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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 24 September 2023
This week's subject is presidents.
1 Was Francois Hollande president of France or The Netherlands?
2 Which of these descriptions is true of Uruguay's president, Jose Mujica? (a) a resident of a ramshackle farm off a dirt road instead of the official residence, working on the land with only his wife to help and donating 90% of his $12,000 monthly salary to charity (b) a resident of a palace with more rooms than about 2,000 of his people, 'owner' of 200 slaves and receiver of a 'salary' (90% of which is theft) of nearly $1 million a month
3 What president has a surname ending in 'i'?
4 What president has a surname with the second-last letter 'x'?
5 What president has the shortest ever surname for a president?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 17 September 2023
This week's subject is food.
1 What is the difference between spoon and fork handles?
2 What should you do if you inherit some pumpernickel?
3 What simple word, that has something to do with food, becomes its own past tense once its initial letter is transferred to the tail?
4 What do bean, crumpet, loaf, lolly, melon, noodle, nut, onion and scone have in common?
5 What is a cackleberry?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 10 September 2023
This week's subject is English words.
1 Does the Oxford dictionary define "ajar" as partly open, partly closed or either?
2 What English word do Australians always pronounce incorrectly?
3 What speech filler like 'sort of' did Caroline Kennedy use 235 times in 41 minutes (once every 10.5 seconds) and five times in one sentence, in a December 2008 interview? (a) sort of (b) you know (c) well
4 What was found to be the most annoying word in conversation in the U.S. for the third successive year to 2011? (a) untrue (b) whatever (c) youse
5 What is special about the word unimaginatively? (a) its length (b) its use of consonants (c) its use of vowels
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 3 September 2023
This week's subject is pronunciation.
1 What word has two Ds and two Es but only one of each is pronounced?
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2 What do Wednesday, February and library have in common?
3 What is special about the word polish?
4 Which letter is silent in the word scent? S or C?
5 There is a word for an unstressed vowel, such as the a in sofa, the first e in event, the i in pencil and the o in omit. What are the first four of the five letters in this word? (a) They're all consonants. (b) They're all vowels.
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 27 August 2023
This week's subject is rivers.
1 On what river is the Queensland city Maryborough? (a) Mary (b) Borough (c) Mayborough
2 Does the Federal Highway to Canberra cross Wollogoran Creek?
3 Does the Mekong River flow though Tibet, China, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia or Vietnam?
4 On what river is Brisbane located?
5 What is the world's longest river flowing wholly within one country?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 20 August 2023
This week's subject is clothing.
1 What is a handkerchief if it is tied around your neck?
2 What change is made to the word "handkerchief" if you use a handkerchief to cover your head?
3 Why don't chefs put anything in the pockets of the jackets of their uniforms?
4 Is the top buttonhole on your shirt (a) the same as the others (b) horizontal while the others are vertical (c) vertical while the others are horizontal?
6 What was odd about the sweatbands worn by three of the four semi-finalists in the 2008 US Open tennis men's singles? (a) each player had two different-coloured sweat-bands (b) the bands all carried ads for other sports (c) the bands had to be adjusted after almost every point
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 13 August 2023
This week's subject is AFL players' names.
1 What AFL player's name has a double ii?
2 What is the first name of the AFL player whose surname is Aliir? (Now you know the answer to the first question. But you also know the answer to this question.)
3 What did AFL player Garry Hocking change his name to by deed poll in 1999? (a) Alf (b) Whiskas
4 Why did he do it?
5 When did he change back? (a) a week later (b) a year later (c) he hasn't changed it back
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 6 August 2023
This week's subject is oceans.
1 In or bordering what countries are the Black, Red, White and Yellow Seas?
2 Is the area of the Pacific Ocean larger than the United States and Europe combined?
3 Where does the Tasman Sea meet the Pacific Ocean?
4 Victoria's Great Ocean Road has stunning Southern Ocean scenery, including the rock formations known as the Twelve Apostles. How many Twelve Apostles are there?
