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    Week 9 Semester 2 Edition 2023

    Quiz:

    1. Che Guevara 

    2. Arnold Schwarzenegger 

    3. Zinedine zidane 

    4. Dua Lipa 

    5. Viv Richards

    6. Argentina, Austria (American is also acceptable) Algerian, Albanian, Antigua and Barbadian

    Omega Crossword:

    Sudoku:

    Week 8 Semester 2 Edition 2023

    Quiz:

    1: Champagne

    2: Billie Jean

    3: Fisher

    4: The Lion

    5: Martin Luther

    6: You can put king after all of them (Evelyn champagne king was a disco star, Billie Jean King tennis player, Fisher King is a Robin Williams movie, The Lion King is a Disney animated movie, Martin Luther King famous activist) 

    Week 7 Semester 2 Edition 2023

    Quiz:
    1. Venus Williams
    2. Mixed Martial Arts
    3. Jupiter Ascending
    4. Cereal
    5. Plutonium
    6. Roman Gods: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Ceres, Pluto (If you said planets, you are wrong.)

    Week 6 Semester 2 Edition 2023

    Quick Crossword:

    Quiz:

    Q1: Cars

    Q2: Inside out 

    Q3: Brave 

    Q4: Soul

    Q5: Ratatouille (fun fact the dish they serve in Ratatouille is technically a confit byaldi and not a traditional Ratatouille)  

    Q6: they are all Pixar films. 

    Week 5 Semester 2 Edition 2023

    Quiz:

    Put these in order? 

     A: A 1966 song by the Easy Beats, commonly voted as one of the best Australian songs ever 

    B: A 1977 Disco Drama Film, staring John Travolta 

     C: A hit 1983 alternative dance track by New Order, that is always used in films set in the 80s (History Boys, Blue Jean, Wonder Woman 1984, etc)

     D: A hit 2022 Netflix Tv show, based on a character from the Adams Family

     E: A metaphysical thriller, that is arguably the most famous novel written by GK Chesterton, 

    F: A 1946 romantic Jazz Standard, that was most famously sung by Etta James in 1960 

    G: A 1973 song by Paul Simon, that shares its title with an annual LGBTQ+ festival.

    Week 4 Semester 2 Edition 2023

    Omega Crossword:

    Quiz:

    1. Carpenter

    2. Bronze

    3. England

    4. Kerr

    5. Vine

    6. They are all footballers who played in the Women’s World Cup (specifically, in the England–Australia semi-final).

    Week 3 Semester 2 Edition 2023

    Omega Crossword:

    Quiz:
    1. J
    2. Hook
    3. Pepper
    4. Who
    5. Strange
    6. They are all doctors, Doctor J (American Basketballer) Dr Hook (70s Rock Band Dr Pepper (Soft Drink) Doctor Who (British tv show) Doctor Strange (Marvel Film) 

    Week 2 Semester 2 Edition 2023

    Cryptic Crossword:

    Quick Crossword:

    Target:

    5 words: turnip
    10 words: parsnip
    15 words: carrot
    20 words: marrow
    Answer: CULTIVATE

    Sudoku:

    Week 1 Semester 2 Edition 2023

    Cryptic Crossword:

    Omega Crossword:

    Sudoku:

    Quiz:

    1. Orange
    2. Penguin
    3. Lithgow
    4. (Lewis) Hamilton
    5. Emerald
    6. They are all Australian towns. 

    Week 13 Semester 1 Edition 2023

    Omega Crossword:

    Sudoku:

    Quiz:

    1. Waterloo 2. Millennium 3. London 4. Tower 5. Golden Jubilee 6. They are all London bridges spanning the Thames. 

    Week 11 Semester 1 Edition 2023

    Quick Crossword:

    Cryptic Crossword:

    Sudoku:

    Quiz:

    1. Id
    2. Mi or Me
    3. Al (Capone and Pacino)
    4. OK (from ‘oll korrect’)
    5. Gala
    6. They all consist of two-letter abbreviations for American states: ID (Idaho), MI (Michigan) or ME (Maine), AL (Alabama), OK (Oklahoma), GA (Georgia), and LA (Louisiana). 

    Week 10 Semester 1 Edition 2023

    Omega Crossword:

    Sudoku:

    Quiz:

    1. May
    2. Brown
    3. Major
    4. Wilson
    5. Eden
    6. They’re all British Prime Ministers (Theresa May, Gordon Brown, John Major, Harold Wilson, Anthony Eden) 

    Week 9 Semester 1 Edition 2023

    Cryptic Crossword:

    Quick Crossword:

    Sudoku:

    Quiz:

    Singer:  Michael Jackson  
    World Leader: Abraham Lincoln  
    Singer: John Denver 
    Actor: Austin Butler 
    World Leader: Otto Von Bismarck  
    Olympian: Pierre de Coubertin

    Week 8 Semester 1 Edition 2023

    Omega Crossword:

    Quiz:

    1. Gamma 2. Delta 3. Iota 4. Sigma 5. Alpha and Omega 6. They are all Greek letters. 

    Sudoku:

    Week 7 Semester 1 Edition 2023

    Quick Crossword:

    Cryptic Crossword:

    Quiz:

    1. Seinfeld
    2. The Simpsons
    3. Taylor Swift
    4. World Wide Web (WWW)
    5. Berlin Wall
    6. 1989 (Seinfeld and The Simpsons both aired for the first time in 1989, Taylor Swift was born in 1989, the WWW was invented in 1989, the Berlin Wall was disassembled in 1989.)

    Week 6 Semester 1 Edition 2023

    Quick Crossword:

    Cryptic Crossword:

    Quiz:

    1. Jane 2. Febrile 3. Margarita 4. Apricot 5. Mayfair 6. The answers begin with the abbreviations of
      the first months of the year: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May.

    Week 5 Semester 1 Edition 2023

    Quick Crossword:

    Cryptic Crossword:

    Quiz:

    A. Romeo and Juliet B. Golf C. India D. Lima E. Whiskey F. They are all letters in the phonetic alphabet

    Week 4 Semester 1 Edition 2023

    Sudoku:

    Quiz Answers:

    1. Chilli 2. Grease 3. Chad 4. Marley 5. Cypress 6. They are homophones of countries. 

    Quick Crossword:

    Cryptic Crossword:

    Week 3 Semester 1 Edition 2023

    Sudoku:

    Quiz:
    Answers: lion, Prunella Scales, twins, Archer, fish, star signs

    American Crossword:

    Week 2 Semester 1 Edition 2023

    Quick Crossword:

    Quiz answers: 1. Jasmine 2. Aurora 3. Ariel 3. Rapunzel 5. Anna 6. They are all names of Disney princesses.

    Sudoku:

    Cryptic Crossword:

    Week 1 Semester 1 Edition 2023

    Omega Crossword:

    Sudoku:

    Welcome Week Semester 1 Edition 2023

    Quick Crossword:

    Quiz:
    ANSWERS 1. Butler 2. Bronte 3. Wolf 4. Austin 5. Elliot 6. They are all surnames (or homophones of surnames) of famous female authors.

    Sudoku:

    Cryptic Crossword: 

    From the mines

     

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