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Legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen who died last week. Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images/AFP

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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: The Golden Gate Bridge is in which US city?

option: San Francisco

answer: 1

question: Bogota is the capital of which South American country?

option: Colombia

answer: 1

question: A naked baby boy named Spencer Elden featured on the cover of which 1991 rock album?

option: Nevermind (by Nirvana)

answer: 1

question: In which year did Holden’s Elizabeth plant close?

option: 2017

answer: 1

question:

Who was sworn in as Australia’s 21st Governor-General in 1989?

option: Bill Hayden

answer: 1

question: “Juillet” is the French word for which month?

option: July

answer: 1

question: Who is South Australia’s Treasurer?

option: Rob Lucas

answer: 1

question: In which African country is the city of Tangier?

option: Morocco

answer: 1

question: In ballet, what term is used to describe spinning on one foot?

option: Pirouette

answer: 1

question:

On which 1983 Michael Jackson hit did Eddie Van Halen play lead guitar?

option: Beat It

answer: 1

question: What is a nannygai?

option: Fish

answer: 1

question: In the US television situation comedy series The Brady Bunch, what was the name of housekeeper Alice Nelson’s boyfriend?

option: Sam Franklin

answer: 1

question: In which ocean is Pitcairn Island?

option: (South) Pacific

answer: 1

question: Land of the Long White Cloud is a romantic name for which country?

option: New Zealand

answer: 1

question: How many days are in October?

option: 31

answer: 1

question: The tenge is the basic monetary unit of which Central Asian country?

option: Kazakhstan

answer: 1

question: Narendra Modi is which country’s prime minister?

option: India

answer: 1

question: A dragonfly has how many wings?

option: Four

answer: 1

question: What is the liquid part of blood called?

option: Plasma

answer: 1

question: In which year did St Kilda win its only VFL/AFL premiership?

option: 1966

answer: 1

question: Proverbially, one man’s meat is another man’s what?

option: Poison

answer: 1

question: Which US boxer did Robert De Niro play in the 1980 film Raging Bull?

option: Jake LaMotta

answer: 1

question: What do fish have instead of lungs?

option: Gills

answer: 1

question: Which Australian national sporting team is nicknamed the Sharks?

option: Men’s water polo team

answer: 1

question: What nationality was composer Jean Sibelius?

option: Finnish

answer: 1

question: Ri Sol-ju is the wife of which Asian leader?

option: Kim Jong-un (North Korea)

answer: 1

question: “From the day that we were born” are the first words of which 1988 John Farnham hit?

option: Age of Reason

answer: 1

question: A patzer is a poor player of which board game?

option: Chess

answer: 1

question: Albany is the capital of which American state?

option: New York

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the 1954 book Lucky Jim?

option: Kingsley Amis

answer: 1

question: Who is the US Vice-President?

option: Mike Pence

answer: 1

question: A gyoji is a referee in which sport?

option: Sumo wrestling

answer: 1

question: Who was Adelaide’s first female lord mayor?

option: Wendy Chapman

answer: 1

question: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is a segment of which 1940 Disney animated film?

option: Fantasia

answer: 1

question: Which number is the base of the duodecimal system?

option: 12

answer: 1

question: Who sings the current hit Midnight Sky?

option: Miley Cyrus

answer: 1

question: Who was US actor Marilyn Monroe’s last husband?

option: Arthur Miller

answer: 1

question: US astronaut Alan Shepard played what game on the moon in 1971?

option: Golf

answer: 1

question: Who finished second to Cadel Evans, of Australia, in the 2011 Tour de France?

option: Andy Schleck

answer: 1

question: Foxtrot (F) and which other dance are represented in the NATO phonetic alphabet?

option: Tango (T)

answer: 1

question: Who is the captain of the Australian women’s cricket team?

option: Meg Lanning

answer: 1

question: What does an arctophile collect?

option: Teddy Bears

answer: 1

question: How many colours are on the Italian flag?

option: Three (green, white, red)

answer: 1

question: How many gold medals did Australia win at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney?

option: 16

answer: 1

question: “Presbyterians” is an anagram of which US singer-songwriter?

option: Britney Spears

answer: 1

question: In which country is the Baja California Peninsula?

option: Mexico

answer: 1

question: What is the square root of 10,201?

option: 101

answer: 1

question: In which Australian state is the Horrocks Highway?

option: South Australia

answer: 1

question: What is the principal ingredient of the condiment tahini?

option: Sesame seeds

answer: 1

question: Alphabetically, what is the first country in Africa?

option: Algeria

answer: 1