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Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall attend Royal Ascot, June 2022. Picture: Trevor Adams / MATRIX

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question: On which date each year is Halloween celebrated?

option: October 31

answer: 1

question: In the animated television series South Park, what colour is Kyle Broflovski’s hat?

option: Green

answer: 1

question: In the 1969 hit The Ballad of John and Yoko by The Beatles, what does the man in the mac say?

option: “You’ve got to go back”

answer: 1

question: Who won the Gold Logie on June 19?

option: Hamish Blake

answer: 1

question: An inhabitant of which Australian state is called a sandgroper?

option: Western Australia

answer: 1

question: Zeta is the sixth letter of which alphabet?

option: Greek

answer: 1

question: In Canada, which province lies between the provinces of Alberta and Manitoba?

option: Saskatchewan

answer: 1

question: In which African country was champion Australian swimmer Cate Campbell born?

option: Malawi

answer: 1

question: 9 What is an EOFY sale?

option: End of financial year

answer: 1

question: Who sang the 1960 novelty hit Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini?

option: Brian Hyland

answer: 1

question: In the song My Favourite Things from The Sound of Music, which wild birds fly “with the moon on their wings”?

option: Geese

answer: 1

question: Which country borders The Netherlands to the south?

option: Belgium

answer: 1

question: In which English city will the 2022 Commonwealth Games begin later this month?

option: Birmingham

answer: 1

question: Christian Petracca plays for which AFL team?

option: Melbourne

answer: 1

question: For what is “dismal science” an alternative derogatory name?

option: Economics

answer: 1

question: Competitors from which country competed as independent Olympic Athletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro?

option: Kuwait

answer: 1

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

option: Green

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the 1979 book The Right Stuff?

option: Tom Wolfe

answer: 1

question: Nahuatl is the most important indigenous language in which country?

option: Mexico

answer: 1

question: Name the Premier of Victoria.

option: Daniel Andrews

answer: 1

question: How many Saturdays are in July this year?

option: Five

answer: 1

question: Who played Julie Rafter in the Australian television series Packed to the Rafters?

option: Rebecca Gibney

answer: 1

question: What does “Mardi Gras” mean in French?

option: Fat Tuesday

answer: 1

question: Who is the youngest of the three regular judges in MasterChef Australia?

option: Andy Allen

answer: 1

question: Which federal politician’s 2007 autobiography was called Untamed & Unashamed?

option: Pauline Hanson’s

answer: 1

question: “Good to the last drop” was introduced as an advertising slogan for which brand of coffee in 1915?

option: Maxwell House

answer: 1

question: In the play Death of a Salesman, what is the first name of Willy Loman’s wife?

option: Linda

answer: 1

question: What nationality was painter Edgar Degas?

option: French

answer: 1

question: Which company manufactures HiLux vehicles?

option: Toyota

answer: 1

question: In which 1960s US TV comedy series did Mary Tyler Moore play Laura Petrie?

option: The Dick Van Dyke Show

answer: 1

question: How old is Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall?

option: 74

answer: 1

question: Which four-letter Irish county begins with C and ends with K?

option: Cork

answer: 1

question: What is the official language of Ghana?

option: English

answer: 1

question: Who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975?

option: Paul Allen

answer: 1

question: Dorothy the Dinosaur, one of The Wiggles’ friends, has what colour spots on her green skin?

option: Yellow

answer: 1

question: To which section of an orchestra does the trumpet belong?

option: Brass

answer: 1

question: Trafalgar Square is in which English city?

option: London

answer: 1

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

option: Six

answer: 1

question: What is the most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere?

option: Nitrogen

answer: 1

question: The Mediterranean island of Sicily is part of which country?

option: Italy

answer: 1

question: What is the symbol of the chemical element plutonium?

option: Pu

answer: 1

question: In which Arab country did Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, spend several years as a toddler?

option: Jordan

answer: 1

question: What is the smallest planet in the solar system?

option: Mercury

answer: 1

question: Gruyere cheese is made from the milk of which animal?

option: Cow

answer: 1

question: How many Z tiles are in a Standard English-language version of Scrabble?

option: One

answer: 1

question: On which day of the year are hot cross buns traditionally eaten?

option: Good Friday

answer: 1

question: What do you do if you give someone a wide berth?

option: Avoid them

answer: 1

question: Flaked what are the traditional topping of a Bakewell tart?

option: Almonds

answer: 1

question: Phu Quoc is the largest island of which Asian country?

option: Vietnam

answer: 1

question: Who immediately succeeded Malcolm Fraser as prime minister of Australia in 1983?

option: Bob Hawke

answer: 1