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Julie Andrews in beloved movie The Sound of Music.

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question: By population, what is the world’s largest island country?

option: Indonesia

answer: 1

question: Which Italian city is famous for its canals?

option: Venice

answer: 1

question: In the song My Favourite Things from The Sound of Music, which word rhymes with “strudels”?

option: Noodles

answer: 1

question: Which sport is traditionally called America’s favourite pastime?

option: Baseball

answer: 1

question: How many strings does a standard ukulele have?

option: Four

answer: 1

question: Who was the inaugural host of the ABC-TV program Media Watch?

option: Stuart Littlemore

answer: 1

question: What is the name of the little girl’s soft toy which goes missing in a current Toyota HiLux television commercial?

option: Bun-Bun

answer: 1

question: How many gold medals did Australia win at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro?

option: Eight

answer: 1

question: Name the player who kicked the first goal in Showdown 1 between Adelaide and Port Adelaide on April 20, 1997.

option: Michael Wilson (Port Adelaide)

answer: 1

question: Who is the king of the fairies in William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

option: Oberon

answer: 1

question: Which American state begins with I and ends with S?

option: Illinois

answer: 1

question: The small republic of San Marino is completely surrounded by which country?

option: Italy

answer: 1

question: Who is Australia’s Immigration Minister?

option: Alex Hawke

answer: 1

question: Who is considered to be the founder of the modern frozen food industry?

option: Clarence Birdseye

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the self-help book Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus?

option: John Gray

answer: 1

question: Asmara is the capital of which country?

option: Eritrea

answer: 1

question: Who was Muhammad Ali’s opponent for the Rumble in the Jungle boxing match in 1974?

option: George Foreman

answer: 1

question: Name the six countries which border Iraq.

option: Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey

answer: 1

question: In which European city did German-born actor Marlene Dietrich die in 1992?

option: Paris

answer: 1

question: David Koch is chairman of which AFL club?

option: Port Adelaide

answer: 1

question: Name the three colours on the national flag of Italy.

option: Green, white, red

answer: 1

question: A Savoyard is a devotee of whose comic operas?

option: Gilbert and Sullivan’s

answer: 1

question: How many years is a French presidential term?

option: Five

answer: 1

question: Austria shares its longest border with which country?

option: Germany

answer: 1

question: What sport do the New Zealand Breakers play?

option: Basketball

answer: 1

question: Who played the title role in the 2015 film Trumbo?

option: Bryan Cranston

answer: 1

question: Which material is used in the craft of origami?

option: Paper

answer: 1

question: Unscramble these letters to name an Adelaide suburb – CSWKKEI.

option: Keswick

answer: 1

question: Who was the original host of the reality series Big Brother when it premiered on Australian television in 2001?

option: Keswick

answer: 1

question: Omicron is the 15th letter of which alphabet?

option: Greek

answer: 1

question: What is the 10th month of the year?

option: October

answer: 1

question: Which Portuguese explorer named the Pacific Ocean?

option: Ferdinand Magellan

answer: 1

question: What is the first name of Flambeau, a fictional character created by English author G.K. Chesterton?

option: Hercule

answer: 1

question: During which century was the Taj Mahal built?

option: 17th

answer: 1

question: What does the “a” stand for in the acronym “scuba”?

option: Apparatus

answer: 1

question: Which year is represented by the Roman numerals MMXXII?

option: 2022

answer: 1

question: How many red balls are used in a game of snooker?

option: 15

answer: 1

question: Which Australian prime minister died in office in 1939?

option: Joseph Lyons

answer: 1

question: Name the Harry Potter character who says: “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”

option: Albus Dumbledore

answer: 1

question: Luzon is the largest and most populated island of which country?

option: The Philippines

answer: 1

question: In the Uber Eats logo, what colour are the letters in the word “Eats”?

option: Green

answer: 1

question: How old is tennis champion Ashleigh Barty?

option: 25

answer: 1

question: For what is epistaxis the medical term?

option: Nosebleed

answer: 1

question: How many minutes are in a week?

option: 10,080

answer: 1

question: Who was US actor Marilyn Monroe’s first husband?

option: James Dougherty

answer: 1

question: “Tell him he’s dreaming” is a famous line from which 1997 Australian film?

option: The Castle

answer: 1

question: Who was the first Indigenous Australian to win a world boxing title?

option: Lionel Rose

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the Twilight series of novels?

option: Stephenie Meyer

answer: 1

question: How many African countries begin with the letter P?

option: None

answer: 1

question: How many times did Kingston Town win the W.S. Cox Plate horse race?

option: Three

answer: 1