Shake up your grey matter right here with Tom’s quiz.
1. What European country is the world’s only remaining “Grand Duchy”?
2. What is the screen name of actor Nicolas Coppola?
3. For which club did Ron Barassi play the majority of his 254 VFL games?
4. Who was serving as Prime Minister during commencement of Australia’s National
Firearms Buyback Programme?
5. According to a 2016 study from Flinders University how many married Australian
women have taken their partner’s surname? (to the nearest 10 per cent)
6. What country is mostly located in Africa, but has a small amount of territory in Asia?
7. What is the largest type of musical instrument that is commonly used?
8. There’s a decent chance that something you are wearing right now has the letters YKK on it. What is it?
9. Who was born as Cassius Clay in Louisville, Kentucky in 1942?
10. What is the Italian word for love?
11. What comes in lead-acid, nickel-cadmium, and lithium-ion varieties?
12. What country was once led by general Augusto Pinochet?
13. What is the most common men’s name in Spain that starts with the letter C?
14. Following Kerry O’Brien’s departure, who hosted the 7.30 Report for 11 years?
15. Smarties or M&Ms – which was released first?
16. How many children did Queen Elizabeth I have?
17. What mythological figure died after being hit in the heel with an arrow?
18. What is the term for a long gun that has grooves cut into its barrel which spin the bullet?
19. There are four throwing events in the Olympics: the shot put, the discus, the javelin, and what?
20. What is lava called when it is under the surface of the Earth?
Bonus Question: What is the capital of the Yukon Territory in Canada? Answer in the Quiz #15.
Answers: 1.Luxembourg 2.Nicolas Cage 3.Melbourne 4.John Howard 5.80 per cent 6.Egypt 7.Pipe organ 8.A zipper 9.Muhammad Ali 10.Amore 11.Batteries 12.Chile 13.Carlos14.Leigh Sales 15.Smarties (1937 vs 1954) 16.None 17.Achilles 18.Rifle 19.Hammer throw/toss 20.Magma
Bonus Question Answer ( from Quiz #13): The Curtis Cup is a challenge trophy contested by women in golf.
