The Weekly Times quiz from Brydon Coverdale, August 5 edition

CHALLENGE According to a famous advertising jingle, what does Vegemite do to your cheeks?

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 the long-running comic strip by Jim Davis, what sort of animal is Garfield?

2 What Australian song features the lyrics: “A sheep or two, a k-kangaroo, a clothesline out the back”?

3 The Coral Sea is a branch of which ocean?

4 In what sport could you roll a strike, a spare or a gutter ball?

5 What Australian TV legend sparked controversy in the ’70s with his “crow-call”?

6 How many stars are there on the Eureka flag?

Question 7: Australian rider Megan Jones with her horse Irish Jester at the Beijing Olympics. Picture: AP

7 The horseriding sports at the Olympics, which include dressage, show jumping and eventing, are collectively known by what name?

8 Little Desert National Park is located in which Australian state?

9 According to a famous advertising jingle, Vegemite “puts a … what … in every cheek”?

Question 10: The Ablett brothers after the 2007 AFL Grand Final. Picture: Alex Coppel

10 What is the name of Gary Ablett Jr’s younger brother, who played in Geelong’s 2007 AFL premiership team?

11 On a boat, does the word “stern” refer to the front or the back of the vessel?

12 With regards to secondary schools in Victoria, for what do the initials VCE stand?

13 What famous Australian feminist gained fame for her 1970 book The Female Eunuch?

14 What is the seventh planet from the Sun?

15 Australia’s longest-serving prime minister, Robert Menzies was born in which small town in the Wimmera?

16 Nutbush City Limits is a well-known song by which American singer?

17 In mathematics, a right angle is an angle of exactly how many degrees?

18 Which of South Australia’s peninsulas is furthest west — Fleurieu, Yorke or Eyre?

19 Also beginning with T, what is another name for the tree-tomato?

20 Ray Martin, George Negus and Ian Leslie were the three original correspondents on which Australian TV news show when it started in 1979?

21 Australia’s most-capped netballer, Liz Ellis played mostly in what position?

22 The Cape of Good Hope is near the southern tip of which continent?

23 Australian Howard Florey won a Nobel prize for his role in the development of what antibiotic?

24 In what decade of the 20th century were cane toads introduced to Australia?

25 In which Australian state or territory is the Larapinta Trail walking track?

Question 20: George Negus, Ray Martin and Ian Leslie.

ANSWERS

1. Cat

2. Home Among the Gum Trees

3. Pacific Ocean

4. Ten-pin bowling

5. Graham Kennedy

6. Five

7. Equestrian

8. Victoria

9. Rose

10. Nathan Ablett

11. Back

12. Victorian Certificate of Education

13. Germaine Greer

14. Uranus

15. Jeparit

16. Tina Turner

17. 90 degrees

18. Eyre

19. Tamarillo

20. 60 Minutes

21. Goalkeeper

22. Africa

23. Penicillin

24. 1930s

25. Northern Territory

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