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In the 1969 hit The Ballad of John and Yoko by The Beatles, how many acorns are tied in a sack? Take our Brainwaves quiz – 50 general knowledge questions and an interactive template that keeps score as you go.

In the 1969 hit The Ballad of John and Yoko by The Beatles, how many acorns are tied in a sack? Picture: John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, arrive at The Hit Factory, a recording studio in New York City. AP Photo / Sands

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** Test your pop culture and current affairs knowledge with this week’s Brainwaves Quiz. Decide your answer then click on the answer button to see if you were correct. We’ll tally your score as you go. **

question: In a standard English-language edition of Scrabble, which letter is worth five points?

option: K

answer: 1

question: From 2015-18, who was Australia’s 29th prime minister?

option: Malcolm Turnbull

answer: 1

question: How old was US astronaut Neil Armstrong when he became the first person to walk on the moon in 1969?

option: 38

answer: 1

question: Eye of the Tiger, by US rock band Survivor, was the theme song for which Rocky film?

option: Rocky III

answer: 1

question: How many white stars are on the Northern Territory’s flag?

option: Five

answer: 1

question: How many years are in a decade?

option: 10

answer: 1

question: Name the three children of Bec and Lleyton Hewitt.

option: Mia, Cruz, Ava

answer: 1

question: What kind of cabbage shares its name with that of a famous London hotel?

option: Savoy

answer: 1

question: Subtract 1234 from 6789.

option: 5555

answer: 1

question: In which European country is the Loire Valley?

option: France

answer: 1

question: What is the name of the psychological test that involves analysing inkblots?

option: Rorschach test

answer: 1

question: Which word means a thing of little value or importance and a dessert?

option: Trifle

answer: 1

question: Which of these authors was born first: Charles Dickens, Mark Twain or Arthur Conan Doyle?

option: Charles Dickens

answer: 1

question: Name the only two mammals that lay eggs.

option: Duck-billed platypus, (four species of) echidna (spiny anteater)

answer: 1

question: Which European country sold Florida to the US in 1819?

option: Spain

answer: 1

question: South Africa’s Constitution recognises how many official languages?

option: 11

answer: 1

question: Proverbially, what is the better part of valour?

option: Discretion

answer: 1

question: Who directed the four Indiana Jones films?

option: Steven Spielberg

answer: 1

question: Gimel is the third letter of which alphabet?

option: Hebrew

answer: 1

question: How many days are in a leap year?

option: 366

answer: 1

question: Who is Australia’s chief medical officer?

option: Professor Paul Kelly

answer: 1

question: What does cruciform mean?

option: Having the shape of a cross

answer: 1

question: According to superstition, it is considered unlucky to leave what clothing accessory on a bed?

option: Hat

answer: 1

question: In which Australian capital city was the first day-night Test cricket match played with a pink ball in 2015?

option: Adelaide

answer: 1

question: In which country is the volcano Mt Vesuvius?

option: Italy

answer: 1

question: The names of how many American states contain the letter P?

option: Three (Mississippi, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania)

answer: 1

question: In which year during World War II did the Battle of the Coral Sea take place?

option: 1942

answer: 1

question: Unscramble these letters to name a two-word Adelaide suburb: YHADEPKR.

option: Hyde Park

answer: 1

question: In which year was the Melbourne Cup first filmed: 1896, 1906 or 1916?

option: 1896

answer: 1

question: Hardy Har Har was the animated hyena offsider of which cartoon character?

option: Lippy the Lion

answer: 1

question: What is the longest river in Africa?

option: Nile

answer: 1

question: What type of creature is a tawny frogmouth?

option: Bird

answer: 1

question: Ode to Joy is the finale of which Beethoven symphony?

option: No.9 (”Choral”)

answer: 1

question: Pont Neuf is the oldest standing bridge across which river in Paris?

option: Seine

answer: 1

question: In the classic British version of Monopoly, what is the most expensive property?

option: Mayfair

answer: 1

question: In the 1969 hit The Ballad of John and Yoko by The Beatles, how many acorns are tied in a sack?

option: 50

answer: 1

question: Who was prime minister of Australia for eight days in 1945?

option: Frank Forde

answer: 1

question: What is the first name of the title character in English author Virginia Woolf’s 1925 book Mrs Dalloway?

option: Clarissa

answer: 1

question: In the Star Wars universe, what type of humanoid alien is Chewbacca?

option: Wookiee

answer: 1

question: What is the square root of 144?

option: 12

answer: 1

question: How many sides does an icosagon have?

option: 20

answer: 1

question: What does the Richter scale measure?

option: Strength of earthquakes

answer: 1

question: Who was the leader of Walt Disney’s Seven Dwarfs?

option: Doc

answer: 1

question: What was Mr Squiggle’s address on the moon?

option: 93 Crater Crescent

answer: 1

question: “Animal” is an anagram of which Asian capital city?

option: Manila

answer: 1

question: On what date each year does the Sydney to Hobart yacht race start?

option: December 26

answer: 1

question: Name the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea.

option: James Marape

answer: 1

question: Completed in 1821, The Hay Wain is a painting by which English artist?

option: John Constable

answer: 1

question: According to US showman P.T. Barnum, which performers are the pegs on which the circus is hung?

option: Clowns

answer: 1

question: At which Summer Olympics were gold (first place), silver (second) and bronze (third) medals first awarded?

option: 1904 (St Louis

answer: 1