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question: What is deer meat called?

option: Venison

answer: 1

question: Who played the title role in the 1960s US television situation comedy series Gomer Pyle, USMC?

option: Jim Nabors

answer: 1

question: Rearrange the letters of the following two words to make a single word: ANCIENT LID

option: Incidental

answer: 1

question: How many seconds are in 60 minutes?

option: 3600

answer: 1

question: Which two countries beginning with L have coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea?

option: Libya, Lebanon

answer: 1

question: A silver wedding anniversary celebrates how many years of marriage?

option: 25

answer: 1

question: Who is Australia’s Housing Minister?

option: Julie Collins

answer: 1

question: Melbourne and Essendon played the first tied VFL grand final in 1948 – which team won the replay?

option: Melbourne

answer: 1

question: A molecule of ozone contains how many oxygen atoms bound together?

option: Three

answer: 1

question: The New York City boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn are on which island?

option: Long Island

answer: 1

question: What is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury?

option: Lambeth Palace

answer: 1

question: Who will be Australia’s next ambassador to the US?

option: Kevin Rudd

answer: 1

question: In which country was actor Michael J. Fox born?

option: Canada

answer: 1

question: What is the human body’s largest organ?

option: Skin

answer: 1

question: Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

option: Marie Curie

answer: 1

question: The star on the national flag of Malaysia has how many points?

option: 14

answer: 1

question: On which continent are the Atlas Mountains?

option: Africa

answer: 1

question: Who won the men’s singles final at Wimbledon in 1987?

option: Pat Cash

answer: 1

question: What colour is chlorophyll?

option: Green

answer: 1

question: Who directed the 1980 film The Shining?

option: Stanley Kubrick

answer: 1

question: Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade and Bratislava are all European capital cities on which river?

option: Danube

answer: 1

question: How many syllables are in the word “acceptability”?

option: Six

answer: 1

question: Which mineral is most often associated with healthy bones and teeth?

option: Calcium

answer: 1

question: What is the star sign of a person born on August 1?

option: Leo

answer: 1

question: How old was soccer champion Pele when he died on December 29?

option: 82

answer: 1

question: Annapolis is the capital of which American state?

option: Maryland

answer: 1

question: Which actor was born Mary Frances Reynolds in Texas in 1932?

option: Debbie Reynolds

answer: 1

question: How many days are in the first four months of 2023?

option: 120

answer: 1

question: Gladys Kravitz was the nosy neighbour in which US television situation comedy series?

option: Bewitched

answer: 1

question: In how many films did Sean Connery play James Bond?

option: Seven

answer: 1

question: Who sang the 1994 hit Streets of Philadelphia?

option: Bruce Springsteen

answer: 1

question: What was the name of the fourth book in the Harry Potter series?

option: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

answer: 1

question: Of which ancient civilisation was Ovid a famous poet?

option: Roman

answer: 1

question: What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?

option: Riyadh

answer: 1

question: What is the world’s fastest land animal?

option: Cheetah

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the children’s book The Cat in the Hat?

option: Dr Seuss

answer: 1

question: Unscramble these letters to name an Adelaide suburb: AEODLGRN.

option: Glandore

answer: 1

question: Which triangular part of a roof rhymes with “table”?

option: Gable

answer: 1

question: What does the ballet movement “plie” mean?

option: Knee bend

answer: 1

question: Who played the title role in the 1977 film Oh, God!?

option: George Burns

answer: 1

question: Who won the inaugural Tour Down Under in 1999?

option: Stuart O’Grady

answer: 1

question: How many hearts does an octopus have?

option: Three

answer: 1

question: Where are you said to have egg if you suffer great humiliation?

option: On your face

answer: 1

question: The address of which famous building is 350 Fifth Ave, New York City?

option: Empire State Building

answer: 1

question: How many inches are in 10 feet?

option: 120

answer: 1

question: How old is tennis player Nick Kyrgios?

option: 27

answer: 1

question: Complete the title of this Shakespeare play: Troilus and …

option: Cressida

answer: 1

question: Who trained the 1965 Melbourne Cup winner Light Fingers?

option: Bart Cummings

answer: 1

question: Which animal is on the Porsche logo?

option: Horse

answer: 1

question: Who was Australia’s only representative at the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens?

option: Edwin Flack

answer: 1