BRAIN POWER

1. Which team won the 2017-18 WNBL championship?

2. The British Virgin Islands are situated in which sea?

3. What was the first name of Kylie Minogue’s character (pictured) in the TV series, Neighbours?

4. Vitamin B2 is commonly known by what name starting with R?

5. In the comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes, what type of animal is Hobbes?

6. Which two countries lie between Guatemala and Nicaragua?

7. Rich Robinson is a founding member of which famous band?

8. Which pope preceded Pope Francis?

9. True or false? Red velvet cake is traditionally topped with marzipan.

10. Hudson Bay is a large body of water in the northeast of which country?

11. As at 2018, who are the only two Australians to win a Career Golden Slam in doubles tennis?

12. In 2008, famous rapper Jay-Z married which person?

13. Which seven countries share a border with Hungary?

14. The Mesozoic era lies between which other two eras?

15. Who wrote the classic 1945 novel, Brideshead Revisited?

16. What star sign is a baby that was born on 1 January 2018?

17. The Step Pyramid of Djoser is a popular tourist attraction in which country?

18. Who is the main female star of the TV series, New Girl?

19. True or false? In King Lear, Regan is King Lear’s youngest daughter.

20. Which Australian came third in the bikes section of the 2018 Dakar Rally?

21. The main ingredients of Scottish rumbledethumps are cabbage, onions and what?

22. A Hibernophile is a person who is fond of things related to which country?

23. Which golf club is also known as a 10-iron?

24. The bombing following Ariana Grande’s concert in 2017 occurred in which city?

25. What is Lady Gaga’s real first name?

26. In a traditional orchestra, what is the lowest-pitched brass instrument?

27. What is the colour of the highest stripe on the flag of Germany?

28. Penguins live in which hemisphere?

29. True or false? The character, Tom Sawyer, was created by Robert Louis Stevenson.

30. What is the main colour of SpottyWot, in TV series, The WotWots?