survivor
2. (B) Sam Worthington
3. (D) Michael Collins
4. (C) Dustin Hoffman
5. (A) Kate Hudson
6. (C) The Mad Hatter
7. 1977

44. Round 3 Answers
8. 1 / 2 / 5
1. Avatar – $2.467 Billion
2. Titanic – $1.843 Billion
5. The Dark Knight – $1.022 Billion
3. Harry Potter – $0.974 Billion
4. Jurassic Park– $0.914 Billion

45. ROUND 4
HISTORY

46. HISTORY
1. Which event didn’t happen in 1990?
A. Nelson Mandela was released
from jail
B. The Space Shuttle Discovery
places the Hubble Space
Telescope into orbit.
C. Microsoft releases Windows 2.1
D. Margaret Thatcher resigns as
Prime Minister.
E. Princess Eugenie of York is born

47. HISTORY
2. What was the first name of Ned Kelly’s
mother?
A: Beryl
B: Ellen
C: Elizabeth
D: Sarah

48. HISTORY
3. In what year was
the Channel Tunnel
opened connecting
the UK and France?
A: 1993 B: 1994
C: 1995 D: 1996

49. HISTORY
4. What year did the Titanic leave England
on it’s fateful trip?
A. 1910
B. 1911
C. 1912
D. 1913

50. HISTORY
5. The Middle Ages traditionally began
with the fall of which empire?
A: The Ottoman Empire
B: The Roman Empire
C: The Egyptian Empire
D: The British Empire

51. HISTORY
6. In what year was gold discovered in both
Bathurst and Ballarat?
A: 1849
B: 1850
C: 1851
D: 1852

52. HISTORY
7. In what year was
John Lennon
assassinated?

53. HISTORY
8. At the Sydney 2000
Olympic Games, how
many famous Australian
sportswomen carried the
torch around the arena
prior to Cathy Freeman
lighting the Olympic
Flame?

54. 1. (C) Microsoft releases Windows 2.1 Round 4 Answers
2. (B) Ellen
3. (B) 1994
4. (C) 1912
5. (B) The Roman Empire
6. (C) 1851
7. 1980

55. Round 4 Answers
8. 6 Sportswomen carried the torch
These included Betty Cuthbert, Raelene Boyle,
Dawn Fraser, Shirley Strickland-
Delahunty, Shane Gould & Debbie Flintoff-King

56. ROUND 5
GEOGRAPHY

57. GEOGRAPHY
1. Which ocean is the deepest?
A. Antarctic
B. Pacific
C. Indian
D. Atlantic
E. Artic

58. GEOGRAPHY
2. What is the capital of Latvia?
A: Riga
B: Vilnius
C: Bratislava
D: Tallinn

59. GEOGRAPHY
3. What is the longest river in
Australia?
A: The Murray
B: The Murrumbidgee
C: The Darling
D: The Yarra

60. GEOGRAPHY
4. Which of these countries does not share
a border with France?
A. Italy
B. Switzerland
C. Austria
D. Germany
E. Spain

61. GEOGRAPHY
5.How many stars are there on the
Chinese flag?
A: 3
B: 4
C: 5
D: 6

62. GEOGRAPHY
6. Which ocean does the Zambezi River in
Africa flow into?
A: The Indian Ocean
B: The Atlantic Ocean
C: The Pacific Ocean
D: The Southern Ocean

63. GEOGRAPHY
7. Which country has the largest population
with 192m?
A. Brazil
B. Russia
C. United Kingdom
D. Germany

64. GEOGRAPHY
8. Which of the following flags is
from Dominica?
A B C D

65. 1. (B) The Pacific Round 5
Answers
2. (A) Riga
3. (A) The Murray
4. (C) Austria
5. (C) 5 Stars on Chinese Flag
6. (A) The Indian Ocean
7. (A) Brazil

66. Round 5
8. C - Dominica Answers
Azerbaijan Bahamas Jordon

67. TRUE OR
FALSE

68. The Human Body
ROUND 6
The Human Body

69. The Human Body
1. Where in the body is the macula?
A:Ear
B:Eye
C:Nose
D:Knee
E: Stomach

70. The Human Body
2. In what body organ are the vitamins
A, D, E and K stored?
A. Kidney
B. Pancreas
C. Spleen
D. Liver

71. The Human Body
3. Would you find your Philtrum
under your…
A: Nose B: Tongue C: Chin

72. The Human Body
4. What is the Glabella?
a. The fatty tissue above the kneecap
b. The tiny hairs inside the ear canal
c. The bone immediately above the coccyx
d. The space between the eyebrows

73. The Human Body
5. The smallest waist measured
on a living woman is:
A. 32cm B. 35cm
C. 38cm D. 42cm

74. The Human Body
6. What causes
dimples?
A. A forceps birth
B. Genetics
C. Sex in the third trimester
D. In-vitro spasms

