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question: What is the name of Harry Potter’s pet owl?

option: Hedwig

answer: 1

question: What is the longest bone in the human body?

option: Femur (thighbone)

answer: 1

question: What is the official language of Bangladesh?

option: Bengali

answer: 1

question: Name the creator of the children’s book character Mary Poppins?

option: P. L. Travers

answer: 1

question: In which country were the first Winter Olympics held in 1924?

option: France

answer: 1

question: De Witt Island is off the coast of which Australian state?

option: Tasmania

answer: 1

question: Which Central American country begins with E?

option: El Salvador

answer: 1

question: Proverbially, a rolling stone gathers no what?

option: Moss

answer: 1

question: What type of creature is a dollaghan?

option: Fish

answer: 1

question: How many holes are in a standard tenpin bowling ball?

option: Three

answer: 1

question: What is the capital of Kosovo?

option: Pristina

answer: 1

question: Which explorer was the inspiration for Patrick White’s 1957 novel Voss?

option: Ludwig Leichardt

answer: 1

question: Which sport was featured in the 1976 film The Bad News Bears?

option: Baseball

answer: 1

question: Which layer of the Earth’s atmosphere is between the stratosphere and the thermosphere?

option: Mesosphere

answer: 1

question: What colour is given to the second full mooon in a calendar month?

option: Blue

answer: 1

question: What do the letters UV in UV radiation stand for?

option: Ultraviolet

answer: 1

question: Which Daphne du Maurier novel features the characters Mrs Van Hopper, Mrs Danvers and Maxim de Winter?

option: Rebecca

answer: 1

question: What is pogonophobia?

option: Fear or dislike of beards

answer: 1

question: By population, Thessaloniki is which country’s second-largest city?

option: Greece’s

answer: 1

question: Colombia and which other country border Panama?

option: Costa Rica

answer: 1

question: How many seconds are in a hectosecond?

option: 100

answer: 1

question: Which is smaller on a penny farthing bicycle - the front wheel or the back wheel?

option: Back wheel

answer: 1

question: Gilly is a nickname of which Australian Test cricketer who retired in 2008?

option: Adam Gilchrist

answer: 1

question: Steven and Elyse Keaton were the parents in which 1980s US television situation comedy series?

option: Family Ties

answer: 1

question: Who is the Chancellor of Germany?

option: Angela Merkel

answer: 1

question: What is actor Russell Crowe’s middle name?

option: Ira

answer: 1

question: Name the chief executive officer of Telstra.

option: Andy Penn

answer: 1

question: Eden Park is which country’s largest sports stadium?

option: New Zealand’s

answer: 1

question: “Nueve” is the Spanish word for which number?

option: Nine

answer: 1

question: At which English racecourse is the Grand National, a steeplechase first run in 1839, held annually?

option: Aintree

answer: 1

question: In which decade did C’mon Aussie C’mon first become a cricket anthem?

option: 1970s

answer: 1

question: In which Australian state is Cape Tribulation?

option: Queensland

answer: 1

question: What is the nickname of the Australian men’s national water polo team?

option: Sharks

answer: 1

question: In the television series Doctor Who, which character created the Daleks?

option: Davros

answer: 1

question: Traditional Spanish manchego cheese is made from the milk of which animal?

option: Sheep

answer: 1

question: What does the musical term “fortissimo” mean?

option: Very loud

answer: 1

question: What part of the body is affected by scoliosis?

option: Spine (sideways curvature)

answer: 1

question: How many strings does a standard double bass have?

option: Four

answer: 1

question: What was the name of Jason Alexander’s character in the US television situation comedy series Seinfeld?

option: George Costanza

answer: 1

question: In metres, what is the distance of the Caulfield Cup?

option: 2400

answer: 1

question: Which Bahamian band recorded the 2000 hit Who Let the Dogs Out?

option: Baha Men

answer: 1

question: The adjective “vulpine” relates to which animal?

option: Fox

answer: 1

question: Which ABBA hit begins “I’ve been cheated by you since I don’t know when”?

option: Mamma Mia

answer: 1

question: Butternut, Queensland blue, golden nugget and dumpling are varieties of which vegetable?

option: Pumpkin

answer: 1

question: Which planet in our solar system has the most gravity?

option: Jupiter

answer: 1

question: Which fictional character is based on the Scottish castaway Alexander Selkirk?

option: Robinson Crusoe

answer: 1

question: In which year was the GST introduced in Australia?

option: 2000

answer: 1

question: Who composed the opera Aida?

option: Giuseppe Verdi

answer: 1

question: What is the next number in the sequence: 6, 10, 20, 24, 48 ...?

option: 52 (alternate +4, x2)

answer: 1

question: At which two Summer Olympics did swimmer Ian Thorpe win gold medals for Australia?

option: 2000 (Sydney), 2004 (Athens)

answer: 1