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question: Satchmo, a nickname of US trumpeter Louis Armstrong, was a contraction of which two words?
option: Satchel mouth
answer: 1
question: In 1901, who became Australia’s first Prime Minister?
option: Edmund Barton
answer: 1
question: The Texel is a breed of which animal?
option: Sheep
answer: 1
question: What is a word, phrase, number or sequence of words that read the same backwards as forwards called?
option: Palindrome
answer: 1
question: Name the Premier of South Australia.
option: Steven Marshall
answer: 1
question: In which continent was Ellen Johnson Sirleaf the first elected female head of state?
option: Africa (Liberia in 2006)
answer: 1
question: Which book by US author Kurt Vonnegut begins: “Call me Jonah”?
option: Cat’s Cradle
answer: 1
question: In which month is the 167th day of the year?
option: June
answer: 1
question: How many syllables are in the word “enthusiastically”?
option: Seven
answer: 1
question: Which book by Austrian author Felix Salten became a Disney film?
option: Bambi: A Life in the Woods
answer: 1
question: Which member of the British royal family was born on April 21, 1926?
option: The Queen
answer: 1
question: Who played the title role in the 2007 film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street?
option: Johnny Depp
answer: 1
question: What is the 11th month of the year?
option: November
answer: 1
question: What do the letters CHOGM stand for?
option: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
answer: 1
question: In which city will the 2020 AFL Grand Final be played on October 24?
option: Brisbane
answer: 1
question: Which England bowler dismissed Don Bradman the most times in Test matches?
option: Hedley Verity (eight times)
answer: 1
question: What kind of person is a landlubber?
option: A person unfamiliar with the sea or sailing
answer: 1
question: Finland shares its longest border with which country?
option: Russia
answer: 1
question: Honolulu is the capital of which American state?
option: Hawaii
answer: 1
question: Which Elvis Presley hit begins: “Seven lonely days and a dozen towns ago”?
option: Kentucky Rain
answer: 1
question: What is legerity?
option: Physical or mental agility or quickness; nimbleness
answer: 1
question: Rearrange the letters PRESS AHEAD to make a single word.
option: Spearheads
answer: 1
question: In which South Australian mountain chain is Wilpena Pound?
option: Flinders Ranges
answer: 1
question: “You deserve a break today” was an advertising slogan for which fast-food restaurant chain?
option: McDonald’s
answer: 1
question: Who is Australia’s Education Minister?
option: Dan Tehan
answer: 1
question: A crystal wedding anniversary signifies how many years of marriage?
option: 15
answer: 1
question: Who wrote the 1968 essay collection Slouching Towards Bethlehem?
option: Joan Didion
answer: 1
question: In which country did the Carnation Revolution take place in 1974?
option: Portugal
answer: 1
question: Sb is the symbol for which chemical element?
option: Antimony
answer: 1
question: How many clarinets play in unison at the start of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5?
option: Two
answer: 1
question: US oceanographer Robert Ballard discovered the wreck of which ocean liner in 1985?
option: Titanic
answer: 1
question: Tommy Traddles is a character in which book by English author Charles Dickens?
option: David Copperfield
answer: 1
question: Who directed the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey?
option: Stanley Kubrick
answer: 1
question: Name the Japanese Prime Minister who announced his resignation last month.
option: Shinzo Abe
answer: 1
question: Which herb has the scientific name “Petroselinum crispum”?
option: Parsley
answer: 1
question: Which country’s flag features a golden eagle gripping a snake in its beak and talons?
option: Mexico’s
answer: 1
question: In which year did the Korean War start?
option: 1950
answer: 1
question: In an alphabetical list of American states, what comes between Ohio and Oregon?
option: Oklahoma
answer: 1
question: Which 1994 Oasis album included the hit Cigarettes & Alcohol?
option: Definitely Maybe
answer: 1
question: “Clone her sample” is an anagram of which Australian model?
option: Elle Macpherson
answer: 1
question: The Bolshoi Theatre is in which Russian city?
option: Moscow
answer: 1
question: Which acid helps to break down food in the stomach?
option: Hydrochloric acid
answer: 1
question: Who played James Bond in the 2008 film Quantum of Solace?
option: Daniel Craig
answer: 1
question: With what is the liqueur Triple Sec flavoured?
option: Orange
answer: 1
question: How many millilitres are in a litre?
option: 1000
answer: 1
question: What kind of meteorological feature is a fohn?
option: A wind
answer: 1
question: Which European capital is on the Vltava River?
option: Prague
answer: 1
question: Who is the Democratic nominee in the US presidential election?
option: Joe Biden
answer: 1
question: What nationality is Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen?
option: Finnish
answer: 1
question: In which country is the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
option: Italy
answer: 1