The Weekly Times quiz from Brydon Coverdale, June 10 edition

Before she became the Princess of Wales in 1981, what was Diana’s surname? Take this week’s quiz to test your knowledge.

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 How many rounds of this year’s AFL season were played before the coronavirus shutdown in March?

2 For more than 20 years, Bruce Ruxton was the Victorian president of what organisation?

3 Australian Jelena Dokic is a retired player of what sport?

4 According to the lyrics of the traditional balladThe Wild Colonial Boy, in which town was the title character born?

5 What word beginning with Z can mean a very light, gentle breeze?

6 The Trevi Fountain is a major tourist attraction in which European city?

7 Who has been Victoria’s state treasurer throughout Daniel Andrews’ time as premier?

8 In lawn bowls, the natural curve built into a bowl by means of weighting is known by what name?

9 In which New South Wales city is the Western Plains Zoo located?

10 True or false: the planet Mars is named after the Roman god of war.

Question 6: Tourists gather by the Trevi Fountain. Picture: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP

11 Which legend of Aust­ralian television was nicknamed “The Lanky Yank”?

12 Joko Widodo is the president of which neighbouring country?

13 A clue that ultimately proves to be misleading is commonly called a red … what?

14 Bulla’s new “Murray St” line of ice cream flavours takes its name from a street in which small Victorian city that has long been home to the Bulla factory?

15 Julie Bishop first served as deputy leader of the Liberal Party under which leader?

16 The 1982 song Solid Rock was the biggest hit for which band that formed in Geelong?

17 Which actor played the lead role as The Drover in Baz Luhrmann’s film Australia?

18 What is the official nickname of the Australian women’s soccer team?

19 Ragdoll and Russian Blue are breeds of what animal?

20 What was Princess Diana’s maiden surname?

21 Which former West Coast player was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame this month — Peter Sumich, Dean Cox or Guy McKenna?

22 What Cadbury chocolate is named for a mythical apelike Australian creature?

23 LaGuardia is an intern­ational airport in what major city of the world?

24 Which painter, whose works include Wimmera Landscape and Melbourne Burning, was named Australian of the Year in 1995?

25 Australia’s tallest tree, a mountain ash nicknamed Centurion, is in which state?

Question 20: Princess Diana during her visit to Footscray Park in 1988. Picture: Patrick Riviere/AFP

Question 25: Centurion, a mountain ash eucalypt is Australia's tallest tree.

ANSWERS

1. One

2. RSL

3. Tennis

4. Castlemaine

5. Zephyr

6. Rome

7. Tim Pallas

8. Bias

9. Dubbo

10. True

11. Don Lane

12. Indonesia

13. Herring

14. Colac

15. Brendan Nelson

16. Goanna

17. Hugh Jackman

18. Matildas

19. Cat

20. Spencer

21. Dean Cox

22. Yowie

23. New York

24. Arthur Boyd

25. Tasmania

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