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Can you name the hotel at the end of Lonely Street from the hit Elvis song from 1956?

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question: The fashion brand SABA originated in which country?

option: Australia

answer: 1

question: Through which organs do fish breathe?

option: Gills

answer: 1

question: The Spanish word “repollo” means which vegetable in English?

option: Cabbage

answer: 1

question: Who is Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister?

option: Richard Marles

answer: 1

question: Which Canadian province borders the Pacific Ocean?

option: British Columbia

answer: 1

question: What colour is the circle at the centre of the Japanese flag?

option: Red

answer: 1

question: What is the easternmost country on the Arabian Peninsula?

option: Oman

answer: 1

question: Who directed the 1999 film Snow Falling on Cedars?

option: Scott Hicks

answer: 1

question: Which children’s author created an evil vulture named Vlad Vladikoff?

option: Dr Seuss

answer: 1

question: Dilma Rousseff was the first female president of which South American country?

option: Brazil

answer: 1

question: N95 is a current hit for which US rapper?

option: Kendrick Lamar

answer: 1

question: Which planet has a potato-shaped moon called Janus?

option: Saturn

answer: 1

question: The word “ombudsman” is derived from which language?

option: Swedish

answer: 1

question: What does the T stand for in the federal government’s DFAT?

option: Trade

answer: 1

question: Which four countries participate in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) meetings?

option: Australia, US, India, Japan

answer: 1

question: What is the square root of 324?

option: 18

answer: 1

question: In which ocean is the island nation of Mauritius?

option: Indian

answer: 1

question: By area, Rajasthan is which country’s largest state?

option: India’s

answer: 1

question: The devil is often depicted holding which piece of agricultural equipment?

option: Pitchfork

answer: 1

question: In a 1956 hit by Elvis Presley, which hotel is “down at the end of Lonely Street”?

option: Heartbreak Hotel

answer: 1

question: Who was the priest in Robin Hood’s band of Merry Men?

option: Friar Tuck

answer: 1

question: What is the nickname of the Australian men’s national basketball team?

option: Boomers

answer: 1

question: The current Australian 50-cent coin has how many sides?

option: 12

answer: 1

question: In the NATO phonetic alphabet, which word is used for the letter P?

option: Papa

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the epic poem Paradise Lost?

option: John Milton

answer: 1

question: Relating to the sea, what are spring and neap?

option: Tides

answer: 1

question: What is a fustanella?

option: Pleated white kilt worn by men in Albania and Greece

answer: 1

question: Alex Jesaulenko played with which two clubs during his VFL career?

option: Carlton, St Kilda

answer: 1

question: What is the capital of the Maldives?

option: Male

answer: 1

question: Syria has a coastline on which sea?

option: Mediterranean

answer: 1

question: Name the 1960s science-fiction television series which included a robot that often cried out: “Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!”

option: Lost in Space

answer: 1

question: In the nursery rhyme, where is Little Jack Horner sitting?

option: In the corner

answer: 1

question: Who created the fictional Secret Service agent James Bond?

option: Ian Fleming

answer: 1

question: In which fictional town was the US television series Desperate Housewives set?

option: Fairview

answer: 1

question: What was the wood of preference used by English cabinet-maker Thomas Chippendale?

option: Mahogany

answer: 1

question: What is 2000 in Roman numerals?

option: MM

answer: 1

question: What is a baby goose called?

option: Gosling

answer: 1

question: Who played Charlotte York in the US television series Sex and the City?

option: Kristin Davis

answer: 1

question: Name the four first names that make up the pop group acronym ABBA.

option: Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn, Anni-Frid

answer: 1

question: Which AFL team is nicknamed the Magpies?

option: Collingwood

answer: 1

question: The Gulf of Guinea is part of which ocean?

option: Atlantic

answer: 1

question: What is acrophobia?

option: Fear of heights

answer: 1

question: In a quiz in 1992, what was the answer to the question: “What is the Queen’s ultimate ambition?”

option: “For one of her horses to win the (Epsom) Derby”

answer: 1

question: How many African countries begin with the letter U?

option: One (Uganda)

answer: 1

question: Proverbially, what does the early bird catch?

option: The worm

answer: 1

question: Which US rock band had a hit in 1991 with Losing My Religion?

option: R.E.M.

answer: 1

question: In which year did the Titanic sink?

option: 1912

answer: 1

question: What is Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s middle name?

option: Norman

answer: 1

question: What is the French word for “hour”?

option: Heure

answer: 1

question: What nationality is former world No.1 tennis player Gustavo Kuerten?

option: Brazilian

answer: 1