Students

Over 8,000 Queensland primary school children participate in Trivia Challenge every year.

This is a great way to develop your general knowledge and learn about epilepsy as well as impress your family and friends with great trivia that you know!

We encourage you to obtain sponsorship for your participation in Trivia Challenge. People who sponsor you can choose to donate an amount per correctly answered question or they may find it easier to make a flat donation. All donations over $2.00 are tax deductible.

In return for your wonderful fundraising efforts, Epilepsy Queensland provides terrific incentive prizes to all students who raise $10 or more. There are also great prizes for the highest fundraiser, the highest fundraising school and the highest fundraising school per participating student. Keep checking this site for an update of what prizes you can win! There are also random prize draws for every fundraising student – the more $$$ you raise the more chances you have of winning a great prize.

Check out the sample questions below. Questions will be changed regularly.

Look at these fantastic photos of some of our past participants and prize winners having a great time. Your picture may be here next year!!

So go on . . . join in to have some great fun with Epilepsy Queensland and Trivia Challenge!

What do students think about Trivia Challenge?

“It was cool when I knew some of the answers that my team mates didn’t.”

“Thanks to Trivia Challenge my friends now know a lot more about what happens to me when I have a seizure at school and they don’t get scared anymore.”

“Thank you for the prizes, I didn’t think I would get so many!”

“It didn’t feel like doing school work as we were laughing at some of the silly answers we came up with.”

“Mum and Dad are very proud of me and how much money I was able to collect from my neighbours.”

“My cousin has epilepsy and I didn’t know much about it until my teacher showed us the DVD, now I know what to do if she ever has a seizure.”

Sample Questions

These questions will be changed regularly – so visit again soon!

1. In 1829, Walter Hunt invented what common item? Safety pins
2. What is the common name of rubella? German measles
3. Which two metals are alloyed to make pewter? Tin and lead
4. Which society cared for plagued victims after physicians left in 1665? Apothacaries
5. What instrument does Grumpy play in Disney's Snow White? Organ
6. Terra Psittacorum was an early name for which country? Australia
7. What animal is faster than a horse, can hold water longer than a camel and is able to see behind itself? Giraffe
8. What does ludo mean? Play
9. What instrument is sometimes called the `clown of the orchestra'? Bassoon
10. What dance is usually performed to Orpheus in the Underworld? The Can Can
11. According to the Chinese calendar, 2009 is the Year of the what? Ox
12. In the `Winnie the Pooh' stories, what is Kanga's baby called? Roo
13. Viticulture refers to the growing of what kind of plants? Vines
14. What TV character lived in Waratah National Park? Skippy
15. What does an alopecia sufferer lack? Hair
16. Who created the land of `Narnia' and wrote `The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe'? Clive Staples Lewis
17. Lack of vitamin B1 causes what condition? Beri Beri
18. What digit does not exist in Roman Numerals? Zero or 0
19. What is Bart Simpson's middle name? Jo Jo
20. What colour are Dalmatians when they are born? White

For more information contact Judy Vorster on 07 34355000 or via email jvorster@epilepsyqueensland.com.au.