The Weekly Times quiz from Brydon Coverdale, August 26 edition

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Question 8: Annastacia Palaszczuk is premier of which state? Picture: Attila Csaszar

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

QUESTIONS

1 What is the official two-letter abbreviation for hectare?

2 What fruit is also a colloquial term for a dud car?

3 “The great Australian taste” is a slogan used by what pie company?

4 Dirk Hartog Island is located off the coast of which Australian state?

5 What Australian motorcycle racer won five consecutive 500cc World Championships from 1994-98?

6 In 2014, reality TV show The Biggest Loser focused on residents of which Victorian town?

7 In what part of the human body are the metatarsal bones?

8 Annastacia Palaszczuk is the current premier of which Australian state?

9 True or false: there are more sheep in New Zealand than in Australia.

10 What Australian folk song begins with the lyrics: “There’s a track winding back to an old-fashioned shack”?

Question 15: Marnus Labuschagne was born where? Picture: AFP

11 Shaun Burgoyne has played for which two AFL clubs?

12 When she married Prince Charles, Camilla Parker Bowles became the Duchess of … where?

13 This Friday (August 28) is Daffodil Day, which raises money for what organisation?

14 How many ships comprised Australia’s First Fleet?

15 Australian Test cricketer Marnus Labuschagne was born in what country?

16 In urban areas, CBD usually stands for Central … what … District?

17 What British-born comedian known for his trademark cigar and one-liners was a regular panellist on Blankety Blanks?

18 The annual tomato fight known as La Tomatina takes place in what country?

19 The intramuscular fat content of beef is often known by what one-word name?

20 The final novel by author Bryce Courtenay had what title — Jack of Diamonds, Queen of Hearts or King of Clubs?

21 Who was US president at the start of the 1990s?

22 An expression meaning to suddenly burst into uncontrollable anger is “to fly off the …” what?

23 Australian Jane Saville is a retired Olympic medallist in what athletics discipline?

24 A traditional children’s singing game begins with the words “Here we go gathering nuts in …” what month?

25 A key member of the Heidelberg School of Australian painters was Walter … who?

Question 13: Who does Daffodil Day raise money for? Picture: Alix Sweeney

Question 19: Intramuscular fat content is also called what? Picture: James Wagstaff

ANSWERS

1. Ha

2. Lemon

3. Four’n’Twenty

4. Western Australia

5. Mick Doohan

6. Ararat

7. Feet

8. Queensland

9. False

10. Along the Road to Gundagai

11. Port Adelaide and
Hawthorn

12. Cornwall

13. Cancer Council

14. Eleven

15. South Africa

16. Business

17. Ugly Dave Gray

18. Spain

19. Marbling

20. Jack of Diamonds

21. George Bush Senior

22. Handle

23. Walking

24. May

25. Withers

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