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1. name Wadjemupfo­r whichis the island indigenous­off the coast Australian­of Western Australia? 2. The 1957 novel AtlasShrug­ged is one of the best-known novels by which author? 3. Who served as prime minister of Australia three times between 1908 and 1915? 4. In which sport could you be described as using a “chinaman” technique? 5. Who hosted the 2016 Australian TV series Have You Been Paying Attention? 6. In 1975, East Timor declared its independen­ce from which country? 7. Madison Robinson played for which team during the 2016 ANZ Championsh­ip season? 8. In 2014, which hip-hop group had a hit with the song CosbySweat­er? 9. True or false: Biff Loman is one of the main characters of the play The Importance of Being Earnest? 10. Dihydrogen monoxide is better known by what name? 11. In the TV series Bob’s Burgers, what is the name of Bob’s second-oldest daughter? 12. At which Olympics did Australian pole vaulter Tatiana Grigorieva win her silver medal? 13. What is the German language word for Germany? 14. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in which year of the 1920s? 15. Which car manufactur­er made the Cortina? 16. Four-time world surfing champion Wendy Botha won her first title as a citizen of which country? 17. On which highway do you travel when you cross the Nullarbor Plain? 18. The three main ingredient­s of fudge are butter, sugar and what? 19. True or false: Havana is the capital city of Cuba? 20. The poem TheOwlandt­hePussycat features which four animals? 21. In which sport has Kathy Parashis won 10 Women’s Australian Open titles? 22. What is the official language of Barbados? 23. In 2016, who featured as the “bachelor” in The Bachelor (Australia)? 24. Jon Dee and which famous sportspers­on founded Planet Ark in 1991? 25. What is the second line of the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty? 26. The Mont Blanc Tunnel connects France to which other country? 27. In 2016, Ariana Grande, pictured, released an album titled Dangerous what? 28.Who provides the voice of Marlin in FindingNem­o and FindingDor­y? 29. True or false: 1993 novel The Celestine Prophecy was written by M. Scott Peck? 30. Lord Howe Island is directly east of which major NSW town?

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