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question: In which Australian state was champion swimmer Ariarne Titmus born in 2000?

option: Tasmania

answer: 1

question: What is the monetary unit of Lebanon?

option: Lebanese pound

answer: 1

question: How old was US singer Michael Jackson when he died in 2009?

option: 50

answer: 1

question: Which English author was born Eric Arthur Blair in 1903? 

option: George Orwell

answer: 1

question: Name Japan’s main island.

option: Honshu

answer: 1

question: How many ships were in the First Fleet?

option: 11

answer: 1

question: Name the first actor to play Scott Robinson in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours.

option: Darius Perkins

answer: 1

question: The expression “throw in the towel” comes from which sport?

option: Boxing

answer: 1

question: Who was the first American woman in space?

option: Sally Ride (1983)

answer: 1

question: The dolphin kick is frequently used as part of which swimming stroke?

option: Butterfly

answer: 1

question: What is the third book of the Old Testament?

option: Leviticus

answer: 1

question: What was the name of the robot in the US television situation comedy series Get Smart?

option: Hymie

answer: 1

question: In which year did Makybe Diva win the Melbourne Cup for the first time?

option: 2003

answer: 1

question: What is the capital of Armenia?

option: Yerevan

answer: 1

question: How many American states begin with T?

option: Two (Tennessee, Texas)

answer: 1

question: Name the third city in the southern hemisphere to host the Summer Olympics after Melbourne and Sydney.

option: Rio de Janeiro

answer: 1

question: Proverbially, what is the better part of valour?

option: Discretion

answer: 1

question: Which US short-story writer and poet invented the word “tintinnabulation” for the sound of bells?

option: Edgar Allan Poe

answer: 1

question: What colour is malachite?

option: Green

answer: 1

question: West Papua is a province of which country?

option: Indonesia

answer: 1

question: Which pudding is traditionally served with roast beef?

option: Yorkshire

answer: 1

question: What was the name of the Buchman family dog in the US television situation comedy series Mad About You?

option: Murray

answer: 1

question: Into which sea does the River Nile flow?

option: Mediterranean

answer: 1

question: Who was the first of England’s Lancastrian kings?

option: Henry IV

answer: 1

question: In which country was actor Audrey Hepburn born in 1929?

option: Belgium

answer: 1

question: In which country did yoga originate?

option: India

answer: 1

question: What is the French word for eight?

option: Huit

answer: 1

question: What is the more common name for diplopia?

option: Double vision

answer: 1

question: Who won the 1964 US presidential election in a landslide?

option: Lyndon Johnson

answer: 1

question: What is the sum of all the numbers from 14 to 20 inclusive?

option: 119

answer: 1

question: What does an ailurophile like?

option: Cats

answer: 1

question: Which US city is famous for its cable car system?

option: San Francisco

answer: 1

question: What is misoneism?

option: Hatred or fear of anything new

answer: 1

question: Who hosts the ABC-TV program Landline?

option: Pip Courtney

answer: 1

question: In Greek mythology, who built the Labyrinth for King Minos of Crete?

option: Daedalus

answer: 1

question: Which disease ended the career of English cellist Jacqueline du Pre?

option: Multiple sclerosis

answer: 1

question: Who was inaugural coach of AFL club Adelaide?

option: Graham Cornes

answer: 1

question: Multiply the number of days in January by the number of days in December.

option: 961 (31 x 31)

answer: 1

question: How long is “a month of Sundays”?

option: A very long time

answer: 1

question: In which country is the headquarters of tyre manufacturer Michelin?

option: France

answer: 1

question: Name the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

option: Imran Khan

answer: 1

question: To which section of an orchestra does the vibraphone belong?

option: Percussion

answer: 1

question: In the song Penny Lane by The Beatles, who sells poppies “behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout”?

option: The pretty nurse

answer: 1

question: By what name is deuterium oxide more commonly known?

option: Heavy water

answer: 1

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

option: Afghanistan’s

answer: 1

question: What is the highest active rank in the Australian Army?

option: General

answer: 1

question: Which word is a type of monkey and a common tool?

option: Drill

answer: 1

question: What is the official language of Argentina?

option: Spanish

answer: 1

question: Red, white, orange, blue, yellow and which other colour appear on a Rubik’s cube?

option: Green

answer: 1

question: What is a hung jury?

option: A jury that cannot agree on a verdict after extended deliberation

answer: 1