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question: Who was US actress Marilyn Monroe’s third and last husband?

option: Arthur Miller

answer: 1

question: In heraldry, which word means black?

option: Sable

answer: 1

question: What does “auriferous” mean?

option: Yielding or containing gold

answer: 1

question: Name the Premier of Victoria.

option: Daniel Andrews

answer: 1

question: What is Adelaide’s last remaining drive-in theatre?

option: Mainline (at Gepps Cross)

answer: 1

question: In popular culture, which US folk hero is commonly referred to as the “King of the Wild Frontier”?

option: Davy Crockett

answer: 1

question: The landlocked African kingdom of Lesotho is encircled by which country?

option: South Africa

answer: 1

question: Orology is the study of what?

option: Mountains

answer: 1

question: Alphabetically, what is the last month of the year?

option: September

answer: 1

question: A period of good fortune is what colour patch?

option: Purple

answer: 1

question: According to the title of a 2015 book by author-broadcaster Stuart Coupe, who is “The Godfather of Australian Rock ‘n’ Roll?

option: Michael Gudinski

answer: 1

question: What does “antsy” mean?

option: Very nervous; worried; unpleasantly excited

answer: 1

question: Who is South Australia’s Lieutenant-Governor?

option: Professor Brenda Wilson

answer: 1

question: What is a Gila monster?

option: Venomous lizard

answer: 1

question: Which US president was born Leslie King in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1913?

option: Gerald Ford

answer: 1

question: Who composed the song Mr Tambourine Man?

option: Bob Dylan

answer: 1

question: Phuket is which country’s largest island?

option: Thailand’s

answer: 1

question: What was US actor James Dean’s middle name?

option: Byron

answer: 1

question: What is the Italian word for Saturday?

option: Sabato

answer: 1

question: Which letter comes immediately after L in the English alphabet?

option: M

answer: 1

question: What is the nickname of the Australian national netball team?

option: Diamonds

answer: 1

question: In the Google logo, what is the colour of the first “o”?

option: Red

answer: 1

question: In the Bible, who was the first son of Adam and Eve?

option: Cain

answer: 1

question: The song A Spoonful of Sugar comes from which film and stage musical?

option: Mary Poppins

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the 1987 book The Bonfire of the Vanities?

option: Tom Wolfe

answer: 1

question: Which day of the week was Circus Day in the original series of the children’s TV program The Mickey Mouse Club?

option: Thursday

answer: 1

question: In the song Lady Madonna by The Beatles, which night of the week “arrives without a suitcase”?

option: Friday

answer: 1

question: In Greek mythology, who was the goddess of youth?

option: Hebe

answer: 1

question: By area, what is Africa’s largest lake?

option: Lake Victoria

answer: 1

question: Which letter is between F and H on a standard keyboard?

option: G

answer: 1

question: In British-American author P.G Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, what is Lord Emsworth’s family name?

option: Threepwood

answer: 1

question: Name the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police

option: Reece Kershaw

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the 1956 poem Howl?

option: Allen Ginsberg

answer: 1

question: How many feet are in a fathom?

option: Six

answer: 1

question: What kind of animal was Dorist in the Australian TV series A Country Practice?

option: Pig

answer: 1

question: Which country is the setting for Wiliam Shakespear’s play Hamlet?

option: Denmark

answer: 1

question: What is 15 per cent of 200?

option: 30

answer: 1

question: What is the name of the talking taxi in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

option: Benny

answer: 1

question: In the nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle, what does the cow jump over?

option: The moon

answer: 1

question: In which European city is the historic Bolshoi Theatre?

option: Moscow

answer: 1

question: Who is Australia’s Minister for Health and Aged Care?

option: Greg Hunt

answer: 1

question: Who sings the 2017 hit Perfect?

option: Ed Sheeran

answer: 1

question: What kind of “bird” was Sam in the TV comedy series The Muppet show?

option: Eagle

answer: 1

question: Moonlight Serenade was the signature tune of which US bandleader?

option: Glenn Miller

answer: 1

question: In which year were the first parking meters installed in Adelaide?

option: 1958

answer: 1

question: A Salopian is a person from which English county?

option: Shropshire

answer: 1

question: What is the occupation of Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine) in the 1960 film The Apartment?

option: Lift driver

answer: 1

question: What is the monetary unit of Brazil?

option: Brazilian real

answer: 1

question: On a map of the London Underground, what is the colour of the District Line?

option: Green

answer: 1

question: In which Australian city is the suburb of Yarralumla?

option: Canberra

answer: 1