5 How many were there originally? (a) 12, of course (b) 9
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 30 July 2023
This week's subject is road transport.
1 What is the maximum speed on roads between towns in Greenland?
2 What two US states gave Caltex its name?
3 When did Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby, have its first ever bus timetable? (a) 1934 (b) not until 1963 (c) 2017
4 How long is the Hereward Highway, originating in Blacktown? (a) 600 metres (b) 600 kilometres
5 What form of transport did The Netherlands prime minister, Mark Rutte, use to get to work? (a) bicycle (b) limousine with an extra driver in the front passenger seat (c) helicopter
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 23 July 2023
This week's subject is drink.
1 What invigorating drink did Morarji Desai, Indian prime minister from 1977-79 and who lived to 99, have each morning?
2 The names of how many of the eight juices in Campbell's V8 vegetable juice can you guess?
3 Even though salt water doesn't quench your thirst, isn't it better than no water at all?
4 What is Australia's favourite, ie most consumed, drink?
5 What fruit juice comprises more than 10% of the content of most containers of tomato juice?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 16 July 2023
This week's subject is Wimbledon tennis.
1 Australian former Wimbledon champion and Davis Cup coach Tony Roche watched all of the 2005 men's singles semi-final between Lleyton Hewitt and Roger Federer. Why did he not clap even once? (a) he had a wrist injury (b) he was a supporter of both (c) he never clapped
2 In Wimbledon this month, Andy Murray lost a 4½ hour match. The commentator used his full title once. What is it? (a) Dr Andy Murray (b) Sir Andy Murray (c) Rev Andy Murray
3 What does Serbia's Natalija Stevanović do after every hit and every point?
4 How did Fred Stolle go in the three consecutive Wimbledon men's singles finals from 1963 to 1965?
5 What did Ashleigh Barty do in the 4th round of her 2019 singles? (a) serve four consecutive double faults, then win the match (b) win the first four points all on aces, then lose the match
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 9 July 2023
This week's subject is postcodes.
1 In desperation to get the British people acquainted with their postcodes, their Post Office launched a quiz in 1985. There was only one question and to get a prize you merely had to get your own postcode right and post your answer to the address the post office provided. Why did few of the replies get through in time?
2 Why would a businessman returning late to postcode 6164 after a long day at the office be heading for Success?
3 What is the postcode for a Launching Place? (a) Launching Places don't have postcodes (b) 3139
4 What is the Number One postcode? (a) 1 (b) 0001 (c) 2424
5 Does Norfolk Island have an Australian postcode?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 2 July 2023
This week's subject is adjectives.
1 What does hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian mean? (a) something to do with a long word (b) a hippopotamus' grunt that sounds like the cry of a human baby (c) an ant's leg joint suffering from the insect equivalent of tennis elbow
2 What is the only word that is a permutation of the letters in "importunate"?
3 What is wrong with saying "most perfect" or "most essential"?
4 What is the shortest alteration one can make to the adjective "united" to give it the opposite meaning?
5 What does fulsome mean? (a) complete (b) wholesome (c) disgusting
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 25 June 2023
This week's subject is overseas politicians.
1 Who was the mayor of Guffey, Colorado 1993-1998? (a) Vince Visa (b) Geoff Colver (c) a dog
2 How did former US Secretary of State Colin Powell pronounce his first name? (a) Clone (b) Coelin (c) Clan
3 Thomas Jefferson authored the US Declaration of Independence and John Adams, the second US president, had been its prime mover on the floor of Congress. What happened 50 years to the day from its signing on July 4, 1826?
4 David Blunkett, British Home Secretary (one of the three top cabinet posts) in 2004, had what handicap that would normally be expected to prevent holding the position? (a) He was blind (b) He was deaf (c) He had never owned a home
5 What is the title for the British equivalent of Australia's Treasurer?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 18 June 2023
This week's subject is cryptic crossword clues.
