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Do you know the name of Labor leader Anthony Albanese’s dog? Picture: Toby Zerna

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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 century did Joan of Arc live?

option: 15th

answer: 1

question: Lexus is the luxury car division of which vehicle manufacturer?

option: Toyota

answer: 1

question: Which member of the British royal family was born on May 2, 2015?

option: Princess Charlotte of Cambridge

answer: 1

question: By area, Bremen is which European country’s smallest state?

option: Germany’s

answer: 1

question: From 1945-57, who was US actor Lauren Bacall’s first husband?

option: Humphrey Bogart

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the one-act play Suddenly Last Summer?

option: Tennessee Williams

answer: 1

question: Based in Canberra, who is the Seven Network’s political editor?

option: Mark Riley

answer: 1

question: Who won the 2022 US Masters golf tournament on April 10?

option: Scottie Scheffler

answer: 1

question: Who played Rhett Butler in the 1939 film Gone With the Wind?

option: Clark Gable

answer: 1

question: According to legend, the British monarchy will fall if which birds leave the Tower of London?

option: Ravens

answer: 1

question: VT is the postal abbreviation of which American state?

option: Vermont

answer: 1

question: Which Port Adelaide AFL player was taken to hospital after complaining of heart palpitations during his team’s loss to Melbourne at Adelaide Oval on April 7?

option: Ollie Wines

answer: 1

question: In relation to radiology, what does MRI stand for?

option: Magnetic resonance imaging

answer: 1

question: Name the pet dog of federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese.

option: Toto

answer: 1

question: Kefir is a drink made with fermented what?

option: Milk

answer: 1

question: Sheet bend, figure eight and bowline are all types of what?

option: Knots

answer: 1

question: Proteus, Despina and Halimede are moons of which planet?

option: Neptune

answer: 1

question: The capybara is the world’s largest living what?

option: Rodent

answer: 1

question: The cimbasso is a musical instrument belonging to which section of an orchestra?

option: Brass

answer: 1

question: What was the first name of Italian composer Verdi?

option: Giuseppe

answer: 1

question: The job of which Mr Men character is to help Father Christmas?

option: Mr Snow

answer: 1

question: How many faces does a tetradecahedron have?

option: 14

answer: 1

question: Which day of the week is the only one to be named after a Roman god?

option: Saturday (Saturn)

answer: 1

question: The stars Bellatrix, Betelgeuse and Rigel belong to which constellation?

option: Orion

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the Harry Potter books?

option: J. K. Rowling

answer: 1

question: Shehbaz Sharif is the new Prime Minister of which country?

option: Pakistan

answer: 1

question: Which 1964 Manfred Mann hit includes the lyrics: “I’m hers, she’s mine, wedding bells are gonna chime”?

option: Do Wah Diddy Diddy

answer: 1

question: What was Dawson’s surname in the US television series Dawson’s Creek?

option: Leery

answer: 1

question: Complete the title of this Lewis Carroll nonsense poem: The Hunting of the ...

option: Snark

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the 1972 book Watership Down?

option: Richard Adams

answer: 1

question: The 1971 film A Clockwork Orange was advertised as “the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence” and which composer?

option: Beethoven

answer: 1

question: Rapa Nui is the native name of which Polynesian island?

option: Easter Island

answer: 1

question: The song June Is Bustin’ Out All Over comes from which stage and film musical?

option: Carousel

answer: 1

question: What does the Italian word “ieri” mean?

option: Yesterday

answer: 1

question: What kind of person is a recidivist?

option: Convicted criminal who reoffends, especially repeatedly

answer: 1

question: Name the only two countries in South America that do not border Brazil.

option: Ecuador, Chile

answer: 1

question: What colour is the cross on the flag of Denmark?

option: White

answer: 1

question: In Greek mythology, who famously solved the Riddle of the Sphinx?

option: Oedipus

answer: 1

question: Used as a direction in music, what does “mesto” mean?

option: Mournful; sad

answer: 1

question: Mt Suribachi is the highest point on which western Pacific island?

option: Iwo Jima

answer: 1

question: An auriscope is used to examine what part of the human body?

option: Ears

answer: 1

question: Which definitive record of the English language is sometimes known by the abbreviation OED?

option: Oxford English Dictionary

answer: 1

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

option: Nitrogen

answer: 1

question: “Livid, mar input” is an anagram of which world leader?

option: Vladimir Putin

answer: 1

question: The island nation of Cape Verde is part of which continent?

option: Africa

answer: 1

question: In which country is the Taj Mahal?

option: India

answer: 1

question: Playing for Port Adelaide in the SANFL, in which year did Nathan Buckley win the Magarey Medal?

option: 1992

answer: 1

question: What was the first name of the television detective Bergerac?

option: Jim

answer: 1

question: Which member of the US rock band Grateful Dead died in August 1995?

option: Jerry Garcia

answer: 1

question: What is cereology?

option: Study or investigation of crop circles

answer: 1