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What was Emma Bunton’s nickname in the Spice Girls? Spice Girls Victoria Beckham, Melanie Chisholm (Mel C), Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton and Melanie Brown (Mel B) in London, 2007. Picture: Getty Images

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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 lempira is the monetary unit of which country?

option: Honduras

answer: 1

question: Which country is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases?

option: China

answer: 1

question: What is the main island of Fiji?

option: Viti Levu

answer: 1

question: What are the three colours in the KFC logo?

option: Red, white, black

answer: 1

question: In the 1956 film High Society, which actor sings True Love with Bing Crosby?

option: Grace Kelly

answer: 1

question: What did the J stand for in the name of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover?

option: John

answer: 1

question: Titania is the largest moon of which planet?

option: Uranus

answer: 1

question: Who was Port Adelaide’s best and fairest player in its first AFL season in 1997?

option: Darren Mead

answer: 1

question: What is a baby swan called?

option: Cygnet

answer: 1

question: What is the surname of the character Daniel in the first three Karate Kid films?

option: LaRusso

answer: 1

question: Which Dutch violinist-conductor is nicknamed “King of the Waltz”?

option: Andre Rieu

answer: 1

question: What is the French word for the number eight?

option: Huit

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the 1965 science-fiction book Dune?

option: Frank Herbert

answer: 1

question: Who played James Bond in the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me?

option: Roger Moore

answer: 1

question: What is Oscar’s surname in the play, film and television series The Odd Couple?

option: Madison

answer: 1

question: Namibia gained independence from which country in 1990?

option: South Africa

answer: 1

question: Which fictitious doctor lives in the village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh?

option: Doctor Dolittle

answer: 1

question: Name the dictator of North Korea.

option: Kim Jong-un

answer: 1

question: How many cents is a US dime worth?

option: 10

answer: 1

question: What are the three “air” signs of the zodiac?

option: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius

answer: 1

question: Who was Australia’s second prime minister?

option: Alfred Deakin

answer: 1

question: How many months of the year begin with the letter J?

option: Three (January, June, July)

answer: 1

question: What are the Roman numerals for 2000?

option: MM

answer: 1

question: What was Emma Bunton’s nickname in the Spice Girls?

option: Baby Spice

answer: 1

question: Which mountain overlooks Hobart?

option: Mt Wellington

answer: 1

question: Which American state capital cannot be reached by road?

option: Juneau (Alaska)

answer: 1

question: A ship flying the Blue Peter flag is about to do what?

option: Leaving port

answer: 1

question: Pedro Sanchez is which country’s prime minister?

option: Spain’s

answer: 1

question: What is the study of the measurement of time called?

option: Horology

answer: 1

question: Which chemical element has the atomic number 1?

option: Hydrogen

answer: 1

question: US actor Bette Davis had a famous rivalry with which fellow performer?

option: Joan Crawford

answer: 1

question: Who played Richie Cunningham in the US TV situation comedy series Happy Days?

option: Ron Howard

answer: 1

question: Canaan Banana was the first president of which African country?

option: Zimbabwe

answer: 1

question: White and which other colour are on the national flag of Canada?

option: Red

answer: 1

question: What is the lowest female singing voice?

option: Contralto

answer: 1

question: In Greek mythology, which Titan stole fire from the gods?

option: Prometheus

answer: 1

question: Which 1997 film starred Harrison Ford as US president James Marshall?

option: Air Force One

answer: 1

question: SNCF is which country’s state-owned railway company?

option: France’s

answer: 1

question: Subtract 28 from 82.

option: 54

answer: 1

question: Who is the patron saint of England?

option: St George

answer: 1

question: Which country won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956?

option: Switzerland

answer: 1

question: Name the two prime numbers between 50 and 60 inclusive.

option: 53, 59

answer: 1

question: Name the six official languages of the UN.

option: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish

answer: 1

question: The volcano Mt Erebus is on which continent?

option: Antarctica

answer: 1

question: On which Indonesian island was the 2022 G20 summit held this week?

option: Bali

answer: 1

question: Who sings the current hit Lift Me Up?

option: Rihanna

answer: 1

question: On the Beaufort scale of wind force, which number from 1 to 12 represents a “fresh breeze”?

option: 5

answer: 1

question: In which decade of last century did the racehorse Phar Lap die?

option: 1930s

answer: 1

question: Santa Fe is the capital of which American state?

option: New Mexico

answer: 1

question: In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, what is the name of the title character’s mother?

option: Gertrude

answer: 1