1 Key officer run over by a steam roller (1,4,5)
2 Nevertheless, where lexicographer will find Allah (5,3)
3 Decrease a meat ingredient (4)
4 Doing a hold-up when restoring eggs to Dame Partlet's interior? (8)
5 Comes back from the dead wearing knickers (6)
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 11 June 2023
This week's subject is war.
1 In The Sydney Morning Herald on 2 June 2023, what was the first page with a news item that wasn't about Ben Roberts-Smith and his actions in the Afghanistan war? (a) page 4 (b) page 5 (c) page 12
2 What is the capital of Afghanistan?
3 For how many years did the Hundred Years War and the Thirty Years War last? (a) 116 and 30 (b) 100 and 36 (c) 100 and 30
4 Civil war erupted in Cambodia on 5 July 1997. One side was loyal to the prime minister. Who was the other side loyal to? (a) the other prime minister (b) Buddha (c) the king
5 In which war did most Americans die? (a) American Civil War (b) World War 1 (c) Vietnam War
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 4 June 2023
This week's subject is foreign language spelling.
1 How many countries' names begin with "qu"?
2 The Dutch town Leeuwarden is in the Guinness World Records for the town which has had the largest number of official spellings for its name. How many is this? (a) 7 (b) 23 (c) 225
3 What is the thing above the second "n" in El Niño called?
4 What is a cwm? (a) a worm (b) a valley (c) a knighthood
5 What is unusual about the Hawaiian language? (a) it only has 13 letters (b) its vowels plus its vowels with macrons outnumber its consonants
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 28 May 2023
This week's subject is personal names.
1. What is special about the name of Afghanistan president, Ashraf Ghani?
2. What American did The Guinness Book of World Records decide made the hottest peppers on earth? (a) Ed Currie (b) Bob Pepper (c) Gordon Chile
3. What did Terrill Clark Williams change his name to? (a) TCW (b) Bill (c) God
4. Who is Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun? (a) Asian Mahjong champion (b) King of Thailand (c) German newspaper editor
5. Who are Kokilapathmapriya Nadesalingam and Nadesalingam Murugappan? (a) refugees from Sri Lanka (b) Sri Lankan footballers footballers (c) Croatian broadcasters
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 21 May 2023
This week's subject is sport.
1 In what sports do men and women compete together?
2 In what sport did Australian Kevin Bartlett star?
3 Michael Milton became Australia's fastest ever skier on 20-4-06 after clocking 213.65km/h. What other record did he set at the same time?
4 In drawing a bow in archery, which arm exerts the most pressure?
5 In target shooting, does the archer aim at the target?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 14 May 2023
This week's subject is plants.
1 What species of living things has the greatest life expectancy?
2 What is special about pitcher plants?
3 Who does the scribbling on scribbly gum trees? (a) council officers (b) moth larvae (c) graffiti 'artists'
4 Who invented the Venus flytrap?
5 How does the flytrap operate?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 7 May 2023
This week's subject is names.
1 What punctuation features in the given names of most French boys born in the decade to 2006? (a) hyphen (b) apostrophe (c) exclamation mark
2 Was Abdullah the first name or surname of Al-Qaeda's second-in-command, killed in 2020?
3 What letter or letters did Mother Teresa's name at birth contain? (a) a Z (b) two Xs (c) 2 Js
4 Who was National Security Adviser to President Ronald Reagan? (a) Ron Aid (b) Reg Anders (c) Zbigniew Brzezinski
5 American rapper Kanye West, whose full name was Kanye Omari West, has changed his name. How many letters are in his full name now? (a) 2 (b) still 14 (c) 53
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 30 April 2023
This week's subject is science.
