Test your knowledge of news, sport and pop culture in Brainwaves, the SA Weekend quiz for November 14-15, 2020

What year did Don Bradman die? Who is the Prime Minister of PNG? Take our Brainwaves quiz - 50 general knowledge questions and an interactive template that keeps score.

Do you know what year Sir Donald Bradman died? That’s question 1in today’s quiz.

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question: In which year did cricketer Sir Donald Bradman die?

option: 2001

answer: 1

question: On which day of the week is Christmas Day this year?

option: Friday

answer: 1

question: Released in 1986, Whispering Jack was which Australian singer’s 12th studio album?

option: John Farnham’s

answer: 1

question: In which Australian city is Karen Rolton Oval?

option: Adelaide

answer: 1

question: Rearrange the letters of “irony maps” to make a single word.

option: Parsimony

answer: 1

question: What nationality was author Isak Dinesen?

option: Danish

answer: 1

question: In which year was the film Help!, starring The Beatles, released?

option: 1965

answer: 1

question: What is the official language of Panama?

option: Spanish

answer: 1

question: Which two national cricket teams compete for the Frank Worrell Trophy?

option: Australia, West Indies

answer: 1

question: What is the missing word in this palindrome: Enid and … dine?

option: Edna

answer: 1

question: In which month is the 240th day of the year?

option: August

answer: 1

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

option: Mercury

answer: 1

question: What sport do the Cairns Taipans play?

option: Basketball

answer: 1

question: Who provided the voice of Po, pictured right, in the Kung Fu films?

option: Jack Black

answer: 1

question: Name the winner of the 2020 Melbourne Cup.

option: Twilight Payment

answer: 1

question: Who was the chief god of the Ancient Greeks?

option: Zeus

answer: 1

question: In which European country is the city of Perugia?

option: Italy

answer: 1

question: The song The Heather on the Hill comes from which musical?

option: Brigadoon

answer: 1

question: What is a “pas seul”?

option: Dance performed by one person

answer: 1

question: What is the highest mountain in Scotland?

option: Ben Nevis

answer: 1

question: What is nephology?

option: Study of clouds

answer: 1

question: Rearrange these letters to name a two-word Adelaide suburb – POOLLAEIKDVWR.

option: Woodville Park

answer: 1

question: Who is Nick’s wife in the play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by US dramatist Edward Albee?

option: Honey

answer: 1

question: In which US television situation comedy series did Tony Danza play housekeeper Tony Micelli?

option: Who’s The Boss?

answer: 1

question: What colour is the Mr Men character Mr Bounce?

option: Yellow

answer: 1

question: What is the total number of days in the months of the year with 31 days?

option: 217 (January, March, May, July, August, October, December)

answer: 1

question: Retsina is a traditional wine of which country?

option: Greece

answer: 1

question: Who is the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea?

option: James Marape

answer: 1

question: By population, Albuquerque is the largest city in which American state?

option: New Mexico

answer: 1

question: What does the Latin word “aqua” mean?

option: Water

answer: 1

question: From 1963-69, who was the 36th US president?

option: Lyndon Johnson

answer: 1

question: Who composed the 1812 Overture?

option: Tchaikovsky

answer: 1

question: What is the capital of Thailand?

option: Bangkok

answer: 1

question: In which country did acupuncture originate?

option: China

answer: 1

question: Proverbially, what does familiarity breed?

option: Contempt

answer: 1

question: What type of food is kasseri?

option: Cheese

answer: 1

question: Cinnabar is the principal ore of which element?

option: Mercury (also known as quicksilver)

answer: 1

question: Which country hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup?

option: South Africa

answer: 1

question: In which year did John Martin’s department store in Rundle Mall close for the final time?

option: 1998

answer: 1

question: How many letters are in the English alphabet?

option: 26

answer: 1

question: Her Majesty’s Theatre is in which Adelaide street?

option: Grote Street

answer: 1

question: A tetragram is a word of how many letters?

option: Four

answer: 1

question: White Dogwood is the name of the 11th hole at which famous US golf course?

option: Augusta National

answer: 1

question: Which nursery rhyme character “had so many children, she didn’t know what to do”?

option: An old woman who lived in a shoe

answer: 1

question: Multiply the square of 12 by the square of 13.

option: 24,336 (144 x 169)

answer: 1

question: Which US city was the setting for the television situation comedy series Happy Days?

option: Milwaukee

answer: 1

question: Name the Chief Executive Officer of BHP.

option: Mike Henry

answer: 1

question: How many minutes are in a day?

option: 1440

answer: 1

question: What is a xyster?

option: Surgical instrument used to scrape bones

answer: 1

question: What does heptangular mean?

option: Having seven angles

answer: 1