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question: Who is heir apparent to the British throne?

option: Prince Charles

answer: 1

question: In which Australian state is Rottnest Island?

option: Western Australia

answer: 1

question: How old was former Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds when he died on May 14?

option: 46

answer: 1

question: Unscramble these letters to name a card game: DKKEIOLN.

option: Klondike

answer: 1

question: Who was the first Tudor monarch?

option: Henry VII

answer: 1

question: Which country won the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest on May 14?

option: Ukraine

answer: 1

question: What is the national language of Pakistan?

option: Urdu

answer: 1

question: Which world leader did Australian prime minister Tony Abbott threaten to “shirt-front” in 2014?

option: Vladimir Putin

answer: 1

question: Which fellow performer is US actor Angelina Jolie’s father?

option: Jon Voight

answer: 1

question: Sal, Boa Vista and Fogo are islands in which Atlantic archipelago?

option: Cape Verde

answer: 1

question: What does a sundial indicate?

option: Time of day during periods of sunlight

answer: 1

question: Which former West Indies fast bowler was nicknamed Whispering Death?

option: Michael Holding

answer: 1

question: Which country was known as British Honduras until 1973?

option: Belize

answer: 1

question: Cerulean is a shade of which colour?

option: Blue

answer: 1

question: Who won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in the 1934 film It Happened One Night?

option: Clark Gable

answer: 1

question: Which noble gas has the symbol Ar?

option: Argon

answer: 1

question: Sonora is a state of which country?

option: Mexico

answer: 1

question: What is the lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere?

option: Troposphere

answer: 1

question: What does the A in DNA stand for?

option: Acid

answer: 1

question: Who played the title role in the 1962 film Birdman of Alcatraz?

option: Burt Lancaster

answer: 1

question: Oil was the working title for which US prime time television soap opera?

option: Dynasty

answer: 1

question: Which US author wrote the 1950 book Strangers on a Train?

option: Patricia Highsmith

answer: 1

question: Spain and Portugal occupy which peninsula?

option: Iberian

answer: 1

question: How many sides do 12 heptagons have?

option: 84

answer: 1

question: Luganville is the second-largest city of which South Pacific island nation?

option: Vanuatu

answer: 1

question: On which Greek island are the ruins of the Palace of Knossos?

option: Crete

answer: 1

question: Whose album 1999 was released in 1982?

option: Prince’s

answer: 1

question: In which Australian state is Great Sandy National Park?

option: Queensland

answer: 1

question: Wallonia is a region of which European country?

option: Belgium

answer: 1

question: In the song Penny Lane, by The Beatles, what is in the fireman’s pocket?

option: Portrait of the Queen

answer: 1

question: Who played Dorothy Zbornak in the US television situation comedy series The Golden Girls?

option: Bea Arthur

answer: 1

question: What colour is cartoon character Huckleberry Hound?

option: Blue

answer: 1

question: How many syllables are in the word “agoraphobia”?

option: Six

answer: 1

question: What kind of animal is an oribi?

option: Small African antelope

answer: 1

question: Proverbially, what kind of dogs seldom bite?

option: Barking

answer: 1

question: What is the capital of Costa Rica?

option: San Jose

answer: 1

question: “Ward he hated” is an anagram of which former British prime minister?

option: Edward Heath

answer: 1

question: What are the two main ingredients of the French dish aligot?

option: Cheese, mashed potatoes

answer: 1

question: Who created the characters Bertie Wooster and Reginald Jeeves?

option: P.G. Wodehouse

answer: 1

question: The U2 song Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Off is about which Australian singer?

option: Michael Hutchence

answer: 1

question: Rearrange these nine three-letter groups to find three occupations: SIC TER BAR IAN PHY MAT RIS IST DRA.

option: Barrister, dramatist, physician

answer: 1

question: What were the first names of the two Newcastle-based brothers who won Lego Masters on Channel 9 on May 16?

option: Joss, Henry

answer: 1

question: Who is the Prime Minister of Australia?

option: Anthony Albanese

answer: 1

question: Namibia has a coastline on which ocean?

option: Atlantic

answer: 1

question: The Hoover Dam is on the border between which two American states?

option: Arizona, Nevada

answer: 1

question: Which is not a character in the US disco vocal group Village People: police officer, construction worker, cowboy or hairdresser?

option: Hairdresser

answer: 1

question: Astigmatism affects which part of the body?

option: Eye

answer: 1

question: What was the name of Frank and Betty Spencer’s pet cat in the British television situation comedy series Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em?

option: Cleopatra

answer: 1

question: In surface area, what is the largest loch in Scotland?

option: Loch Lomond

answer: 1

question: Who directed the 2006 film Apocalypto?

option: Mel Gibson

answer: 1