SA Weekend: Test your knowledge in the Brainwaves quiz for August 1-2
This week in the quiz, come prepared with your knowledge of 70s Aussie TV hits, European rivers, US geography, the Italian language and units of measurement.
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question: How many camels did an Arab once offer for English actor Diana Dors – 3, 13 or 23?
option: 23
answer: 1
question: Which chemical element has the symbol H?
option: Hydrogen
answer: 1
question: What was the number of the flat occupied by Alf and Lucy Sutcliffe in the 1970s Australian television soap opera Number 96?
option: 8
answer: 1
question: Unscramble these letters to name an Adelaide Hills town – BAEHLLOT.
option: Lobethal
answer: 1
question: Xavier Duursma plays for which AFL club?
option: Port Adelaide
answer: 1
question: To which clan did Scottish outlaw and folk hero Rob Roy belong?
option: MacGregor
answer: 1
question: How many face cards are in a deck of 52 playing cards?
option: 12
answer: 1
question: How many syllables are in the word “individualisation”?
option: Eight
answer: 1
question: The River Spree flows through which European capital city?
option: Berlin
answer: 1
question: The song I Don’t Know How to Love Him comes from which rock musical?
option: Jesus Christ Superstar
answer: 1
question: In which month is 149th day of the year?
option: May
answer: 1
question: What was the name of the family dog in the US television situation comedy series The Brady Bunch?
option: Tiger
answer: 1
question: Symphony No. 7 by which Russian composer is known as the Leningrad Symphony?
option: Dmitri Shostakovich
answer: 1
question: The Famous Grouse is what kind of alcoholic drink?
option: Scotch whisky
answer: 1
question: The stage and film musical Mamma Mia! is set in which country?
option: Greece
answer: 1
question: Who won MasterChef Australia: Back to Win on July 20?
option: Emelia Jackson
answer: 1
question: Who wrote the 1995 book High Fidelity?
option: Nick Hornby
answer: 1
question: Which prison in Paris was stormed on July 14, 1789?
option: The Bastille
answer: 1
question: In which Australian capital city is the suburb of South Yarra?
option: Melbourne
answer: 1
question: Which French composer wrote the 1924 rhapsodic piece Tzigane?
option: Maurice Ravel
answer: 1
question: Who was the original “beast” in the Australian television panel program Beauty and the Beast?
option: Eric Baume
answer: 1
question: How is the painting Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 by US artist James Whistler better known?
option: Whislter’s Mother
answer: 1
question: What was the first leap year after the end of World War I?
option: 1920
answer: 1
question: Is Hawaii north or south of the Equator?
option: North
answer: 1
question: How many ounces are in four pounds?
option: 64
answer: 1
question: Peter Gutwein is the Premier of which Australian state?
option: Tasmania
answer: 1
question: The Uros Floating Islands occupy a small corner of which South American lake?
option: Lake Titicaca
answer: 1
question: Is the ninth letter of the English alphabet a consonant or a vowel?
option: Vowel (I)
answer: 1
question: In which modern-day country is Mt Ararat, the rumoured final resting place of Noah’s ark?
option: Turkey
answer: 1
question: What was the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier?
option: USS Enterprice
answer: 1
question: How old was US comedian Bob Hope when he died in 2003?
option: 100
answer: 1
question: Which city is the setting for the traditional Irish song Molly Malone?
option: Dublin
answer: 1
question: Which German word is often used in English to mean pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune?
option: Schadenfreude
answer: 1
question: In which city was the Titanic built?
option: Belfast
answer: 1
question: In which European city are the Spanish Steps a popular tourist site?
option: Rome
answer: 1
question: Who played high school student Vinnie Barbarino in the US television situation comedy series Welcome Back, Kotter?
option: John Travolta
answer: 1
question: What is the capital of Greece?
option: Athens
answer: 1
question: Lunedi is the Italian word for which day of the week?
option: Monday
answer: 1
question: Who recorded Under My Skin, a No. 1 hit album in Adelaide in 2004?
option: Avril Lavigne
answer: 1
question: What number is added to 128 to make 500?
option: 372
answer: 1
question: What colour is the wax rind on edam cheese?
option: Red
answer: 1
question: In the Don McLean song American Pie, what is the “devil’s only friend”?
option: Fire
answer: 1
question: Which former Indian cricketer is the only batsman to complete more than 30,000 runs in international competition?
option: Sachin Tendulkar
answer: 1
question: Who played the female lead in the 2003 film Girl with a Pearl Earring?
option: Scarlett Johansson
answer: 1
question: What sport do the Toronto Blue Jays play?
option: Baseball
answer: 1
question: What was US President John F. Kennedy’s middle name?
option: Fitzgerald
answer: 1
question: Of which country is Luzon the largest and most populated island?
option: The Philippines
answer: 1
question: What is the first prime number after 100?
option: 101
answer: 1
question: Into which body of water does the Mississippi River flow?
option: Gulf of Mexico
answer: 1
question: The 2002 FIFA World Cup was hosted by Japan and which other country?
option: South Korea
answer: 1