The Weekly Times quiz from Brydon Coverdale, March 18 edition

We all knew this Australian acting legend as Bud Tingwell. But what was his real first name? Test your trivia knowledge.

TEST your knowledge with our weekly quiz, compiled by The Chase Australia’s Brydon Coverdale. Can you get 25/25?

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QUESTIONS

1 In which major city of the world is Wembley Stadium?

2 Which Australian prime minister controversially reintroduced knights and dames in 2014?

3 Australia defeated what country in the final of the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup this month in front of a crowd of more than 86,000 at the MCG?

4 What was the real first name of Australian actor Bud Tingwell?

5 What is the name for the respiratory organs that allow fish to extract oxygen from water?

World champs: The Australians hoist the World Cup trophy. Who did they beat? Picture: Michael Klein

6 Located just east of Mt Baw Baw, what massive reservoir makes up roughly 60 per cent of Melbourne’s water storage capacity?

7 Oolong and lapsang souchong are popular varieties of what beverage?

8 What is the name of Winnie the Pooh’s donkey friend?

9 Wandana Heights, Manifold Heights and Hamlyn Heights are suburbs of which regional Victorian city?

10 The 1982 song Islands in the Stream was a hit duet for which two American country singers?

11 What sport is central to the storyline in Bryce Courtenay’s famous novel The Power of One?

12 Sir Charles Court and his son Richard Court were both premiers of which Australian state?

Premiers: Charles and Richard Court.

North or south: Polar bears. Picture: iStock

13 True or false: polar bears are native only to the Northern Hemisphere.

14 What reality show returned to Australian TV last year with Grant Denyer and Amanda Keller as the new co-hosts?

15 Miami and Orlando are major cities in which US state?

16 In tennis, if the score in a game is 40-30, how many individual points have been played in that game?

17 What does the ‘E’ stand for in the name of the Australian government’s agricultural and resources organisation ABARES?

18 In the classic nursery rhyme, Doctor Foster went to what English city?

19 What dog breed gave its name to the ship that Charles Darwin famously sailed on?

20 A traditional string quartet consists of two violins, one viola and one of what other instrument?

21 Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe were the main three members of which British comedy group?

22 In Monopoly, the red set is made up of Fleet Street, The Strand and what other property?

23 Which well-known businessman — Ron Walker, Lindsay Fox or Michael Gudinski — played VFL football for St Kilda in his youth?

24 Famous for its oysters, Coffin Bay is in which Australian state?

25 Quicksilver is another name for what metallic element?

Red streets: Traditional Monopoly includes Fleet Street, The Strand and what other property in the red set?

ANSWERS

1. London

2. Tony Abbott

3. India

4. Charles

5. Gills

6. Thomson Reservoir

7. Tea

8. Eeyore

9. Geelong

10. Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton

11. Boxing

12. Western Australia

13. True

14. Dancing with the Stars

15. Florida

16. Five

17. Economics

18. Gloucester

19. Beagle

20. Cello

21. The Goons

22. Trafalgar Square

23. Lindsay Fox

24. South Australia

25. Mercury

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