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Singer Buddy Holly, pictured in 1958. He died the following year - how?

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question: In which country was actor Antonio Banderas born in 1960?

option: Spain

answer: 1

question: How many months of the year have four letters in their name?

option: Two (June, July)

answer: 1

question: Moderna, manufacturer of a Covid-19 vaccine, is based in which country?

option: US

answer: 1

question: Which body part is removed in a glossectomy?

option: Tongue

answer: 1

question: Name the NSW Health Minister

option: Brad Hazzard

answer: 1

question: In the 1955 film A Man Called Peter, what was the title character’s surname?

option: Marshall

answer: 1

question: Who substituted for drummer Ringo Starr at concerts by The Beatles in Adelaide in 1964?

option: Jimmy (sometimes Jimmie) Nicol

answer: 1

question: A study published in National Geographic magazine showed that a sheep can remember the faces of 50 other sheep for over two years – true or false?

option: True

answer: 1

question: Name the four judges in the new series of The Voice on Channel 7.

option: Keith Urban, Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy, Rita Ora

answer: 1

question: Which 1975 hit by the Bee Gees has a famous New York City street in its title?

option: Nights on Broadway

answer: 1

question: In which year was Diet Coke launched in Australia?

option: 1983

answer: 1

question: Alphabetically, what is the first country in South America?

option: Argentina

answer: 1

question: The song Let It Go comes from which computer-animated Disney film?

option: Frozen

answer: 1

question: Who is the coach of AFL team Geelong?

option: Chris Scott

answer: 1

question: Reykjavik is which country’s capital?

option: Iceland’s

answer: 1

question: In a tennis match, after how many games does the umpire first call for “new balls”?

option: Seven (after that, replacement happens after ever nine games)

answer: 1

question: How did US singer Buddy Holly die in 1959?

option: Plane crash

answer: 1

question: In which 1968 film did Elvis Presley play racing car driver Steve Grayson?

option: Speedway

answer: 1

question: A mortarboard hat usually has how many tassels?

option: One

answer: 1

question: Cafe Terrace at Night is an 1888 painting by which Dutch artist?

option: Vincent van Gogh

answer: 1

question: Conchita Wurst won the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest for which country?

option: Austria

answer: 1

question: Name the three Benelux countries of western Europe.

option: Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg

answer: 1

question: Which country has the longest coastline in the world?

option: Canada

answer: 1

question: Unscramble these letters to name an Adelaide Hills town – OLMRY.

option: Mylor

answer: 1

question: Which fast-food restaurant chain sells Spicy Bacon Zinger Burgers?

option: KFC

answer: 1

question: The 1877 book Black Beauty was the only published work of which English novelist?

option: Anna Sewell

answer: 1

question: What does the W. S. stand for in the horse race W. S. Cox Plate?

option: William Samuel

answer: 1

question: Which four colours are on the flag of Palestine?

option: Black, white, green, red

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the 1775 play The Rivals?

option: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

answer: 1

question: Who sang the 1984 hit Dancing In the Dark?

option: Bruce Springsteen

answer: 1

question: In a COTA Insurance television commercial, how old is polar explorer Elva (Johnson)?

option: 83

answer: 1

question: Which river runs through the Italian city of Florence?

option: Arno

answer: 1

question: The address of which skyscraper is 725 Fifth Ave, New York City?

option: Trump Tower

answer: 1

question: Proverbially, every cloud has what kind of lining?

option: Silver

answer: 1

question: Beginning with M, what is another name for marsh gas?

option: Methane

answer: 1

question: How many times was US author Ernest Hemingway married?

option: Four

answer: 1

question: Who was prime minister of Australia immediately before Tony Abbott?

option: Kevin Rudd

answer: 1

question: The three internal angles of a triangle always add up to how many degrees?

option: 180

answer: 1

question: Corona beer originated in which country?

option: Mexico

answer: 1

question: What is 30 per cent of 900?

option: 270

answer: 1

question: What is gynophobia?

option: Fear of women

answer: 1

question: In the 1977 film Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, what was the name of the Lancia Scorpion with which Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle, fell in love?

option: Giselle

answer: 1

question: Which Japanese city hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics?

option: Nagano

answer: 1

question: In which month is the latest date on which Palm Sunday can fall?

option: April

answer: 1

question: Who played Joey Tribbiani in the television situation comedy series Friends?

option: Matt LeBlanc

answer: 1

question: Beethoven originally dedicated his Symphony No.3 to which French leader?

option: Napoleon Bonaparte

answer: 1

question: “Good Different” is an advertising slogan for which supermarket chain?

option: Aldi

answer: 1

question: For which VFL team was Ian Stewart playing when he won the last of his three Brownlow Medals in 1971?

option: Richond

answer: 1

question: On which date is International Women’s Day celebrated each year?

option: March 8

answer: 1

question: What is the square root of 196?

option: 14

answer: 1