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question: . Who is the voice of Buzz Lightyear in the four Toy Story films?

option: Tim Allen

answer: 1

question: In golf, how many strokes below the par figure for a hole is an albatross?

option: Three

answer: 1

question: In which city will the AFL grand final be played on September 25?

option: Perth

answer: 1

question: What is the prime number closest to 1000?

option: 997

answer: 1

question: How many hearts does an octopus have?

option: Three

answer: 1

question: What is the capital of Denmark?

option: Copenhagen

answer: 1

question: How many points are on the Commonwealth star, the largest star on the Australian flag?

option: Seven

answer: 1

question: Romansh is one of which European country’s four official languages?

option: Switzerland’s

answer: 1

question: Stage actor John Wilkes Booth assassinated which US president in 1865?

option: Abraham Lincoln

answer: 1

question: A dzo is a hybrid of a cow and which other animal?

option: Yak

answer: 1

question: Tartu is the second-largest city in which country?

option: Estonia

answer: 1

question: Name the Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory.

option: Andrew Barr

answer: 1

question: What is the national flower of India?

option: Lotus

answer: 1

question: What was the surname of Alice, the housekeeper in the US television situation comedy series The Brady Bunch?

option: Nelson

answer: 1

question: What is the name of the decapitated racehorse in the 1972 film The Godfather?

option: Khartoum

answer: 1

question: The Euphrates River flows through Turkey, Syria and which other country?

option: Iraq

answer: 1

question: By population, what is the largest city in Nigeria?

option: Lagos

answer: 1

question: Which ocean is off the coast of California?

option: Pacific

answer: 1

question: Beginning with S, which five-letter word is a term for opening oysters?

option: Shuck

answer: 1

question: Chrysanthemums were first cultivated in which Asian country?

option: China

answer: 1

question: What kind of creature is a plover?

option: Bird

answer: 1

question: Which letter in the word “colour” is not used in the American spelling?

option: U

answer: 1

question: Siamese, Abyssinian, Manx and Somali are all breeds of which animal?

option: Cat

answer: 1

question: Which letter comes immediately after N in the English alphabet?

option: O

answer: 1

question: A Day at the Races was a 1976 album for which British rock band?

option: Queen

answer: 1

question: A horse named Pilgrim is central to the plot of which 1998 film?

option: The Horse Whisperer

answer: 1

question: Phileas Fogg is the main character in which book by French author Jules Verne?

option: Around the World in Eighty Days

answer: 1

question: What does an ombrometer measure?

option: Rainfall

answer: 1

question: Name the two planets in the solar system which begin with the letter M.

option: Mercury, Mars

answer: 1

question: Which country is the world’s largest producer of rice?

option: China

answer: 1

question: What is the state gemstone of South Australia?

option: Opal

answer: 1

question: What is former Australian cricketer Shane Warne’s middle name?

option: Keith

answer: 1

question: Who was the runner-up in the first season of Australian Idol in 2003?

option: Shannon Noll

answer: 1

question: What is pyrophobia?

option: Fear of fire

answer: 1

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

option: Tennessee

answer: 1

question: In the book Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, what is the name of Long John Silver’s parrot?

option: Captain Flint

answer: 1

question: Name Adelaide’s palindromic suburb.

option: Glenelg

answer: 1

question: Who sang the 2013 hit Royals?

option: Lorde

answer: 1

question: Who is the captain of AFL club Melbourne?

option: Max Gawn

answer: 1

question: Which two US cities are mentioned in the song Honky Tonk Women by The Rolling Stones?

option: Memphis, New York City

answer: 1

question: How many points does a team score for a touchdown in American football?

option: Six

answer: 1

question: Gangnam, as in the 2012 hit Gangnam Style, is an affluent district in which Asian city?

option: Seoul

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the vampire-themed Twilight books?

option: Stephenie Meyer

answer: 1

question: In a standard deck of playing cards, which king does not have a moustache?

option: King of hearts

answer: 1

question: What is Danny’s surname in the musical Grease?

option: Zuko

answer: 1

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

option: Eight

answer: 1

question: Lee Hsien Loong is which country’s prime minister?

option: Singapore’s

answer: 1

question: The song You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket Or Two comes from which musical?

option: Oliver!

answer: 1

question: The mythical griffin had the body of a lion and the head and wings of which bird?

option: Eagle

answer: 1

question: Multiply the number of feet in a yard by the number of hours in a week.

option: 504 (3 x 168)

answer: 1