The Weekly Times quiz from Brydon Coverdale, March 4 edition

Busts of Australia’s prime ministers form an avenue in the botanical gardens of which regional Victorian city? Test your knowledge with our weekly quiz.

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 How many years are there in a millennium?

2 Which federal Liberal Party leader lost the “unlosable election” in 1993 after proposing a GST?

3 In the film The Castle, the Kerrigan family memorably holidays at what small town near Lake Eildon?

4 The numbat is the official animal emblem of which Australian state?

State symbol: A baby numbat. Picture: Stewart Allen

5 What is the surname of the four brothers from the small NSW town of Ungarie who all played VFL/AFL football for Essendon in the 1980s and 1990s?

6 According to the lyrics of the famous ABBA song, how old is the “Dancing Queen”?

7 In rhyming slang, the term “Oxford scholar” typically means what?

8 What is the largest artery in the human body?

9 Busts of Australia’s prime ministers form an avenue in the botanical gardens of which regional Victorian city?

Garden location: The busts of Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. Picture: Sarah Matray

10 Daniel Vettori is a former captain of which country’s cricket team?

11 Georgie Parker won two Gold Logies during her time portraying nurse Terri Sullivan on which Australian TV drama?

12 What is the first letter of the Greek alphabet?

13 True or false: the Country Women’s Association was founded in Victoria.

State of origin: Where was the CWA started? Picture: Alix Sweeney

14 Australia’s Paspaley family is well known for its involvement in the business of acquiring and retailing what gem?

15 At the Sydney Olympics, Cathy Freeman won a gold medal running what distance?

16 The former Victorian premier Rupert Hamer was widely known by what other first name?

17 Thomas the Tank Engine is mostly what colour?

18 In which Australian state capital city is the Salamanca Market a popular tourist attraction?

19 A classic martini is made with gin and what other liquor?

20 Of the brothers Robin, Andy, Maurice and Barry Gibb, which one was not a member of the Bee Gees?

21 What is the name for the longest side of a right-angled triangle?

22 The Aztec Empire existed on which continent?

23 Which political journalist and media personality hosted the TV shows Kitchen Cabinet and Back in Time for Dinner?

24 Which major retailer is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange with the abbreviation WOW?

25 Also famous for its lighthouse, which island off the coast of Mallacoota is home to the world’s largest known colony of fairy penguins?

Location, location: Salamanca Market is a popular attraction in which state capital? Picture: Matt Thompson

ANSWERS

1. 1000

2. John Hewson

3. Bonnie Doon

4. Western Australia

5. Daniher (Terry, Neale, Anthony and Chris)

6. 17

7. Dollar

8. Aorta

9. Ballarat

10. New Zealand

11. All Saints

12. Alpha

13. False (NSW and Queensland)

14. Pearls

15. 400m

16. Dick

17. Blue

18. Hobart

19. Vermouth

20. Andy

21. Hypotenuse

22. North America

23. Annabel Crabb

24. Woolworths

25. Gabo Island