1 What fraction of an iceberg shows above water?
2 From where does the sound come that is heard when you hold a seashell to your ear?
3 At what temperature does water boil? (a) 100 degrees Celsius (b) 212 degrees Fahrenheit (c) at any temperature, depending on where it is
4 Does water drain one way in the northern hemisphere and the other way in the southern?
5 Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 23 April 2023
This week's subject is suburbs.
1 What Newcastle suburb has the word "suburb" in its name?
2 Where is Fiddletown?
3 What is the name of the lookout on the Pacific Highway at Turramurra?
4 Do any Sydney suburb names contain an apostrophe?
5 Do any Sydney suburb names contain a hyphen?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 16 April 2023
This week's subject is two famous drug personalities.
1 How many different medications did Adolf Hitler have during World War 11? (a) none (b) 2 (c) over 70
2 How many police were needed for cannabis smuggler Schapelle Corby's transfer from prison to Denpasar airport in Indonesia for her deportation to Australia after 13 years? (a) no police but 5 soldiers (b) 275
3 What did networks 7 and 9 do for coverage of her move from prison to the airport? (a) cancelled normal programming from 7pm to 8pm (b) dropped all advertising for an hour (c) ignored it altogether
4 How did she avoid the 40 media representatives who were also booked on her flight home?
5 After she arrived back in Australia, 7 and 9 resumed full ad-free coverage just after 5pm. What did the coverage feature?
(a) not even a glimpse of her (b) helicopter coverage of her car convoys (c) interviews with her for 9 and Fox (d) a 45-minute media interview at the airport
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 9 April 2023
This week's subject is cartoon history.
1 There were 110 characters in Warner Brothers' cartoons. How many people were needed at the one time to do their voice characterisations?
2 In 1995 the Washington Post announced its selections for the "greatest of the millennium" in several categories. The greatest scientist was Albert Einstein, the greatest painting was Michelangelo's on the Sistine Chapel ceiling and the greatest singer Enrico Caruso. Who was selected as the greatest actor of the last thousand years?
3 What is significant about Yen Sid, the nickname of the powerful sorcerer in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, one of the segments from Disney's Fantasia?
4 Do tweety birds exist?
5 What does Acme, the company in the Warner Bros cartoons, make?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 2 April 2023
This week's subject is premiers.
1 What NSW premier had the initials KKK?
2 How many former premiers of NSW were alive in April 2011? (a) only one (b) 5 (c) 9
3 Of which former Liberal Party federal minister is Queensland premier Campbell Newman the son? (a) Kevin Newman (b) Jocelyn Newman
4 For how long had Campbell Newman been a member of parliament before being elected Queensland premier?
5 What type of driver's license did former premier and later foreign minister Bob Carr hold?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 26 March 2023
This week's subject is non-British royalty.
1 What did the first and last royal ruler of Albania have in common?
2 At age 60 in 2016, what was Denmark's Queen Margrethe? (a) distance runner (b) chain smoker (c) criminal
3 Does South Africa have a king?
4 When King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand died in October 2016, Prem Tinsulanonda took over as temporary regent. How old was he when he took over? (a) 96 (b) 26 (c) 16
5 How many princes and princesses are there in the Saudi royal family? (a) the number of princes is unknown; there are no princesses (b) 17 (c) about 15,000
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 19 March 2023
This week's subject is Science.
1 Why does toast always fall to the floor with its buttered side down? (a) because that side is heavier. (b) because of aerodynamics—the buttered side is smoother. (c) It doesn't. It falls randomly either side but we only remember the misfortunes. (d) some other reason.
2 What are three ways of using a barometer to find the height of a tall building?
3 Peter Backus, of California's Project Phoenix, spent four months in 1995 listening to what he thought were messages from outer space regularly each evening while scouring 200 solar systems for signs of life. What was he really listening to? (a) frozen dinners being cooked in a microwave downstairs (b) his heartbeat (c) apparatus being used by other members of Project Phoenix
4 If two stones of unequal weight were dropped from the same point of a high tower, which would hit the ground first?
5 What must happen to a whip to make it crack?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 12 March 2023
This week's subject is Australian roads.
