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question: Flightless kiwi birds are native to which country?

option: New Zealand

answer: 1

question: Which country produces the COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V?

option: Russia

answer: 1

question: In degrees, what is the size of each internal angle in a hexagon?

option: 120

answer: 1

question: In Greek mythology, what was the name of the three-headed dog which guarded the gates to the underworld?

option: Cerberus

answer: 1

question: In which Adelaide suburb is the Cremorne Hotel?

option: Unley

answer: 1

question: According to a commercial in the 1990s, what kind of kids knew real fruit when they squeezed it?

option: Cottee’s

answer: 1

question: What does “normotensive” mean?

option: Having normal blood pressure

answer: 1

question: How many cardinal directions are marked on a compass?

option: Four

answer: 1

question: In which country is Great Slave Lake, the 10th-largest lake in the world?

option: Canada

answer: 1

question: An Ariel is which country’s equivalent of an Academy Award?

option: Mexico’s

answer: 1

question: The Cherry Blossoms is a nickname of which country’s national rugby union team?

option: Japan’s

answer: 1

question: In the 1941 song Chattanooga Choo Choo, from which track in Pennsylvania Station does the title train depart?

option: 29

answer: 1

question: After which Roman emperor was the month of July named?

option: Julius Caesar

answer: 1

question: In which year did Meghan Markle and Prince Harry marry?

option: 2018

answer: 1

question: The island of Bali belongs to which country?

option: Indonesia

answer: 1

question: What is the official language of Bangladesh?

option: Bengali

answer: 1

question: What kind of prisoner is a “toe-ragger”?

option: One serving a short sentence

answer: 1

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

option: String

answer: 1

question: The aurora borealis, pictured below, is also known as the what lights?

option: Northern

answer: 1

question: Name the Premier of Western Australia.

option: Mark McGowan

answer: 1

question: What is the capital of Azerbaijan?

option: Baku

answer: 1

question: Who is the queen of the fairies in William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

option: Titania

answer: 1

question: Alphabetically, which planet in our solar system comes third?

option: Mars

answer: 1

question: Multiply 14 dozen by 19 dozen.

option: 38, 304

answer: 1

question: What does an etymologist study?

option: Origin and history of words

answer: 1

question: Which country borders Syria to the north?

option: Turkey

answer: 1

question: Who is the Opposition Leader in the South Australian Parliament?

option: Peter Malinauskas

answer: 1

question: Pere-Lachaise is the largest cemetery in which European city?

option: Paris

answer: 1

question: Which 1969 Elvis Presley hit begins “We’re caught in a trap”?

option: Suspicious Minds

answer: 1

question: In solid form, which gas is called dry ice?

option: Carbon dioxide

answer: 1

question: Who is the UN Secretary-General?

option: Antonio Guterres

answer: 1

question: Which of King Henry VIII’s six wives gave birth to the future Queen Elizabeth I?

option: Anne Boleyn

answer: 1

question: What is the tallest animal in the world?

option: Giraffe

answer: 1

question: In which room of a house would you most likely find Smeg appliances?

option: Kitchen

answer: 1

question: How many ribs are on a standard umbrella?

option: Eight

answer: 1

question: What were the given names of US author J. D. Salinger?

option: Jerome David

answer: 1

question: What does a copoclephile collect?

option: Key rings

answer: 1

question: Which legendary king was the leader of the Knights of the Round Table?

option: Arthur

answer: 1

question: In which Australian capital city is the suburb of Dover Heights?

option: Sydney

answer: 1

question: Which Australian author wrote the 2000 book True History of the Kelly Gang?

option: Peter Carey

answer: 1

question: Performed by US rock band Survivor, what was the theme song of the 1982 film Rocky III?

option: Eye of the Tiger

answer: 1

question: In the nursery rhyme, what did the farmer’s wife use to cut off the tails of the three blind mice?

option: Carving knife

answer: 1

question: Who is the Lord Mayor of Adelaide?

option: Sandy Verschoor

answer: 1

question: Name the captain of AFL club Port Adelaide.

option: Tom Jonas

answer: 1

question: J is the international vehicle registration code of which country?

option: Japan

answer: 1

question: Which US author created Tarzan?

option: Edgar Rice Burroughs

answer: 1

question: Who has been the chief executive officer of Qantas since 2008?

option: Alan Joyce

answer: 1

question: Which year is represented by the Roman numerals MMI?

option: 2001

answer: 1

question: By population, what is the largest city in Scotland?

option: Glasgow

answer: 1

question: What kind of insect is a blue triangle?

option: Butterfly

answer: 1