The Weekly Times quiz from Brydon Coverdale, December 16 edition

The Chase Australia’s official Shark, Brydon Coverdale, has created a new quiz challenge for The Weekly Times. How’s your general knowledge? Take his quiz.

Question 1: What bird is given on the first day in the song The 12 Days of Christmas? Picture: Alice Prokopec

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

Scroll to the bottom for answers.

QUESTIONS

1 What bird is given on the first day in the song The 12 Days of Christmas?

2 Jeff Kennett served as Victoria’s premier during which decade?

3 In cricket, Australia will play against which country in this year’s Boxing Day Test?

4 What term for a female goat can also mean someone employed to look after children?

5 An Australian TV ad campaign from the 1980s urged “Don’t be a wally with ...” what?

Question 2: Jeff Kennett in his garden. Picture: Tim Carrafa

6 What does a cartographer make?

7 Australian Rules legend Alex Jesaulenko most famously played for Carlton, but also played for which other VFL team?

8 Caroline Chisholm was depicted on which old Australian paper banknote?

9 Actor Samuel Johnson won a Logie for his role as what music industry legend in a 2016 TV miniseries?

10 Now effectively a ghost town due to contamination from asbestos mines, Wittenoom is in which Australian state?

Question 11: Did Carols by Candlelight start in Australia?

11 True or false: Carols By Candlelight is a tradition that originated in Australia.

12 A colloquial Australian saying meaning “all or nothing” is “Sydney or ...” what?

13 As well as being TV presenters, Australians Katrina Warren, Chris Brown and Harry Cooper all have what profession?

14 Which Australian state has a variety of orchid as its official floral emblem?

15 What is the full name of the medical condition DVT, which can result from long periods of inactivity, such as long-haul flights?

16 Which of these is not the name of a current federal electorate in Victoria — Ballarat, Bendigo, or Shepparton?

17 How many players take the field for each team in a game of soccer?

18 Ammonia is a compound of hydrogen and which other element?

19 Which Victorian goldfields town shares its name with a city on Queensland’s Fraser Coast?

20 What major sportswear brand calls its logo the “Swoosh”?

21 Students from the fictional Rydell High School feature in what film musical?

22 Australian Rennae Stubbs is a retired professional player of what sport?

23 Best known for having no tail, the Manx cat is a breed that originated on which island?

24 In which decade of the 19th century was the city of Melbourne founded?

25 What is the title of the 1980 bestseller written by Robyn Davidson about her near 3000km trek across West Australian deserts using camels?

Question 14: Which Australian state has a variety of orchid as its official floral emblem? Picture: Drew Fitzgibbon

ANSWERS

1. A partridge (in a pear tree)

2. 1990s

3. India

4. Nanny

5. Water

6. Maps

7. St Kilda

8. $5 note

9. Molly Meldrum

10. Western Australia

11. True

12. The bush

13. Veterinarians

14. Queensland

15. Deep-vein thrombosis

16. Shepparton

17. 11

18. Nitrogen

19. Maryborough

20. Nike

21. Grease

22. Tennis

23. Isle of Man

24. 1830s

25. Tracks

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