Now that you’ve recovered from your last quizzical encounter, stay steady, here comes another.
1. What is the freezing point of water on the Fahrenheit scale?
2. What Australian natural wonder was named a World Heritage site in 1981?
3. What team for a sporting event wins the George Adams Tattersall Cup?
4. What popular TV series is based on the novel A Song of Fire and Ice?
5. In which year did Australia host the Commonwealth Games for the first time?
6. A “basho” is a tournament for what sport?
7. In September 2010, The Beach Boys allegedly threatened a lawsuit due to a line in which song by Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg?
8. The portrait of which US statesman appears on the US $100 bill?
9. What is the name of the official proceedings of Australia’s Federal Parliament?
10. Ornette Coleman, Louis Armstrong and Charles Mingus are associated with what style of music?
11. What actress and political activist started the home video workout craze of the 1980s?
12. Which Queensland city was impacted by major floods in January 1974, January 2011 and January and February 2022?
13. Greco-Roman and Freestyle are both styles in which sport?
14. What 20th century Australian modern artist is most famous for his paintings of Australian icons particularly Ned Kelly’s armour?
15. On a sailboat what is a sheet?
16. Florida produces 74 per cent of which citrus fruit grown in the USA, 95 per cent of which is processed, mostly as the official state beverage?
17. What does the parotid gland produce?
18. Which propagandist broadcaster during World War II was jailed for 10 years in October 1949?
19. Until the introduction of the euro, on 1 January 2002, which European country had the schilling as its basic currency unit?
20. What message did Benito Mussolini famously send to the Italian soccer team before the 1938 World Cup?
Bonus question: What was the score in the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final between France and Brazil? Answer in Quiz #43.
Answers: 1.32 degrees 2.The Great Barrier Reef 3.The winning yacht in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 4.Game of Thrones 5.1938 6.Sumo wrestling 7.California Gurls 8.Benjamin Franklin 9.Hansard 10.Jazz 11.Jane Fonda 12.Brisbane 13.Wrestling 14.Sidney Nolan 15.Lines or chain used for controlling and adjusting the sails 16.Oranges 17.Saliva 18.Tokyo Rose 19.Austria 20.Win or die
Bonus question answer (from Quiz 41): The first city wide Halloween celebration held in the US was in 1921 in Anoka, Minnesota
