BRAINPOWER

1. What number is the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?

2. Qatar shares its southern border with which country?

3. What was the full name of Charlie Sheen’s character in the sitcom Two and a Half Men?

4. Paddington Bear (pictured) was found at Paddington Station and taken in by a family with what surname?

5. Which country’s name means “Land of the Pure” in both Urdu and Persian?

6. Norma Jeane Mortenson, born in 1926, was better known by what name?

7. True or false: Tim Winton won the 2009 Miles Franklin Award for the novel Breath?

8. The Taliban governed which country from 1996 to 2001?

9. In which round was Bernard Tomic knocked out of last year’s US Open men’s singles tournament?

10. Former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat was assassinated in which decade?

11. Which Australian was Ironman Triathlon World Champion in 2008, ‘09 and ‘11?

12. The Chang’an-Tianshan Corridor of the Silk Road, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is in China and which other two countries?

13. The Great Fire of London happened in which century?

14. Which novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?

15. Adults normally have how many incisors?

16. What are the two most populous cities in Tennessee?

17. Actress Frances McDormand married which one of the Coen brothers in 1984?

18. A kipper is made with what type of fish?

19. True or false: Geoffrey Rush played Hans Hubermann in 2013 movie The Book Thief?

20. In July last year, which successful version of Pokemon was released?

21. Who won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Annie in the 1977 movie Annie Hall?

22. The international border between which two countries runs across the summit point of Mt Everest?

23. Which children’s TV series features a character named Mr Snuffleupagus?

24. US soldier Desmond Doss, the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor, was honoured for his actions during which war?

25. Which famous Australian town straddles the Todd River?

26. What type of measuring unit is equal to 36 inches?

27. True or false: Jennifer Hawkins was the first Australian to win the Miss Universe title?

28. Which two teams finished on 12 points at the end of last year’s AFL season?

29. In relation to paper sizes, how many A3 sheets would fill one A2 sheet?

30. The winner of last year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize is from which country?

1. 42 2. Saudi Arabia 3. Charlie Harper 4. Brown 5. Pakistan 6. Marilyn Monroe 7. True 8. Afghanistan 9. First round 10. 1980s 11. Craig Alexander 12. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan 13. 17th century 14. The Sympathizer 15. Eight 16. Memphis, Nashville 17. Joel 18. Herring 19. True 20. Pokemon Go 21. Diane Keaton 22. China, Nepal 23. Sesame Street 24. World War II 25. Alice Springs 26. Yard 27. False (Kerry Anne Wells) 28. Brisbane Lions, Essendon Bombers 29. Two 30. Chile