75. The Human Body
7. Which of these senses deteriorates
first with age?
A. Smell
B. Sight
C. Hearing
D. Taste

76. The Human Body
8. The TRICEP is located in the:

77. Round 6 Answers
1. (B) The Eye
2. (D) Liver
3. (A) Nose
4. (D) The space between the eyebrows
5. (C) 38 cms
6. (B) Genetics
7. (A) Smell
8. (D) Upper arm at back

78. ROUND 7
The Insular
Peninsula

79. Insular
1. What are the names Peninsularclubs
of the 2
located next to Palm Beach surf club?
(Select 2 from the list of 4)
1: The Pacific Club
2: The Dunes Club
3: The Cabbage Tree Club
4: The Blue Oyster Bar

80. Insular
Peninsular
2. YES or NO
If I was driving past Flower Power
(formerly Bonds) along Mona Vale Rd
heading towards St Ives at 80km/h,
would I be speeding?

81. Insular
Peninsular
3. What is the name of the beach on the Pittwater
side that runs parallel to Palm Beach golf course?
A: Paradise Beach
B: Tram Beach
C: Carriage Beach
D: Station Beach

82. Insular
Peninsular
4. How many metres long is the Bilgola
beach pool?
A: 40 mtrs
B: 45 mtrs
C: 50 mtrs
D: 55 mtrs

83. Insular
Peninsular east
5. Put these Bilgola shops in order from
to west
1. Vogue Hairdressing Salon
2. Plateau Pizza
3. Bilgola Cellars
4. 4 Seven Day Food
5. Bilgola Physiotherapy

84. Insular
Peninsular
6. What was the name of the tribe of Aboriginals
that inhabited Pittwater and the Northern
Beaches before European settlement?
A: The Eora
B: The Garigal
C: The Cabrogal
D: The Bidjigal

85. Insular
Peninsular
7. When did Jonah’s at Whale Beach
first open to the public?
A: 1924
B: 1929
C: 1932
D: 1935

86. Insular
8. Which words or Peninsular
locations are missing from
this sign?
1. Pymble
2. St Ives
3. Terry Hills
4. South
5. Gordon
6. North

87. ROUND 7
ANSWERS
1. 1 & 3 – The Pacific Club & Cabbage Tree Club
2. YES 80kms is speeding
3. (D) Station Beach
4. (C) 50 mtrs
5. 15342
• Vogue Hairdressing
• Bilgola Physio
• Bigola Cellars
• 4 Seven Day Food
• Plateau Pizza

88. ROUND 7
6. (B) The Garigal ANSWERS
7. (D) Jonah’s opened in 1929
8. 1 /3 /4
• Pymble
• Terry Hills
• South

89. ROUND 8
MUSIC

90. MUSIC
1. In the song “Message in a Bottle” how many bottles
does he see on the shore?
A. A hundred billion
B. A hundred million
C. A hundred thousand
D. A hundred trillion

91. MUSIC
2. Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin:
Who HASN’T covered this song?
A. Rolf Harris
B. Buena Vista
Social Club
C. Leo Sayer
D. Dolly Parton

92. MUSIC
3. Tina Turner’s birthplace was Nutbush City; in which US
State would you find it?
A. Alabama
B. Tennessee
C. Arkansas
D. Texas

93. MUSIC
4. Pinball Wizard was performed by which
artist in the 1975 hit film “Tommy”?
A. Rod Stewart
B. Elton John
C. Roger Daltry
D. Eric Clapton

94. MUSIC
5. Brown Sugar – The Rolling Stones
Which statement is not true about this song:
A. The song was penned during filming of the movie “Ned
Kelly” in 1969
B. At Charles & Diana’s wedding in 1981 “Brown Sugar”
was played as a special request by the new Princess
C. The song was used in a Pepsi commercial in 1998
D. During live performances Mick Jagger would often
change the lyrics “just like a young girl should” to “just
like a young man should”

95. MUSIC
6. Which soundtrack had the highest
worldwide sales?
A: Saturday Night Fever B: The Body Guard

96. MUSIC
7. In what year did Richard Branson
Establish Virgin Records?
A: 1972
B: 1974
C: 1975
D: 1978

97. MUSIC
8. Place these albums in order based on
the most copies sold in Australia?
1: Thriller – Michael Jackson (1982)
2: Bat Out Of Hell – Meatloaf (1977)
3: Brothers in Arms – Dire Straits (1985)
4: Innocent Eyes – Delta Goodrem (2003)

98. 1. (A) A hundred billion
ROUND 8 ANSWERS
2. (C) Leo Sayer
3. (B) Tennessee
4. (B) Elton John
5. (B) Brown sugar not played at the royal wedding (shock!)
6. (B) The Bodyguard 44 million (SNF sold 40 million)
7. (A) Virgin founded in 1972

99. ROUND 2 ANSWERS
8. 2 / 3 / 1 / 4
Bat Out Of Hell – 1.61 million
Brothers in Arms – 1.19 million
Thriller – 1.05 million
Innocent Eyes – 0.98 million

100. FINAL
SCORES

101. Thanks for Playing
Everybody Dance Now!