The Weekly Times quiz from Brydon Coverdale, April 22 edition

This week’s quiz includes questions about Anzac Day, as well as general knowledge puzzlers.

Question 1: People gather during a ceremony at Lone Pine Cemetery on the Gallipoli Peninsula on April 25 last year. Picture: Yasin Akgul/AFP

TEST your knowledge with our weekly quiz, compiled by The Chase Australia’s Brydon Coverdale. Only the champions will get 21-25 correct.

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QUESTIONS

1 In what country is the Gallipoli Peninsula?

2 The Wisden Almanack is a long-running authority on what sport?

3 In what comedy film series did Leslie Nielsen play the bumbling police officer Frank Drebin?

4 Hindmarsh Island is part of which Australian state?

5 The traditional recipe for Anzac biscuits consists of sugar, flour, butter, golden syrup, bicarb soda, water, sometimes coconut, and which other key ingredient?

6 What was the first name of explorer Captain Cook?

7 What large town in southwest Victoria shares its name with New Zealand’s fourth-most populous city?

8 The widow of “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin originally comes from what country?

9 What is the name of the former Gippsland sawmill worker who was elected to the Senate as a member of the Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party?

10 Which of these countries does not have a flag consisting of red, white and blue — Norway, Russia, Finland or the Netherlands?

Question 5: Anzac biscuits. Picture: Ella Pellegrini

Question 19: A crossword. Picture: istock

11 A carpetbag steak consists of beef stuffed with what?

12 The two ends at the AFL’s Marvel Stadium in Docklands are named after which two legendary goal-kickers?

13 What word is often used as a female equivalent of “jackaroo”?

14 In what game would the ringkeeper call “come in spinner”?

15 Renowned for its extremely hot weather, Marble Bar is a small town in which Australian state?

16 According to the well-known song by Paul Simon, there are how many ways to leave your lover?

17 Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic are the three main types of what?

18 The novel My Brilliant Career was written by which Australian author who has a major literary award named after her?

19 True or false: A cruciverbalist is someone who creates or solves crosswords.

20 Australian Michele Timms is a retired player of what sport?

21 In which decade did Telecom change its name to Telstra?

22 Which actor played Dr Mitch Stevens in All Saints, George Turner in 800 Words, and Dave Rafter in Packed to the Rafters?

23 A fungus that affects wheat crops in some parts of the world is karnal … what?

24 What is the name of Frank Sinatra’s daughter who is also a famous singer?

25 Which leader of the Country/National Party was Australia’s deputy prime minister under John Gorton, William McMahon and Malcolm Fraser?

Question 21: The old Telecom logo.

ANSWERS

1. Turkey

2. Cricket

3. The Naked Gun

4. South Australia

5. Rolled oats

6. James

7. Hamilton

8. USA

9. Ricky Muir

10. Finland (blue and white)

11. Oysters

12. Tony Lockett and Gordon Coventry

13. Jillaroo

14. Two-up

15. Western Australia

16. 50

17. Rock

18. Miles Franklin

19. True

20. Basketball

21. 1990s

22. Erik Thomson

23. Bunt

24. Nancy Sinatra

25. Doug Anthony

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