Test your knowledge of news, sport and pop culture in Brainwaves, the SA Weekend quiz for 13-14 August, 2022

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question: Linseed oil is obtained from the dried, ripened seeds of which plant?

option: Flax

answer: 1

question: In golf, how many strokes below par on one hole is an albatross?

option: Three

answer: 1

question: What is Australia’s Harbour City?

option: Sydney

answer: 1

question: What was the name of the dog owned by Martin Crane (John Mahoney) in the US television situation comedy series Frasier?

option: Eddie

answer: 1

question: By what trade name is the chemical compound polytetrafluoroethylene better known?

option: Teflon

answer: 1

question: Which green material robs Superman of his strength?

option: Kryptonite

answer: 1

question: Who sang the 1987 hit La Isla Bonita?

option: Madonna

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the poem Ode to a Nightingale?

option: John Keats

answer: 1

question: What is the colour of the bottom horizontal stripe on the flag of Greece?

option: Blue

answer: 1

question: Rearrange these nine three-letter groups to make three Asian countries: NIS, SIA, TAN, ONE, TUR, TAN, BHU, IND, KME.

option: Turkmenistan, Bhutan, Indonesia

answer: 1

question: What is the next leap year?

option: 2024

answer: 1

question: How old was Australian singer Judith Durham when she died on August 5?

option: 79

answer: 1

question: Created by Scottish author-playwright J.M. Barrie, who is the boy who never grew up?

option: Peter Pan

answer: 1

question: In which African country is the ancient city of Carthage?

option: Tunisia

answer: 1

question: How many months have 31 days?

option: Seven

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the 1973 novel Fear of Flying?

option: Erica Jong

answer: 1

question: Who was US actor Tom Cruise’s first wife?

option: Mimi Rogers

answer: 1

question: Named after English actor-comedian John Cleese, what type of animal is an avahi cleesei?

option: Lemur

answer: 1

question: Foie gras is food made from which part of a duck or goose?

option: Liver

answer: 1

question: In which American state is the city of Philadelphia?

option: Pennsylvania

answer: 1

question: In the Tom and Jerry cartoons, what type of animal is Tom?

option: Cat

answer: 1

question: Which US singer was born Marvin Lee Aday in 1947?

option: Meat Loaf

answer: 1

question: “Arch sin rival” is an anagram of which Scottish DJ, singer and songwriter?

option: Calvin Harris

answer: 1

question: In the song Strawberry Fields Forever by The Beatles, what “is easy with eyes closed”?

option: Living

answer: 1

question: Who composed the solo piano piece Fur Elise?

option: Ludwig van Beethoven

answer: 1

question: What colour is a standard ice hockey puck?

option: Black

answer: 1

question: Which 1957 musical was inspired by William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet?

option: West Side Story

answer: 1

question: In boxing, what do the letters KO stand for?

option: Knockout

answer: 1

question: How many hours are in a week?

option: 168

answer: 1

question: In which European country is El Pais a best-selling daily newspaper?

option: Spain

answer: 1

question: In a medical context, the suffix “-itis” indicates the presence of what?

option: Inflammation

answer: 1

question: How old is AFL player Charlie Dixon (Port Adelaide No.22) – 28, 31 or 34?

option: 31

answer: 1

question: Which famous poet was born in Alloway, Scotland, in 1759?

option: Robert Burns

answer: 1

question: The song Don’t Rain On My Parade comes from which musical?

option: Funny Girl

answer: 1

question: The adjective “ovine” refers to what kind of animal?

option: Sheep

answer: 1

question: English businessman Samuel Ryder donated the trophy for a biennial competition in which sport?

option: Golf (Ryder Cup)

answer: 1

question: Which Australian island is considered to be the largest sand island in the world?

option: Fraser Island

answer: 1

question: The Big Rocking Horse is a tourist attraction in which South Australian town?

option: Gumeracha

answer: 1

question: In which country is Bosphorus University?

option: Turkey

answer: 1

question: Which English author created seafaring hero Horatio Hornblower?

option: C.S. Forester

answer: 1

question: Which Friends character sought to excuse his infidelity to Rachel by repeatedly insisting “We were on a break”?

option: Ross Geller

answer: 1

question: How many syllables are in the words “Arabian Peninsula”?

option: Eight

answer: 1

question: Which branch of medicine deals with the foot, ankle and lower leg?

option: Podiatry

answer: 1

question: What is the monetary unit of Thailand?

option: Thai baht

answer: 1

question: In which Australian state is the Murchison Highway?

option: Tasmania

answer: 1

question: In the musical Fiddler on the Roof, who is the eldest daughter of Golde and Tevye?

option: Tzeitel

answer: 1

question: Which Indian prime minister gave his name to a type of collarless jacket?

option: Jawaharlal Nehru

answer: 1

question: How many countries have English names starting with Q?

option: One (Qatar)

answer: 1

question: What colour is the Circle line on a map of the London Underground?

option: Yellow

answer: 1

question: Which sport is played by the Washington Wizards?

option: Basketball

answer: 1