BAKER’S DOZEN TRIVIA TEST

1. LANGUAGE: What is the meaning of the Latin phrase “status quo”?

2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is a cenotaph?

3. MOVIES: What college did the characters in “The Big Chill” attend?

4. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the Great Victoria Desert?

5. GAMES: What colour is the No.5 ball in billiards?

6. GEOMETRY: How many faces does a tetrahedron have?

7. POLITICAL HISTORY: Enid Lyons was one of the first two women elected to federal Parliament in Australia. What year was she elected and which party did she represent?

8. RELIGION: When was the King James Bible completed?

9. ART: What country was artist Joan Miro from?

10. AUSTRALIAN STATES: What is the Northern territory’s official state bird?

11. FLASHBACK: Which 1970 pop song begins with a children’s chorus singing a verse of “Jesus Loves the Little Children”?

12. SPORT: Who was the last runner before Britain’s Mo Farah (2012, 2016) to win the 5000-metre and 10,000-metre races in two consecutive Olympics?

13. LYRICS: Name the song that contains this lyric: “Why do all the boys just pass you by? Could it be you just don’t try or is it the clothes you wear? You’re always window shopping but never stopping to buy, So shed those dowdy feathers and fly a little bit...”