The Weekly Times quiz from Brydon Coverdale, March 25 edition

Champion 1970s racehorse Gunsynd was often nicknamed “The Goondiwindi …” what? Take the quiz and put your knowledge to the test.

Sweet trivia: Name this confectionary.

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QUESTIONS

1 According to a well-known nursery rhyme, which character “has lost her sheep and doesn’t know where to find them”?

2 What classic Australian confectionery famously comes in yellow wrappers printed with biographies of celebrities?

3 Smaller than arteries and veins, what are the smallest blood vessels in the human body?

4 What is the name of Virgin Australia’s frequent flyer program?

5 A former basketballer and coach in his own right, who is the father of basketball legend Andrew Gaze?

6 What Melbourne suburb gives its name to the 19th-century art movement that was also known as Australian Impressionism?

7 Which Australian author wrote the best-selling novel Big Little Lies?

8 The lyrebird is depicted on which Australian coin?

9 Complete these lyrics from the chorus of a country song made famous by Lynn Anderson: “I beg your pardon, I never promised you a …” what?

10 Champion 1970s racehorse Gunsynd was often nicknamed “The Goondiwindi …” what?

Local pint: James Boag’s Nathan Groves and Matthew Hyde. Picture: Chris Kidd

11 True or false: actor Russell Crowe was born in Australia.

12 What Viking is the title character in a long-running comic strip created by Dik Browne?

13 Founded in the 1880s, the James Boag Brewery is in which Australian state?

14 Which two teams played in front of an empty MCG in the opening match of the AFL season last Thursday night?

15 Regular landline phone numbers in Western Australia begin with what two-digit area code?

16 Monica, Phoebe, Rachel, Ross, Joey and Chandler were the main characters in which TV show?

17 Scrumpy is a variety of what drink?

18 What did Paul Keating once famously refer to as “unrepresentative swill” — the media, the Senate, or the Opposition?

19 The stars on the New Zealand flag are mostly what colour (with a white border)?

20 What is the closest planet to the Sun?

21 Born in Cooma, Torah Bright has won Winter Olympic medals for Australia in which sport?

22 A milliner specialises in making what fashion items?

23 Nelson Mandela’s best-selling autobiography was titled Long Walk To … what?

24 What anagram of “yard” is a type of strong wagon or cart without sides?

25 What Gippsland town was created to house workers constructing the Hazelwood Power Station in the 1960s and was named after a famous British statesman?

Which sport: Torah Bright is a winner of Winter Olympic medals.

ANSWERS

1. Little Bo-Peep

2. Fantales

3. Capillaries

4. Velocity

5. Lindsay Gaze

6. Heidelberg

7. Liane Moriarty

8. 10 cent coin

9. Rose garden

10. Grey

11. False (New Zealand)

12. Hagar (the Horrible)

13. Tasmania

14. Richmond and Carlton

15. 08

16. Friends

17. Cider

18. The Senate

19. Red

20. Mercury

21. Snowboarding

22. Hats

23. Freedom

24. Dray

25. Churchill

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