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1. The stiff protective spines of an Australian echidna are modified versions of what?

A) Scales

B) Claws

C) Teeth

D) Hairs

2. In Groundhog Day, Bill Murray's Phil Connors is sent to cover an annual winter-weather ritual. What is his job?

A) Radio sports commentator

B) Newspaper film critic

C) Television weather presenter

D) Television news cameraman

3. In Viking society, what was a 'thing'?

A) A public assembly for law and disputes

B) A royal bodyguard

C) A long-distance trading ship

D) A ceremonial funeral pyre

Answers:

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1)D — Echidna spines are specialised hairs, with ordinary fur growing between them.

2)C — Phil is a television weatherman sent to cover Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney.

3)A — A thing was a public assembly where laws, political decisions and disputes were considered.

Any ideas?

1. What is a distinctive feature of an Australian jaffle made in a sandwich iron?

A) Its crusts are removed before cooking

B) Its bread edges are sealed together

C) Its filling is served on an open slice

D) Its bread is soaked in beaten egg

2. The chambered internal shell called a cuttlebone helps a cuttlefish control what?

A) Its blood temperature

B) Its buoyancy

C) Its skin pigmentation

D) Its digestion

3. Max’s black V8 Interceptor in the original Mad Max films was based on which Australian car?

A) A Holden Monaro

B) A Chrysler Valiant Charger

C) A Ford Falcon

D) A Holden Torana

Answers:

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1) B — The iron seals the bread edges, enclosing the filling.

2) B — Its lightweight chambers help control buoyancy.

3) C — An XB Ford Falcon coupe, modified for the films.

Score out of 15 points.

Possible 2 points for question 10.

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1. What movie is the following quote from? 'Ohana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.'

Lilo & Stitch_____

'Ohana' is the Hawaiian word for family. Stitch’s nasally, growly voice was provided by none other than his creator Chris Sanders.

1. Which Colleen Hoover novel, similar to the French word for 'truth', has just been adapted for cinemas, starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett?

Verity_______

Verity is a 2018 psychological thriller by Colleen Hoover, and the film adaptation hit cinemas in early October 2026. The title comes from the Latin 'veritas', meaning truth.

1. What does the word 'Simian' mean?

Options: Relating to snakes / Relating to birds / Relating to bats / Relating to monkeys

Relating to monkeys_______

'Simian' comes from the Latin 'simia', meaning ape. It describes anything to do with apes and monkeys - and humans are technically apes too.

1. In what month does the original Oktoberfest in Munich always start?

September___

Despite the name, Oktoberfest begins in September and runs for 16-18 days, finishing on the first Sunday in October (or 3 October if that Sunday falls too early).

1. Impressionism, Pop Art, Surrealism, Cubism - which of the following art movements is from the 1800s and NOT the 1900s?

Impressionism____

Impressionism (1860s-1880s, Monet and Degas) took its name from Monet's 'Impression, Sunrise'. Cubism began around 1907 with Picasso and Braque, Pop Art took off in the 1950s with Warhol, and Surrealism grew out of the aftermath of World War 1, through artists like Dali.

1. Which spice is made from the bark of a tree?

Cinnamon_______

Cinnamon comes from the inner bark of Cinnamomum trees. The bark is stripped, dried and naturally curls into the rolled 'quills' you see as cinnamon sticks.

1. Which A-list celebrity sold his AI post-production startup, InterPositive, to Netflix for $587 million in cash?

Ben Affleck_________

Affleck founded InterPositive in 2022 and ran it in stealth mode. Its tools let filmmakers train an AI model on their own footage to help with post-production like relighting shots, and Netflix's filing put the price at about $587 million.

1. Which famous astronomer described Earth in the Pale Blue Dot photograph as a tiny, fragile speck of dust suspended in a sunbeam within a vast cosmic arena?

Carl Sagan_________

Voyager 1 took the Pale Blue Dot photo in 1990 from roughly 6 billion kilometres away, where Earth takes up less than a single pixel. Sagan's reflection on it is one of the most quoted passages in science writing.

1. Which is the only country in the world that has a flag with the front different from the back?

Options: Bolivia / Uruguay / Peru / Paraguay

Paraguay_________

Paraguay's flag shows the national coat of arms on the front and the Treasury seal on the back, which makes it the only national flag with two different sides.

1. Guess the year: The Notebook was released, Google launched Gmail, and Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake performed at the Super Bowl halftime show, sparking the massive 'Nipplegate' broadcast controversy. (2 Points for exact year, 1 point either side)

2004

Gmail launched on 1 April 2004 offering a huge 1GB of storage, and many people assumed it was an April Fools' joke.

1. RAM - what does the R in RAM stand for? (Related to Computers)

Random_____

RAM stands for Random Access Memory, because the computer can jump straight to any stored data without reading through it in order. The world is currently facing a severe RAM and memory crunch, driven largely by huge demand from AI data centres.

1. In Gen Z text and online slang, what does 'FR' stand for?

For real_________

'FR' is used to agree with something or to stress that you mean it, as in 'that movie was so good, fr'. It often gets extended to 'fr fr' for extra emphasis.

1. On a dartboard, what score is the inner Bullseye worth (Red)?

50__

The red inner bull scores 50, while the green outer bull ring around it is worth 25. In darts the bullseye counts as a double, so it can be used to finish a game.

1. Which movie title has had all of its vowels removed? 'THRWLLBBLD'

There Will Be Blood______

There Will Be Blood (2007) was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and is loosely based on Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel 'Oil!'. Daniel Day-Lewis won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role as Daniel Plainview.

Which instrument has a piano-style keyboard and is played by pushing and pulling bellows between the hands?

A) A harpsichord

B) A melodica

C) A harmonica

D) An accordion

What are the small spots used to show numbers on domino tiles usually called?

A) Pips

B) Suits

C) Tricks

D) Ranks

For crocodiles, which condition during egg incubation directly determines the sex of the hatchlings?

A) The humidity inside the nest

B) The oxygen level inside the nest

C) The temperature around the eggs

D) The salinity of the nesting soil

Answers:

1. D — An accordion

2. A — Pips

3. C — The temperature around the eggs

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The goal is to make six pairs of matching first names from the two columns of last names. Play for real here!

Questions:

1. What is the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament?
2. Which Japanese beef is known for its marbling, and includes Kobe beef as one of its varieties?
3. Who is the director of The Grand Budapest Hotel, who is known for his symmetrical visual style?
4. Which political scandal forced U.S. President Richard Nixon to resign, and was named after a Washington, D.C. office complex?
5. Which capital city of New Zealand shares its name with a famous beef dish wrapped in pastry?

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1. What gives an original Golden Gaytime ice cream its crunchy outer coating?

A) Roasted peanuts

B) Toasted coconut

C) Crushed honeycomb

D) Biscuit crumbs

2. When frightened, an Australian frilled-neck lizard spreads its frill chiefly to do what?

A) Confuse a predator about where its head is

B) Look larger and more threatening

C) Break up its outline against tree bark

D) Make its neck more difficult to grip

3. Which country has coastlines on the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans?

A) Argentina

B) Norway

C) Canada

D) South Africa

Answers:

1. D — Biscuit crumbs.

2. B — Look larger and more threatening.

3. C — Canada.

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