Test your knowledge of words and numbers in this 30-year special edition of Brainwaves with Marty Smith

Could remember the answer to a trivia question you were asked 12 months ago? Find out in this themed quiz Marty Smith created last year to celebrate 30 years of Brainwaves. Marty's 10 quizzes from last year were such a hit we have dragged them out again to test your long-term memory. The theme for the following quiz is words and numbers.

How many points is the green ball worth in a game of snooker?

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** To celebrate 30 years of Brainwaves, Marty Smith and advertiser.com.au have produced 10 for this summer, made up of some of his best questions. This quiz’s theme is: Words and Numbers. Decide your answer then click on the answer button to see if you were correct. We’ll tally your score as you go. **

question: What does the expression “rub salt into the wound” mean?

option: To make things worse; add insult to injury

answer: 1

question: Which three-letter word completes the following longer words: am---; ---ow; f---er; tr---y?

option: End (amend, endow, fender, trendy)

answer: 1

question: How many days are in 11 leap years?

option: 4026

answer: 1

question: How many points is the green ball worth in a game of snooker?

option: Three

answer: 1

question: Proverbially, a fool and his what are soon parted?

option: Money

answer: 1

question: What is the last prime number before 200?

option: 199

answer: 1

question: A tetradecagon has how many sides?

option: 14

answer: 1

question: What is “mal de mer”?

option: Seasickness

answer: 1

question: What do the letters in the acronym AIDS stand for?

option: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

answer: 1

question: What is acrophobia?

option: Fear of heights

answer: 1

question: What do the letters YMCA stand for?

option: Young Men’s Christian Association

answer: 1

question: Multiply the number of days in 2015 by the number of days in 2016.

option: 133,590 (365 x 366)

answer: 1

question: Giovanni is an Italian equivalent of which English first name?

option: John

answer: 1

question: Thirteen individual dodecagons have how many sides?

option: 156

answer: 1

question: Giving birth to sextuplets means having how many babies?

option: Six

answer: 1

question: “Strata” is a plural of which word?

option: Stratum

answer: 1

question: What is the Latin word for “and”?

option: Et

answer: 1

question: What is the square root of 100?

option: 10

answer: 1

question: What is the legal term for the offence of intentionally giving false evidence in judicial proceedings?

option: Perjury

answer: 1

question: How many lines are in 14 sonnets?

option: 196

answer: 1

question: What does “pulchritudinous” mean?

option: Beautiful (especially of a woman)

answer: 1

question: What colour is the second “o” in the Google logo?

option: Yellow

answer: 1

question: “Foci” is a plural of which word?

option: Focus

answer: 1

question: Brunch is a combination of which two words?

option: Breakfast, lunch

answer: 1

question: What is the missing word in this palindrome: Draw pupil’s ... upward?

option: Lip

answer: 1

question: Name the only American state ending in H.

option: Utah

answer: 1

question: A is the vehicle registration code for which country?

option: Austria

answer: 1

question: How many sides does a parallelogram have?

option: Four

answer: 1

question: How many thousands are in a million?

option: 1000

answer: 1

question: Which Canadian province begins and ends with the letter A?

option: Alberta

answer: 1

question: How is the letter “z” pronounced in the US?

option: Zee

answer: 1

question: How many items are in a baker’s dozen?

option: 13

answer: 1

question: After which Norse god is Thursday named?

option: Thor

answer: 1

question: What is the opposite to concave?

option: Convex

answer: 1

question: How many feet are in a yard?

option: Three

answer: 1

question: What does “bicephalous” mean?

option: Having two heads

answer: 1

question: How many acres are in a square mile?

option: 640

answer: 1

question: What is the French word for Thursday?

option: Jeudi

answer: 1

question: What is the total number of days in the months of the year beginning with A?

option: 61 (April 30, August 31)

answer: 1

question: What is 10 per cent of 5050?

option: 505

answer: 1

question: Which letter is between A and D on a standard keyboard?

option: S

answer: 1

question: How many degrees are in a circle?

option: 360

answer: 1

question: How many minutes are in 71 hours?

option: 4260

answer: 1

question: What do Americans call the boot of a car?

option: Trunk

answer: 1

question: “Ace brain” is an anagram of which Australian actor?

option: Eric Bana

answer: 1

question: How many feet are in a mile?

option: 5280

answer: 1

question: How many lines are in a limerick?

option: Five

answer: 1

question: What is the penultimate letter of the English alphabet?

option: Y

answer: 1

question: What is Ido?

option: Constructed international language developed from Esperanto

answer: 1

question: What is the 24th and final letter of the Greek alphabet?

option: Omega

answer: 1