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question: Released in 2015, what was the title of English singer-songwriter Adele’s third studio album?

option: 25

answer: 1

question: Red, white and blue are the colours of which AFL club?

option: Western Bulldogs

answer: 1

question: Which video-sharing social networking service is known in China as Douyin?

option: TikTok

answer: 1

question: Who sang the 1957 hit It’s Not For Me to Say?

option: Johnny Mathis

answer: 1

question: How many movements are in Beethoven’s Eroica symphony?

option: Four

answer: 1

question: The Great Bitter Lake is part of which canal?

option: Suez

answer: 1

question: What is the occupation of Peter Quince, a character in William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

option: Carpenter

answer: 1

question: In a 1997 episode of the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, who confirmed the death of Helen Daniels (Anne Haddy)?

option: Dr Karl Kennedy (Alan Fletcher)

answer: 1

question: The song Sixteen Going On Seventeen comes from which musical?

option: The Sound of Music

answer: 1

question: The cities of Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus are in which American state?

option: Ohio

answer: 1

question: The main campus of the Australian National University is in which city?

option: Canberra

answer: 1

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

option: Percussion

answer: 1

question: Name Australia’s longest-serving prime minister.

option: Sir Robert Menzies

answer: 1

question: On which river is the Scottish city of Glasgow?

option: Clyde

answer: 1

question:Unscramble these letters to name an Adelaide suburb – LLAIGM.

option: Magill

answer: 1

question: How many months of the year end in the letter “t”?

option: One (August)

answer: 1

question: What is the capital of Greenland?

option: Nuuk

answer: 1

question: At which Summer Olympics did trampolining make its first appearance as an official sport?

option: Sydney (2000)

answer: 1

question: What is the closest prime number to 40?

option: 41

answer: 1

question: Which Adelaide suburb has the postcode 5045?

option: Glenelg

answer: 1

question: Paul Kagame is President of which African republic?

option: Rwanda

answer: 1

question: Who was appointed senior coach of SANFL club Norwood in November 2020?

option: Jade Rawlings

answer: 1

question: Which instrument does British-Australian classical musician Stephen Hough play?

option: Piano

answer: 1

question: Muharram is the first month of which calendar?

option: Islamic

answer: 1

question: What is the official language of Nigeria?

option: English

answer: 1

question: Walloons are which country’s French-speaking inhabitants?

option: Belgium’s

answer: 1

question: Proverbially, what does the early bird catch?

option: The worm

answer: 1

question: Which AFL captain is older – Rory Sloane (Adelaide) or Tom Jonas (Port Adelaide)?

option: Rory Sloane

answer: 1

question: Quahog, a fictional city in the American state of Rhode Island, is the setting for which US animated television comedy?

option: Family Guy

answer: 1

question: How many pounds are in a stone?

option: 14

answer: 1

question: The “Genius Bar”, offering face-to-face tech support, is a feature of which chain of retail stores?

option: Apple

answer: 1

question: The breakdancing nickname of which US actor was The Noodle?

option: Leonardo DiCaprio

answer: 1

question: Which colour is found on about 75 per cent of the world’s flags?

option: Red

answer: 1

question: Which country owns the large Baltic island of Gotland?

option: Sweden

answer: 1

question: Which US inventor filed his first patent application for “Improvement in Electric Lights” in 1878?

option: Thomas Edison

answer: 1

question: Which country is the largest producer of coffee in South America?

option: Brazil

answer: 1

question: The Thinker is a famous work by which French sculptor?

option: Auguste Rodin

answer: 1

question: How many points is the letter Q worth in the English version of Scrabble?

option: 10

answer: 1

question: Senegal is a country in which continent?

option: Africa

answer: 1

question: What is Barbie doll’s surname?

option: Roberts

answer: 1

question: Which former US president won the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize?

option: Jimmy Carter

answer: 1

question: Who is South Australia’s Minister for Child Protection?

option: Rachel Sanderson

answer: 1

question: In which year was the first PlayStation released in Australia?

option: 1995

answer: 1

question: Who played the title character in the 1964 film Mary Poppins?

option: Julie Andrews

answer: 1

question: The colony once known as German South West Africa is today part of which country?

option: Namibia

answer: 1

question: What kind of creature is a rudd?

option: Fish

answer: 1

question: What does a cartographer draw or produce?

option: Maps

answer: 1

question: What is the longest river entirely in France?

option: Loire

answer: 1

question: How many minutes are in 17 hours?

option: 1020

answer: 1

question: Which two countries border the Gulf of Bothnia?

option: Sweden, Finland

answer: 1