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We know they’re friends. But what city did they live in? That’s question 32 in today’s quiz.

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question: What is the nickname of Ryan McNaught, the judge in the Australian television series Lego Masters?

option: Brickman

answer: 1

question: Which Spanish city hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics?

option: Barcelona

answer: 1

question: “Shut up and take my money” is a line in television advertisements for which fast-food restaurant chain?

option: KFC

answer: 1

question: Revolver was a 1966 album by which English band?

option: The Beatles

answer: 1

question: By what collective name did English children’s author Enid Blyton call Peter, Pam, Colin, Janet, Barbara, George and Jack?

option: The Secret Seven

answer: 1

question: What is the monetary unit of New Zealand?

option: New Zealand dollar

answer: 1

question: What is a nephogram?

option: Photograph of a cloud or clouds

answer: 1

question: Who is the captain of AFL club Collingwood?

option: Scott Pendlebury

answer: 1

question: In the 1970s television series Cannon, what was the first name of the title character played by William Conrad?

option: Frank

answer: 1

question: How long is a US presidential term?

option: Four years

answer: 1

question: In which year was the first Adelaide Festival of Arts?

option: 1960

answer: 1

question: The word “sauna” comes from which language?

option: Finnish

answer: 1

question: How many consecutive vowels are in the word “sequoia”?

option: Four

answer: 1

question: Which sheep is Peppa Pig’s best friend?

option: Suzy Sheep

answer: 1

question: Noah’s ark had how many decks?

option: Three

answer: 1

question: How many days are in May?

option: 31

answer: 1

question: In which year was the first Mad Max film released?

option: 1979

answer: 1

question: Which Adelaide metropolitan beach does not have a jetty – Glenelg, Somerton or Brighton?

option: Somerton

answer: 1

question: In which country was insulin first used in the treatment of diabetes?

option: Canada

answer: 1

question: In which year did the Australian $2 coin go into circulation?

option: 1988

answer: 1

question: Which toothpaste is advertised as “The Smile of the AFL”?

option: Colgate

answer: 1

question: How many sides does a rhombus have?

option: Four

answer: 1

question: What does a potamologist study?

option: Rivers

answer: 1

question: Which country is known as The Land of White Elephants?

option: Thailand

answer: 1

question: What does the expression “once in a blue moon” mean?

option: Seldom; very rarely

answer: 1

question: The dodo, an extinct, flightless bird, was endemic to which Indian Ocean island?

option: Mauritius

answer: 1

question: Mitch Georgiades is No. 19 for which AFL club?

option: Port Adelaide

answer: 1

question: What is a young camel called?

option: Calf

answer: 1

question: What was the first name of comic film character Ma Kettle?

option: Phoebe

answer: 1

question: The song As Long As He Needs Me comes from which musical?

option: Oliver!

answer: 1

question: Which ocean has the most islands?

option: Pacific

answer: 1

question: Which city was the setting for the television situation comedy series Friends?

option: New York City

answer: 1

question: How many vertices does a cube have?

option: Eight

answer: 1

question: In which American state is the city of Detroit?

option: Michigan

answer: 1

question: What is the national animal of India?

option: Tiger

answer: 1

question: What is the Italian word for the colour pink?

option: Rosa

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the 1874 book Far From the Madding Crowd?

option: Thomas Hardy

answer: 1

question: Released in 2020, Heat Waves is a hit for which English band?

option: Glass Animals

answer: 1

question: Name the only freely flying mammal.

option: Bat

answer: 1

question: Who is fourth in the line of succession to the British throne?

option: Princess Charlotte

answer: 1

question: What does “bacciferous” mean?

option: Bearing or producing berries

answer: 1

question: In which century did Leonardo da Vinci paint The Last Supper?

option: 15th

answer: 1

question: In the board game Cluedo, Mrs Peacock is represented by what colour token?

option: Blue

answer: 1

question: Joseph Mallord William were the given names of which English landscape painter?

option: J.M.W Turner

answer: 1

question: Which famous statue is sometimes called the “Mother of Exiles”?

option: Statue of Liberty

answer: 1

question: Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Quirinal, Viminal and which other are the Seven Hills of Rome?

option: Palatine

answer: 1

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

option: Millswood

answer: 1

question: What is the third largest planet in our solar system?

option: Uranus

answer: 1

question: Alphabetically, what is the last colour of the five Olympic rings?

option: Yellow

answer: 1

question: Which country is scheduled to host the next Asian Games in 2022?

option: China

answer: 1