1 While many Victorian towns have signs on their outskirts exhorting motorists to drive slowly, one Victorian town has a sign saying "Speed". Why is this?
2 How are house numbers in Grose Vale Road, Grose Vale, determined?
3 Why is there no Number 1, New Street, Longueville?
4 Why does it take the same time whether you drive from Parramatta to Wahroonga on Pennant Hills Road or the Cumberland Highway?
5 To get to some houses in Warrawee, you turn left into Eulbertie Avenue, then turn left into the next street, which is Eulbertie Avenue. How can this be?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 5 March 2023
This week's subject is clothing.
1 After who is Nike appropriately named?
2 The name of what type of clothing has six letters, four of which are U?
3 What was significant about Queen Elizabeth's clothing for her visit to Dublin Castle in May 2011? (a) it included 2091 hand-embroidered paper shamrocks (b) it was her third outfit for the day (c) it included anti-terrorist underwear
4 What is a muumuu?
5 What did Wati Homwood wear to the 2011 West Tigers and New Zealand Warriors match and the 2013 State of Origin match? (a) a Nazi uniform (b) shoes only (c) nothing
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 26 February 2023
This week's subject is education.
1 Why did the NSW Government decide in 2009 to sell part of the Hurlstone Agricultural High School land? (a) to pay for an inquiry into the sale of the land (b) to pay for an environment counsellor
2 State government minister Carmel Tebbutts made these quotes in an interview with Alan Jones on 29-6-09: 'I have rang…', there is some people…', 'could of' and 'somethink'. Of what department was she minister?
3 Does The Kings School, North Parramatta, have a sufficient number of playing fields?
4 Lane Cove West primary school had 15 sets of what at the beginning of 2010? (a) computers (b) walking exercise machines (c) twins
5 The school familiarly known as 'Shore' is officially known by its original name, the 'Sydney Church of England Grammar School'. What is odd about that?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 19 February 2023
This week's subject is music.
1 What has been sung at every FA Cup final since 1927, except for 1959? (a) Abide With Me (b) Auld Lang Syne (c) Axis Powers
2 How does Erik Satie's piano composition 'Vexations' hold the world record for shortest and longest composition simultaneously?
3 What is the world's most annoying musical instrument?
4 How many notes does it play?
5 How many different notes in an octave?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 12 February 2023
This week's subject is mathematics.
1 In how many ways can the 52 cards in a normal deck be arranged? (a) 8600 (b) 80 660 (c) 80 660 followed by some zeros
2 How long did it take English mathematician William Shanks to calculate the value of pi to 707 places? (a) 15 days (b) 15 weeks (c) 15 years
3 Fred and Mabel regularly play a series of 10 games against each other, with the winner declared title-holder. That person retains the title until the opponent wins a series. If a series ends in a 5-5 tie, the winner of the previous series retains the title. Fred is the present champion. In the new series, Fred and Mabel have won 3 games each. Fred therefore must win 2 of the next 4 games to retain his title (ie he has a 50% chance), and Mabel must win 3 of the next 4 games to get the title (ie she has a 25% chance). Who has the other 25%?
4 What was the subject of a rather boring 400-page book French mathematicians Jean Guilloud and Martine Bouyer published in 1973? (a) the highest prime number (b) the value of pi (c) the odds of their surnames being spelt correctly if letters were drawn randomly
5 Six is the lowest "perfect" number because it is the sum of all its divisors except itself (ie 1+2+3=6). What is the highest perfect number?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 5 February 2023
This week's subject is income.
