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question: 1 In the Doctor Dolittle stories how many heads does the pushmi-pullyu have?

option: Two

answer: 1

question: 2 Name the four colours on the Torres Strait Islander flag.

option: Green, blue, white, black

answer: 1

question: 3 Polaris is the brightest star in which constellation?

option: Ursa Minor (also known as the Little Bear)

answer: 1

question: 4 Name the only Australian prime minister born in South Australia.

option: Bob Hawke

answer: 1

question: 5 What is the two-word main ingredient in meringue?

option: Egg white

answer: 1

question: 6 Who is the purple Teletubby?

option: Tinky Winky

answer: 1

question: 7 Who wrote the play Waiting for Godot?

option: Samuel Beckett

answer: 1

question: 8 How many moons does the planet Mercury have?

option: None

answer: 1

question: 9 Who released the 2011 album Femme Fatale?

option: Britney Spears

answer: 1

question: 10 What sport do the Baltimore Orioles play?

option: Baseball

answer: 1

question: 11 What is the boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit scale?

option: 212 degrees

answer: 1

question: 12 Banff National Park is which country’s oldest national park?

option: Canada’s

answer: 1

question: 13 The Laccadive Sea is part of which ocean?

option: Indian

answer: 1

question: 14 What is the capital of Samoa?

option: Apia

answer: 1

question: 15 South Australia shares a border with all the mainland states – true or false?

option: True

answer: 1

question: 16 “I love the smell of napalm in the morning” is a famous line from which 1979 film?

option: Apocalypse Now

answer: 1

question: 17 In which Australian state is the Freycinet Peninsula?

option: Tasmania

answer: 1

question: 18 In which country did the Boxer Rebellion, an uprising against foreigners, take place from 1899 to 1901?

option: China

answer: 1

question: 19 In alchemy, aqua fortis is a corrosive solution of which acid?

option: Nitric acid

answer: 1

question: 20 In 1924, which Geelong player won the first Brownlow Medal?

option: Edward “Carji” Greeves Jr

answer: 1

question: 21 What nationality was Sydney Opera House architect Jorn Utzon?

option: Danish

answer: 1

question: 22 What were the given names of English artist J.M.W. Turner?

option: Joseph Mallord William

answer: 1

question: 23 In 1981, which company released the arcade game Donkey Kong?

option: Nintendo

answer: 1

question: 24 Siebzehn is the German word for which number?

option: 17

answer: 1

question: 25 The samisen is a traditional three-stringed musical instrument from which country?

option: Japan

answer: 1

question: 26 What is the most populated country in Africa?

option: Nigeria

answer: 1

question: 27 Whose law of universal gravitation was published in 1687?

option: Sir Isaac Newton’s

answer: 1

question: 28 Giant pandas are native to which country?

option: China

answer: 1

question: 29 How many dice are used in the game Crown and Anchor?

option: Three

answer: 1

question: 30 What is the missing word in the title of the video game series Grand … Auto?

option: Theft

answer: 1

question: 31 The musical comedy Half a Sixpence is based on which novel by H.G. Wells?

option: Kipps

answer: 1

question: 32 According to the saying, which Italian city should you see before you die?

option: Naples

answer: 1

question: 33 Which Peanuts character calls Charlie Brown “Charles”?

option: Marcie

answer: 1

question: 34 Arimaa is a board game for how many people?

option: Two

answer: 1

question: 35 What is the English equivalent of the French first name Pierre?

option: Peter

answer: 1

question: 36 Which poker hand falls between a flush and four of a kind?

option: Full house

answer: 1

question: 37 The clementine is a variety of which citrus fruit?

option: Mandarin

answer: 1

question: 38 Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?

option: Japan

answer: 1

question: 39 Which French term describes the main group or pack of cyclists in a road race?

option: Peloton

answer: 1

question: 40 The Cardboard Cathedral is in which New Zealand city?

option: Christchurch

answer: 1

question: 41 Who wrote the 1968 book Airport?

option: Arthur Hailey

answer: 1

question: 42 Which chemical element beginning with C is named after an American state?

option: Californium

answer: 1

question: 43 Who sings the current hit Cold Heart with Elton John?

option: Dua Lipa

answer: 1

question: 44 In the song Waltzing Matilda, under the shade of what kind of tree does the swagman sit?

option: Coolibah

answer: 1

question: 45 The name of which mammal means “earth pig” in Afrikaans?

option: Aardvark

answer: 1

question: 46 Brass is an alloy of which two metals?

option: Copper, zinc

answer: 1

question: 47 In the girl group Spice Girls, who was Baby Spice?

option: Emma Bunton

answer: 1

question: 48 Who was British prime minister at the start of World War II?

option: Neville Chamberlain

answer: 1

question: 49 What colour is the top stripe on the flag of Germany?

option: Black

answer: 1

question: 50 Which US blues singer-songwriter and musician was born McKinley Morganfield?

option: Muddy Waters

answer: 1