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question: Mt Fuji, the highest peak in Japan, is on which island?
option: Honshu
answer: 1
question: Proverbially, what kind of news travels fast?
option: Bad
answer: 1
question: In the Where’s Wally? books, what is the name of Wally’s dog?
option: Woof
answer: 1
question: Morris Iemma is a former premier of which Australian state?
option: New South Wales
answer: 1
question: She Looks So Perfect was a 2014 hit for which Australian band?
option: 5 Seconds of Summer
answer: 1
question: What nationality was navigator Vasco da Gama?
option: Portuguese
answer: 1
question: BT is a nickname of which Channel 7 AFL commentator?
option: Brian Taylor
answer: 1
question: In the Harry Potter books, what is the name of Professor Dumbledore’s pet phoenix?
option: Fawkes
answer: 1
question: Which US country singer was born Virginia Patterson Hensley in 1932?
option: Patsy Cline
answer: 1
question: What is the colour of the top horizontal band on the national flag of Germany?
option: Black
answer: 1
question: Which organ of the body is subject to myocardial infarction?
option: Heart
answer: 1
question: In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, to whom is Polonius speaking when he says “Neither a borrower nor a lender be”?
option: Laertes (his son)
answer: 1
question: What is the colour of Superman’s cape?
option: Red
answer: 1
question: For what are the letters in the radio transmission system AM an abbreviation?
option: Amplitude modulation
answer: 1
question: What is speleology?
option: Study of caves
answer: 1
question: By population, what is Switzerland’s largest city?
option: Zurich
answer: 1
question: The Luncheon on the Grass is a painting by which 19th-century French artist?
option: Edouard Manet
answer: 1
question: What is the capital of Cuba?
option: Havana
answer: 1
question: “Default grade” is an anagram of which former US rock band?
option: Grateful Dead
answer: 1
question: How old was composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when he died in 1791 – 35, 45 or 55?
option: 35
answer: 1
question: Lardons and chitterlings are edible parts of which animal?
option: Pig
answer: 1
question: Which English singer-songwriter is married to Canadian jazz star Diana Krall?
option: Elvis Costello
answer: 1
question: What kind of animal is a schnauzer?
option: Dog
answer: 1
question: Name the English poet who drowned off Italy in 1822.
option: Percy Bysshe Shelley
answer: 1
question: The slogan “The pause that refreshes” advertised which soft drink?
option: Coca-Cola
answer: 1
question: How many suits are in a standard deck of playing cards?
option: Four
answer: 1
question: In which European country is La Stampa a leading daily newspaper?
option: Italy
answer: 1
question: A protective coating of which metal is applied to steel or iron in the process of galvanisation?
option: Zinc
answer: 1
question: In Greek mythology, who was the twin sister of Apollo?
option: Artemis
answer: 1
question: Which pigment gives plants their green colour?
option: Chlorophyll
answer: 1
question: The name of which Canadian province means “New Scotland” in Latin?
option: Nova Scotia
answer: 1
question: In which country is Keflavik International Airport?
option: Iceland
answer: 1
question: Name the only country in South America with English as the official language.
option: Guyana
answer: 1
question: In which city are the Floating Gardens of Xochimilco?
option: Mexico City
answer: 1
question: Which US singer did rapper Jay-Z marry in 2008?
option: Beyonce
answer: 1
question: Singapore lies at the southern tip of which peninsula?
option: Malay
answer: 1
question: Of which metal is bauxite the principal ore?
option: Aluminium
answer: 1
question: What does a plangonologist collect?
option: Dolls
answer: 1
question: Who is the narrator of Brideshead Revisited, a novel by English author Evelyn Waugh?
option: Charles Ryder
answer: 1
question: What is said to be stranger than fiction?
option: Truth
answer: 1
question: A pas de trois is a dance for how many people?
option: Three
answer: 1
question: Otitis media is an infection of which part of the body?
option: Ear
answer: 1
question: A pompadour is a type of what?
option: Hairstyle
answer: 1
question: Bill Sikes is a character in which book by English author Charles Dickens?
option: Oliver Twist
answer: 1
question: Veal is the meat of which young animal?
option: Calf
answer: 1
question: In the 2015 computer-animated film Inside Out, what colour is Sadness?
option: Blue
answer: 1
question: Which Australian prime minister was born in Melbourne in 1930?
option: Malcolm Fraser
answer: 1
question: Who is third in the line of succession to the British throne?
option: Prince George of Cambridge
answer: 1
question: The Owen Stanley Range is in which country?
optio: Papua New Guinea
answer: 1
question: What is the world’s largest ocean?
option: Pacific
answer: 1