1 After being Walt Disney's president for 14 months, Michael Ovitz left with his severance package in January 1997. How much was this severance pay? (a) $164 (b) $164 million
2 How much did computer whiz Bill Gates earn per day in 1997? (a) more than $50 000 (b) $10 million
3 Who was the beneficiary of the $30 million bequeathed by Ella Wendel of New York in 1931? (a) her granddaughter (b) her great-granddaughter (c) her poodle
4 In August 1993 a Swedish newspaper gave five stock analysts and a chimpanzee 1 250 kroner each to see who would make the most money on the stock market. The experts made their choices from knowledge and experience; the chimpanzee chose by throwing darts at the names of listed companies. One month after their investments, where did the chimpanzee rank in order of who had made the greatest profit?
5 What is the most that Kerry Packer lost in one night at Crockford's Casino, London? (a) $6.6 million (b) he has never lost there, in spite of playing regularly for 17 years
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 29 January 2023
This week's subject is the Australian Open tennis.
1 Why is it called the Australian Open?
2 In the 1960 Australian men's singles (not then known as the Open) , how many of the 32 players were not Australian? (a) none (b) 1 (c) exactly half - 64
3 What 2022 Australian Open men's doubles champion has four Ks in his surname?
4 What player in the 2023 Australian Open has five Os in his name but no other vowels?
5 For how long did the 2023 match between Andy Murray and the Question 3 answer last? (a) only five minutes before an injury (b) five hours to 4am
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 22 January 2023
This week's subject is water sports.
1 At which stage of the 1984 Oxford-Cambridge race did the Cambridge boat sink? (a) at the half-way mark (b) in the first 10 metres (c) in the last 10 metres (d) on the way to the start
2 Did Wild Oats XI win line honours in a Sydney to Hobart yacht race?
3 What do the letters SCUBA in the diving contest stand for?
4 Who is the oldest person to win the world surfing championships?
5 Who is the youngest person to win the world surfing championships?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 15 January 2023
This week's subject is Finance.
1 What dollar note did Zimbabwe issue in 2009? (a) $500 (b) $1000 (c) $100 trillion
2 If the above answer was (c), how many zeros would that be?
3 Did Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac win the Wimbledon mixed doubles in 2008?
4 How old were Motilall Gopee and Anuradha Gopee, directors of the three property companies Halifax Repossessions, Halifax Mortgages and Halifax Business Finance, when they represented themselves in court against the Halifax Bank in May 2000? (a) 11 and 10 (b) 111 and 110
(5) The world's fifth richest man (worth US$43 billion) was being sued by the world's sixth richest man (US$42 billion) over an industrial espionage allegation in 2008. What did they have in common? (a) in jail together (b) brothers (c) fortunes made from gambling
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 8 January 2023
This week's subject is Australian murderers.
1 How many did Martin Bryant murder at Port Arthur, Tasmania, in 1996? (a) 5 (b) 35 (c) over 55
2 How much did he weigh in 2015? (a) 45kg (b) 145kg (c) 160kg
3 When will he be eligible for parole? (a) 2028 (b) 2035 (c) 3031
4 Did Ivan Milat, who murdered seven backpackers, have any brothers and sisters?
5 If Ivan Milat had any siblings, did they have any problems?
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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 1 January 2023
This week's subject is sport.
1 What tennis match claimed to be the most extraordinary one of all time and was certainly the longest?
2 The golden fig leaf is the trophy for the winning team in what world competition? (a) hide and seek (b) hop, step and jump (c) hurling
3 In what sports do you go backwards?
4 What are these numbers famous for in sport achievements by Australians? 11 in rugby league, 16 in squash, 33 in horse racing, 42 in running, 99.94 in cricket, 132 in sailing
5 On one Sunday in Newcastle (14-07-1991), a 17-year-old was orienteering at 9.30am, in an indoor cricket final at noon, a rugby league side at 3.30pm and a basketball semi-final at 6.50pm. On the other days of the week he did unpaid work such as mowing pensioners' lawns or helping at Meals on Wheels. Where did he live? (a) in a tent (b) under a bridge (c) in a detention centre
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