Test your knowledge of news, sport and pop culture in Brainwaves, the SA Weekend quiz for October 24-25, 2020

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Do you know what kind of farm op star Taylor Swift grew up on? That’s question 50 in today’s quiz. Picture: Republic Records

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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 which city is the bronze statue of The Little Mermaid?

option: Copenhagen

answer: 1

question: In which country was the music streaming service Spotify founded in 2006?

option: Sweden

answer: 1

question: How many legs does a tripod have?

option: Three

answer: 1

question: Which North Adelaide player won the 2020 Magarey Medal?

option: Campbell Combe

answer: 1

question: Which island nation is sometimes called the “eighth continent”?

option: Madagascar

answer: 1

question: Which fruit is affected by Panama disease?

option: Bananas

answer: 1

question: In a 1927 novel by English author Henry Williamson, what type of creature is   Tarka?

option: Otter

answer: 1

question: What do the Scottish call their New Year celebrations?

option: Hogmanay

answer: 1

question: Which Austrian composer was affectionately called Little Mushroom by his friends?

option: Franz Schubert

answer: 1

question: Who is No 18 for AFL club Port Adelaide?

option: Zak Butters

answer: 1

question: Uttar Pradesh is which country’s most populous state?

option: India’s

answer: 1

question: The snow leopard is also known by what five-letter name?

option: Ounce

answer: 1

question: “Ulcers slower” is an anagram of which New Zealand-born actor?

option: Russell Crowe

answer: 1

question: Who is the incoming Adelaide Football Club chairman?

option: John Olsen

answer: 1

question: “Ch”, “dd”, “ff” and “ll” are distinct sounds in which language?

option: Welsh

answer: 1

question: In which year were the Summer and Winter Olympics last held in the same   calendar year?

option: 1992

answer: 1

question: Which American state begins and ends with the letter O?

option: Ohio

answer: 1

question: In the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence, what is the queen eating?

option: Bread and honey

answer: 1

question: Which ancient conqueror had a horse called Bucephalus?

option: Alexander the Great

answer: 1

question: What is the capital of Portugal?

option: Lisbon

answer: 1

question: What is the international dialling code for New Zealand?

option: 64

answer: 1

question: In which Canadian province is the city of Montreal?

option: Quebec

answer: 1

question: Who composed the Eroica Symphony?

option: Ludwig van Beethoven

answer: 1

question: Who was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968?

option: Martin Luther King Jr

answer: 1

question: Which Japanese city is the setting for Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly?

option: Nagasaki

answer: 1

question: Colcannon, a dish of mashed potato with kale or cabbage, comes from which country?

option: Ireland

answer: 1

question: Coeliac disease is caused by a reaction to which protein found in grains?

option: Gluten

answer: 1

question: What is the official language of Tunisia?

option: Arabic

answer: 1

question: What nationality is Agatha Christie’s fictional detective Hercule Poirot?

option: Belgian

answer: 1

question: Alphabetically, what is the first colour in the five interlocking Olympic rings?

option: Black

answer: 1

question: The 1956 film Reach for the Sky tells the story of which Royal Air Force pilot?

option: Douglas Bader

answer: 1

question: Name the three-letter word which completes the following longer words:

sh---s, d---ged, c---its.

option: Red (shreds, dredged, credits)

answer: 1

question: On which day of the week does the story in the Billy Joel hit Piano Man begin?

option: Saturday

answer: 1

question: Unscramble these letters to name one of the Channel Islands – KARS.

option: Sark

answer: 1

question: In which year was the Australian $1 coin introduced?

option: 1984

answer: 1

question: Who played greedy financier Gordon Gekko in the 1987 film Wall Street?

option: Michael Douglas

answer: 1

question: Who is the US Democratic vice-presidential nominee?

option: Kamala Harris

answer: 1

question: In the television fantasy drama series Game of Thrones, what is the capital of the Seven Kingdoms?

option: King’s Landing

answer: 1

question: With which instrument is Spanish musician Marisa Robles associated?

option: Harp

answer: 1

question: A nickel is how many US cents?

option: Five

answer: 1

question: Who played the title role in the 1958 film Gigi?

option: Leslie Caron

answer: 1

question: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common form of what?

option: Skin cancer

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the play The Glass Menagerie?

option: Tennessee Williams

answer: 1

question: In the 1960s animated TV series Batfink, who was the title character’s sidekick?

option: Karate

answer: 1

question: Which letter comes immediately before kappa in the Greek alphabet?

option: Iota

answer: 1

question: What is polydipsia?

option: Excessive thirst

answer: 1

question: Titan is the largest moon of which planet?

option: Saturn

answer: 1

question: Who loves Laura in the 1960 Ray Peterson hit Tell Laura I Love Her?

option: Tommy

answer: 1

question: What is the monetary unit of Japan?

option: Japanese yen

answer: 1

question: US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift grew up on what type of farm?

option: Christmas tree

answer: 1