You’ll have these quizzes nailed by Christmas. Guaranteed …
1. Which weapon, a more powerful version of an atomic bomb was first tested by the United States in 1952?
2. What is the section of the Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstance called?
3. In what country did curling originate?
4. In the Iliad which woman caused the Trojan War?
5. A lepidopterist is the name for someone who studies which insect?
6. In the 1990s what singer was named Billboard’s Artist of the Decade?
7. Diana Palmer married which comic strip character?
8. In 2016 which country invaded northern Syria, and continued to occupy the territory it took?
9. Which future member of The Monkees pop group appeared on the TV series “Coronation Street”?
10. Rogaining, a sport of long distance cross-country navigation or orienteering, is recognised as originating where?
11. What is the capital of Japan?
12. Through the 2024 Summer Olympic Games which Australian athlete has won the most Olympic medals?
13. What film did the phrase ‘I see dead people’ come from?
14. How many Australian Prime Ministers have died while in office?
15. In which state is the easternmost point of land in the US?
16. Who was in all of these films: “Alfie”, “The Man Who Would Be King”, “Educating Rita”, “Little Voice”, “Batman Begins”, “The Dark Knight”, “Last Orders” and “The Quiet American”?
17. What city was chosen for the 2022 Pokémon World Championships?
18. What lives in a “holt”?
19. Which bank robber, whose exploits were sensationalised across the USA, was shot dead by police in an ambush outside the Biograph Theatre in Chicago in 1934?
20. Key Largo, Key West, Plantation Key and Big Pine Key are part of which US state?
Bonus question: The song Scarlet is from which album by U2? Answer in Quiz #39.
Answers: 1.Hydrogen bomb 2.Bermuda Triangle 3.Scotland 4.Helen 5.Butterflies 6.Mariah Carey 7.The Phantom 8.Turkey 9.Davy Jones 10.Australia 11.Tokyo 12.Emma McKeown 13.The Sixth Sense 14.Three 15.Maine 16.Michael Caine 17.London UK 18.Otter 19.John Dillinger 20.Florida
Bonus question answer (from Quiz #37): The first name of inventor Dyson, who invented his own brand of vacuum cleaner was James.
