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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 12 March 2010

This week’s subject is Australian cricket statistics.

1. Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has announced his retirement from Test cricket. What was the fastest ball he ever bowled? (a) 89mph (b) 99mph (c) 99.9mph

2. What was the Test batting average of Australia’s greatest batsman, Don Bradman? (a) 89 (b) 99 (c) 99.94

3. Why can the record set by Wahroonga’s 12-year-old Nicky Wheeler for earliest hat-trick in a career never be beaten?

4. How many pages did Sydney’s Telegraph devote to Australian captain Steve Waugh the day after he announced his retirement? (a) None, because he was a columnist for the “Herald” (b) 4 (c) 15

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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 5 March 2010

This week’s subject is traffic offences.

1. North Sydney Court banned a 55-year-old man from approaching within 20 metres of what last week? (a) schools (b) his wife’s house (c) parking meters

2. Is it illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle in Alabama?

3. What colour cars are most likely to get pulled over for speeding?

4. For what offence did former Formula One racing champion Nigel Mansell appear in a British court?

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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 26 February 2010

This week’s subject is February dates.

1. What was special about six seconds after five minutes past 4am on the third of February 2001?

2. A 12-digit palindromic time and date occurred at 8.02pm on 20 February 2002 (200220022002). When was the previous 12-digit palindromic time and date?

3. The date 2/2/2000 was the first for 1111 years with only even numbers. When will the next year with only odd numbers be?

4. Grandmother said she was born on 29 February 1900. How old is she now?

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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 19 February 2010

This week’s subject is winter and ancient Olympics.

1. Eric the Eel is remembered fondly for being the slowest swimmer at the 2000 Olympics. What was the nickname, with the same initials (E the E), given to the most fondly remembered 1988 winter Olympics competitor, a British skier?

2. How many contestants have been killed in Winter Olympics competition history?

3. What did jockeys wear in horse races in the ancient Olympics?

4. Who were forbidden, on pain of death, from watching the ancient Olympics? (If you answered the previous question correctly, you’ll have no trouble with this one.)

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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 12 February 2010

With the Australia v Pakistan Twenty20 cricket having just finished, Pakistan is this week’s subject.

1. What relative of Pakistan’s president Asif Ali Zardari was twice Pakistan's prime minister and head of the Pakistan People's Party - a position Mr Zardari inherited upon that person’s death in December 2007? (a) father (b) wife (c) daughter

2. What does the 'stan' in 'Pakistan' mean?

3. The most candidates to stand in a national election for a single constituency was 107, in Pakistan in 1997. How were the candidates listed? (a) alphabetically according to surname (b) alphabetically according to first name (c) by symbols because of illiteracy

4. What did Pakistani wrestler Akram Bholoo eat each week? (a) an entire roast goat (b) a burning log of wood (c) if it were the week before a fight, nothing; then he just drank cold lemon tea.

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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 5 February 2010

This week’s subject is the Australian Open Tennis, ending on the last day of January.

1. The name of which women’s semi-finalist appears in the Mona Lisa?

2. Which women’s semi-finalist shakes her hand in front of her chest after each point?

3. Which star player has a prominent tattoo?

4. Which player’s first and surname appear more often in the reverse order to that shown on the Australian Open’s web site, and in both orders at different times in items in The Sydney Morning Herald?

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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 29 January 2010

This week’s subject is disasters.

1. Earthquake severity is always almost quoted as a reading on the Richter Scale. What does the Kantimori Scale measure? (a) earthquakes (b) volcanic eruptions

2. How is it that Australia’s greatest national disaster was a volcanic eruption that killed more than 3000 people, even though this volcano is not in Australia but in Papua New Guinea?

3. What type of natural disaster kills most people in the United States? (a) hurricanes (b) earthquakes (c) lightning

4. Did Dubai’s worst road accident, in March 2008, involve 200 cars and 300 people?

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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 22 January 2010

With the opening this month of the world’s tallest building, the 818-metre Dubai Tower, this week’s subject is tall buildings.

1. What building was the tallest in a city famous for tall buildings, lost its title, then regained it in 2002?

2. Who built America’s most sacred icon, the Statue of Liberty? (a) the American Pilgrims, in New York (b) the American Republicans, in Washington (c) the French, in France

3. Was the Tower of London a fortress, palace or prison?

4. What type of buildings dominated the London skyline 250 years ago?

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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 15 January 2010

This week’s subject is first names.

1. William was the most popular name for newborn boys in New South Wales in 2009. Was that more or less than the number of Williams in 2008?

2. Aaron is a male first name starting with a double letter. What are two male first names startling with double L?

3. Who are Trig and Track? (a) cartoon characters (b) two of Sarah Palin’s children (c) two of the senior management of the New Zealand railways

4. What country, close to Australia, has children with these given names? Midnight Chardonnay, Number 16 Bus Shelter, Fat Boy, Hitler, Yeah Detroit, Spial Cicada, Violence and (for twins) Benson and Hedges and Fish and Chips

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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 8 January 2010

This week’s subject is jokes.

1. The British Association for the Advancement of Science conducted what it described as the largest-ever scientific study of humour. What was the subject of what it found to be the world’s funniest joke? (a) hunting (b) suitcase locks (c) wool

2. The most frequently submitted joke to the British Association for the Advancement of Science humour study was: “What’s brown and sticky?” What was the answer?

3. Why did the dinosaur cross the road?

4. On which side of the cup do you put the handle?

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Trivia Quiz: Questions for week ending 1 January 2010

This week’s subject is mammals.

1. Is a jackrabbit a rabbit?

2. The hyrax is about the size of a rabbit. To what animal is it most closely related? (a) rabbit (b) elephant

3. What is the only mammal that can’t jump?

4. What is the collective noun for ferrets? (a) academy (b) business (c) college

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