Quiz #24/2025

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Only trivia geniuses stand a chance with this colourful quiz. Are you one?

1. What is the surname of the father and son actors Martin and Charlie?
2. The Tibesti Mountains range across which desert?
3. What musical instrument is Woody Allen known for playing?
4. Mixing the colours red and blue results in what colour?
5. What is the chemical symbol for Manganese?

6. Which ship went to the aid of the “Titanic” as she was sinking?
7. What does the “F” stand for in “UEFA”?
8. What was the tinned spiced ham made in the USA and imported to Britain during World War II?
9. Capri is an island near which city?
10. Where was the sporting code known as rugby league started?
11. In which state of Australia would you find the Snowy Mountains?
12. China is the world’s biggest tea producer. Which is the second biggest?
13. The logo of which car manufacturer is based on an arrangement of three red diamonds?
14. The “Hall of Mirrors” is in which building?
15. What is the favourite drink of a vampire?
16. What is the monetary unit of Thailand?
17. Whose song inspired the classic Australian line dance known as the Nutbush?
18. How many planets orbit the sun between it and Earth?
19. In snooker, what colour ball scores 5 points?
20. What game involves throwing rings to get them on or near a pin?

Bonus question: In January 1997, which British yachtsman was found alive five days after his boat capsized in the Southern Ocean? Answer in Quiz #25.

Answers: 1.Sheen 2.Sahara Desert 3.Clarinet 4.Purple 5.Mn 6.The Carpathia 7.Football 8.Spam 9.Naples 10.England 11.New South Wales 12.India 13.Mitsubishi 14.Palace of Versailles 15.Blood 16.Baht 17.Tina Turner’s 18.Two (Mercury and Venus) 19.Blue 20.Quoits
Bonus question answer (from Quiz #23): In the children’s television series Scooby Doo, Velma’s surname is Dinkley.

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