The Weekly Times quiz from Brydon Coverdale, December 30 edition

Test your knowledge with The Chase Australia’s Brydon Coverdale, who has compiled this quiz for The Weekly Times’ readers.

Question 4: Who is this AFL coach, who grew up in Victoria’s Western District? Picture: Phil Hillyard

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 A common Australian saying is “you’ve got two chances, Buckley’s and …” what?

2 The remote coastal town of Ceduna is in which state or territory?

3 The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a breed of what animal?

4 Which former AFL player who grew up in the Warrnambool district has coached Greater Western Sydney since 2014?

5 An old-fashioned phrase used to indicate the classifieds section of a newspaper, where births, deaths and marriages are announced, is ”hatches, matches and …” what?

6 The bunya pine tree is native to which continent?

7 The Australian territory Christmas Island is in which ocean?

8 The regular cast of which TV drama series included Samuel Johnson, Claudia Karvan, Deborah Mailman, Joel Edgerton and Sibylla Budd?

9 Surf brand Rip Curl was founded in which Victorian coastal town?

10 What is both the name of the horse that won the first two Melbourne Cups and the surname of the North Melbourne footballer who won the 1996 Norm Smith medal?

11 What song by Peter Allen begins with the lyrics: “I’ve been to cities that never close down”?

Question 9: Mick Fanning at the 2011 Rip Curl Pro media launch. Where was the surf brand founded?

12 Which class of animals includes snails and slugs: cephalopod, gastropod or bivalve?

13 Before Christmas, Australia defeated India in the first Test, played at which cricket ground?

14 A parrot named Polynesia and a two-headed creature called a “pushmi-pullyu” are companions of what literary character?

15 Former prime minister Kevin Rudd represented an electorate in which state?

16 Kathy Watt won Olympic gold for Australia in which sport?

17 What Victorian town, located at the junction of the Maroondah Highway and the Goulburn Valley Highway, shares its name with the wife of King Edward VII?

18 In a famous tourism ad, which Australian actor told Americans he would ”slip an extra shrimp on the barbie” for them?

19 Which was released first: the iPhone or iPad?

20 The GRDC is an Australian organisation relevant to cropping – what do the initials GRDC stand for?

21 What children’s TV character has the catchphrase “can we fix it?”?

22 What is the only US state that has a name starting with P?

23 Also known as the “owl parrot”, the kakapo is a bird native to what country?

24 Winner of the ARIA Award for Best Country Album last month was Fallow, by singer Fanny … who?

25 Usually attributed to Robert Burns, what is the traditional Scottish poem/folk song often sung at midnight on New Year’s Eve?

Question 24: Who is this award-winning musician? Picture: Stuart McEvoy

ANSWERS

1. None

2. South Australia

3. Dog

4. Leon Cameron

5. Dispatches

6. Australia

7. Indian Ocean

8. The Secret Life of Us

9. Torquay

10. Archer

11. I Still Call Australia Home

12. Gastropod

13. Adelaide Oval

14. Doctor Dolittle

15. Queensland

16. Cycling

17. Alexandra

18. Paul Hogan

19. iPhone

20. Grains Research and Development Corporation

21. Bob the Builder

22. Pennsylvania

23. New Zealand

24. Lumsden

25. Auld Lang Syne

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