No single book in the world will have all the answers to this quiz, would you agree?
1. What colour are salmon eggs?
2. What was the first name of the painter Monet?
3. Which bridge across the Thames is closest to the Houses of Parliament in London?
4. Is a Leafy Seadragon the marine emblem of the state of South Australia a plant or a fish?
5. Who did Confederate general Robert E Lee surrender to in April 1865?
6. Which nation borders China to its north?
7. When was the Ukrainian national anthem first played at an Olympic Games?
8. First released in 2009 and based on stylised wingless fighters, the game is called what?
9. A tambourine is what type of instrument?
10. Which 1990s blockbuster featured the line ‘I’m the king of the world’?
11. What is a female fox called?
12. What is Australia’s most famous literary hoax involving 16 deliberately bad poems written in 1943 by a non-existent dead poet?
13. The 1931 film Dracula is based on a novel written by which Irishman?
14. In computer hardware, if a drive is SSD what is it?
15, What was the title of Britney Spears’ second album (and the single that was released from it)?
16. What created fjords?
17. Which athlete is the all-time leader with 28 Olympic medals?
18. What animal is used to refer to jazz musicians?
19. Which name is given to the British Air Force?
20. What is the capital of Peru?
Bonus question: From which decade of the 20th century did Wales have a capital city. Answer in Quiz #41.
Answers: 1.Orange 2.Claude 3.Westminster Bridge 4.A fish 5.Ulysses S Grant 6.Mongolia 7.1994 Winter Olympics 8.Angry Birds 9.Percussion 10.Titanic 11.Vixen 12.The Ern Malley Hoax 13.Bram Stoker 14.Solid State 15.Oops!… I Did It Again 16.Glaciers 17.Michael Phelps 18.Cat 19.Royal Air Force 20.Lima
Bonus question answer (from Quiz 39): Kwaito is a music genre which originated in South Africa.
