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question: Which South Australian town is often called the “Opal capital of the world”?

option: Coober Pedy

answer: 1

question: By population, Cotonou is the largest city in which West African country?

option: Benin

answer: 1

question: The Mediterranean island nation of Malta is a member of the European Union – true or false?

option: True

answer: 1

question: In order from left to right, what are the three colours on the flag of Belgium?

option: Black, yellow, red

answer: 1

question: How many goals contributed to Geelong’s winning score against Port Adelaide in the 2007 AFL grand final?

option: 24

answer: 1

question: By area, which is the largest of the Greek islands?

option: Crete

answer: 1

question: What is the seventh month of the year?

option: July

answer: 1

question: Name the winner of the 2022 Melbourne Cup.

option: Gold Trip

answer: 1

question: In electrical terms, what does AC stand for?

option: Alternating current

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the 1992 book The Pelican Brief?

option: John Grisham

answer: 1

question: The headquarters of global investment bank Credit Suisse is in which country?

option: Switzerland

answer: 1

question: What is the capital of Montenegro?

option: Podgorica

answer: 1

question: Who bowled Don Bradman for a duck in Bradman’s final Test innings in 1948?

option: Eric Hollies

answer: 1

question: How many times was King Henry VIII of England married?

option: Six

answer: 1

question: In the comic strip The Phantom, what is the name of the Phantom’s horse?

option: Hero

answer: 1

question: Hansen’s disease is also known by what name?

option: Leprosy

answer: 1

question: Which Latin phrase is commonly translated as “seize the day”?

option: Carpe diem

answer: 1

question: Who plays the title character in the 1950 film All About Eve?

option: Anne Baxter

answer: 1

question: Oktoberfest is held annually in which German city?

option: Munich

answer: 1

question: Which British monarch died on the Isle of Wight on January 22, 1901?

option: Queen Victoria

answer: 1

question: Name the new Prime Minister of Italy.

option: Giorgia Meloni

answer: 1

question: In which year did Adelaide stage its final Formula One Grand Prix?

option: 1995

answer: 1

question: Which five planets in the solar system are further from the sun than Earth?

option: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

answer: 1

question: Released in 1958, what was the first Carry On film?

option: Carry On Sergeant

answer: 1

question: What colour is the pompom on Cartman’s hat in the US animated television situation comedy series South Park?

option: Yellow

answer: 1

question: What colour is a polar bear’s skin?

option: Black

answer: 1

question: Unscramble these letters to name a two-word Adelaide suburb: OAAKSCTPR.

option: Ascot Park

answer: 1

question: Which chemical element has the symbol Ar?

option: Argon

answer: 1

question: How old is tennis champion Rafael Nadal?

option: 36

answer: 1

question: The desert zabaglione comes from which country?

option: Italy

answer: 1

question: The 1856 Treaty of Paris ended which war?

option: Crimean War

answer: 1

question: Steve Bracks was premier of which Australian state from 1999-2007?

option: Victoria

answer: 1

question: Who owns Twitter?

option: Elon Musk

answer: 1

question: How old was rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis when he died on October 28?

option: 87

answer: 1

question: What is the only bird in the Chinese zodiac?

option: Rooster

answer: 1

question: What is the signature song of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team?

option: Sweet Georgia Brown

answer: 1

question: Who composed the 1945 opera Peter Grimes?

option: Benjamin Britten

answer: 1

question: What type of seafood is used to make a carpetbag steak?

option: Oysters

answer: 1

question: Who wrote the nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark?

option: Lewis Carroll

answer: 1

question: What was the Roman name for the country we now know as Scotland?

option: Caledonia

answer: 1

question: What is the name of Captain Ahab’s whaling ship in the book Moby-Dick by Herman Melville?

option: Pequod

answer: 1

question: Which country is encircled by South Africa?

option: Lesotho

answer: 1

question: Varna is the largest port city in which country?

option: Bulgaria

answer: 1

question: What is genuphobia?

option: Fear of knees

answer: 1

question: How many minutes are between 4.55pm and 6.17pm inclusive?

option: 82

answer: 1

question: Which Australian country music singer-songwriter was born David Gordon Kirkpatrick in 1927?

option: Slim Dusty

answer: 1

question: Richard Bucket (Clive Swift) was a character in which British television situation comedy series?

option: Keeping Up Appearances

answer: 1

question: Goliath is the nickname of which chaser in the television series The Chase Australia?

option: Matt Parkinson

answer: 1

question: Andrew Cunanan murdered which famous fashion designer in Miami Beach in 1997?

option: Gianni Versace

answer: 1

question: Which French artist was famous for his paintings of Polynesian people?

option: Paul Gauguin

answer: 1