Test your wits with Tom’s tricky twenty questions!

1. Between which two nations is rugby’s Bledisloe Cup contested?
2. Which region of Italy is most widely associated with the origins of the Mafia?
3. What is the most visited tourist attraction in Berlin?

4. Which country’s two most common surnames are Jonsdottir and Jonsson?
5. Which modern treat is believed to have its origins in Dutch immigrants preparing something they nicknamed ‘oil cakes’ in colonial New York?
6. From recent data, how many Australians have never smoked a cigarette, to the nearest 10 per cent?
7. Which three word slogan is used by Nike in its advertising campaign?
8. In which year will Australia next conduct a census?
9. Australia’s Kakadu plum is considered a superfood, mainly because of its unparalleled abundance of which vitamin?
10. Which issue was the subject of an unsuccessful Queensland referendum in 1992?
11. What name is given to the highest level of women’s soccer competition in England?
12. What is the most commonly transplanted organ?
13. Complete the Gough Whitlam quote: ‘There are some people who are so frightened to put a foot wrong that they won’t put a foot …what?
14. For which invention is Adolph Sax best known?
15. Which was Rafael Nadal’s second most successful Grand Slam tournament (behind the French Open) with 4 titles?
16. For which word is fax short for?
17. Which TV program premiered first-Today or Sunrise?
18. Excluding humans, what is the most commonly occurring mammal on flags worldwide?
19. According to research data, which world capital city has the worst air quality of any?
20. Into which two texts is the Christian Holy Bible traditionally divided?

Bonus question: In which year did Hallmark begin selling Valentine’s Day cards? Answer in Quiz #5/2025.

Answers: 1.Australia and New Zealand 2.Sicily 3.Brandenburg Gate 4.Iceland 5.Doughnuts 6.70% (65%) 7.Just Do It 8.2026 9.Vitamin C 10.Daylight savings time 11.Women’s Super League 12.Kidney 13.Forward 14.Saxophone 15.US Open 16.Facsimilie 17.Today (1982 vs. 1991) 18.Lion 19.New Delhi 20.The Old and New Testaments
Bonus question answer (from Quiz #3/2025) The number of players in each team who enter the field at the beginning of a game of the South Asian tag sport Kho, Kho is nine.