The Weekly Times quiz from Brydon Coverdale, May 13 edition

The Royal Melbourne Show has been running for more than a century. But do you know what year it actually started?

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 Who is the patron saint of Ireland?

2 Named after the year in which Captain Cook landed nearby, the town of Seventeen Seventy is in which Australian state?

3 Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden and the late Tim Brooke-Taylor were the three members of which British comedy group?

4 Who became Victoria’s premier after leading the Labor Party to victory over Jeff Kennett’s Coalition government in 1999?

5 Kylie Minogue first gained fame playing which character on Neighbours?

6 On Australian coins, is the Queen depicted facing left or right?

7 Retired AFL stars Nathan Buckley, James Hird and Gary Ablett Snr all wore what jumper number?

8 What iconic brand of lawnmower was invented in the 1950s by Australian Mervyn Victor Richardson?

9 In the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence, who was in the parlour eating bread and honey?

Question 5: Kylie Minogue in Neighbours.

Question 7: Nathan Buckley and James Hird.

10 What is the capital city of China?

11 The word “pulmonary” relates to which organs of the human body?

12 Australian Karrie Webb is a champion player of what sport?

13 What two breeds of dairy cattle are named after islands in the English Channel?

14 Charlie Watts is the long-time drummer with which famous band?

15 The “Mystery Box Challenge” is a regular feature on which Australian TV show?

16 Australian troops were involved in the Battle of Long Tan during which war?

17 Which weapon in the board game Cluedo shares its name with an album by the Beatles?

18 How many digits are there in an Australian Business Number?

19 What Oscar-winning Steven Spielberg film was based on a novel by Australian author Thomas Keneally?

20 In which year was the Royal Melbourne Show first held — 1848, 1868 or 1888?

21 Which Olympic sport features events called “keirin” and “madison”?

22 In which category did Australian Peter Doherty win a Nobel prize in 1996?

23 The town of Heywood, in Victoria’s southwest, is situated on what river that shares its name which much longer rivers in both Queensland and Western Australia?

24 Which former Australian prime minister has recently released a memoir titled A Bigger Picture?

25 Which singer had a hit in the ’60s with the song I’ve Been Everywhere, which includes a rapid-fire list of Australian towns and cities?

Question 20: Royal Melbourne Show cattle judging. Picture: Andy Rogers

ANSWERS

1. St Patrick

2. Queensland

3. The Goodies

4. Steve Bracks

5. Charlene

6. Right

7. No. 5

8. Victa

9. The queen

10. Beijing

11. Lungs

12. Golf

13. Jersey and Guernsey

14. Rolling Stones

15. MasterChef

16. Vietnam War

17. Revolver

18. 11

19. Schindler’s List

20. 1848

21. Cycling

22. Medicine (or physiology)

23. Fitzroy River

24. Malcolm Turnbull

25. Lucky Starr

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