The Weekly Times quiz from Brydon Coverdale, February 3 edition

The Chase Australia’s Brydon Coverdale new quiz for The Weekly Times readers is here. Are you game to put your knowledge to the test?

Question 5: Sam Stosur won which Grand Slam tournament?

THE Chase Australia’s Brydon Coverdale new quiz for The Weekly Times readers is here. Are you game to put your knowledge to the test?

Scroll to the bottom for answers.

QUESTIONS

1 In Australian slang, “chippie” is a nickname for what type of tradesperson?

2 Which swimming stroke shares its name with a type of insect?

3 In what Australian TV series did Glenn Robbins play a butcher named Kel Knight?

4 Daylesford, Benalla and Shepparton are all situated on which highway?

5 Australian tennis star Sam Stosur has won which one of the four grand slam singles titles?

6 According to the title of a hit song from the 1960s, singer Lonnie Donegan’s “old man” has what job?

7 How many items make up “a score” of something?

8 A popular location to see whale sharks, Ningaloo Reef is in which Australian state or territory?

9 What colour always moves first in chess?

10 From 2011-19, Eddie McGuire was president of which Big Bash League cricket team?

Question 11: Who was sworn in as the US Vice President last month? Picture: Saul Loeb / AFP

Question 13: Stan Alves.

11 Who was last month sworn in as the first female US Vice President?

12 In North America, reindeer are often known by what name beginning with C?

13 From 1994-98, Stan Alves coached which AFL team?

14 What New South Wales town northeast of Wagga Wagga markets itself as Australia’s “cherry capital” and hosts the annual National Cherry Festival?

15 In what TV comedy series did Michael Crawford play the bumbling lead character Frank Spencer?

16 At the 1952 Olympics, Australian Russell Mockridge won two gold medals in which sport?

17 The Loaded Dog is a well-known humorous short story by which Australian poet and author?

18 Halley’s Comet is visible from Earth approximately every how many years: 36, 56, or 76?

19 The name of what tropical fruit is also a military nickname for a hand grenade?

20 What title is shared by a 1986 Madonna album and a well-known song by Australian country singer John Williamson?

21 On the Fahrenheit temperature scale, the boiling point of water is how many degrees?

22 The easternmost point of Victoria is Cape … what?

23 Who played the title role in the Australian film Muriel’s Wedding?

24 In Australian broadcasting, for what do the initials SBS stand?

25 Which former federal Member for Corangamite was appointed to the Australian Senate in 2019?

Singer song writer John Williamson at his Springbrook property. Picture: Luke Marsden

ANSWERS

1. Carpenter

2. Butterfly

3. Kath & Kim

4. Midland Highway

5. US Open

6. Dustman

7. 20

8. Western Australia

9. White

10. Melbourne Stars

11. Kamala Harris

12. Caribou

13. St Kilda

14. Young

15. Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em

16. Cycling

17. Henry Lawson

18. 76

19. Pineapple

20. True Blue

21. 212 degrees

22. Howe

23. Toni Collette

24. Special Broadcasting Service

25. Sarah Henderson

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