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When someone is discombobulated they are what?

Which of these four services is the oldest: Gmail, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook? With which song did Ed Sheeran (pictured) claim the title of longest-running number one in the ARIA singles charts? Which African nation contains the most pyramids?

What is the only alphabetic letter that doesn’t appear on the periodic table? Combinatorics is a branch of what?

For how many years was Margaret Thatcher in office? Which Charles Dickens novel has sold the most copies worldwide?

Charles I, King of the Franks, was better known by what name? Shark skin was once sold and used as what: rope, canvas or sandpaper? 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Hypermetropia affects what part of the human body? What novel features an inn called

Admiral Benbow? What does a nidologist study? What animal did Florence Nightingale hand-rear and carry around in her pocket? In 1985, what band was the first Western pop group to tour China? In what year did Louis Réard launch the bikini?

The Irrawaddy is the largest river in what Asian country?

True or false: actor Rashida

Jones (pictured) is the daughter of music producer Quincy Jones? Ukrainian Sergey Bubka is a recordbreaking athlete in what track and field sport?

In The Simpsons, what animal did Bart bring to Australia? 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

What band was the first to play a concert on all seven continents? Which South African political party did Nelson Mandela lead? How many legitimate daughters did Henry VIII father?

“Now is the winter of our discontent” is a quote from which Shakespeare play? Was Australia’s Hume Highway opened in 1817, 1887 or 1917? Singer-songwriter Maurice White was the founding member of which band?

Berrima and

Fitzroy Falls are villages in which Australian state?

Who is the author of the Dollanganger series of novels? Which boxer lost more professional fights: Muhammad Ali or

Mike Tyson (pictured)? Who wrote the lines, “Heaven has no rage... Nor hell a fury, like a woman scorned”? 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

What method of protest are Tibetan monks infamous for employing?

Where did karate originate?

In which country is Yakutsk located? What was former Australian Greens leader Richard Di Natale’s profession before he moved into politics?

Name thae original fire type starter Pokémon. Bladerunner, Minority Report and The Man in the High Castle are all screen adaptations based on novels by which author?

What is the name of the first commercially available tabletop role-playing game? Who was Guy Ritchie (pictured) married to from 2000-2008? What is the primary language spoken in Hong Kong?

True or false: Dogs are safely able to consume apples. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

In what US city is the Rock and Roll

Hall of Fame?

What major river separates Laos and Myanmar?

What island did Captain William Mynors discover on December 25, 1643? What fictional charactera fell in love with Anne Darrow? With what profession is the Stanislawski method associated? Avery Island in Louisiana is famous for its production of what condiment? In Chinese, what number is considered unlucky? What was TV character Lieutenant Columbo’s first name?

Viridian is a shade of what colour?

Actor Melanie Lynskey (pictured) made her film debut in what Peter Jackson film?