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1 What movie did John Travolta star in the year before Grease? 2 In which South African city is Lion’s Head mountain? 3 What is the square root of 169? 4 What is the name of the high school in The Breakfast Club? 5 What is the oldest public art museum in Australia? 6 What is the currency of Iran? 7 In which city was the world’s first subway system built? 8 What sport involves hitting a ‘sliotar’ between two goal posts to score? 9 Who played the policeman Jock Crawford in the Australian film Wake in Fright? 10 Joe Strummer and Mick Jones were members of which band? 11 Vexillology is the study of what? 12 Gluhwein is a warm beverage better known as what? 13 How many definite suicides occur in the plays of William Shakespeare? 14 In what decade was the Korean war? 15 In what country is the Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat? 16 True or false: MSG occurs naturally in potatoes? 17 What is the title of Kanye West’s debut studio album? 18 What is Tiger Wood’s real first name? 19 Who starred as the wife of Dick Van Dyke’s character in The Dick Van Dyke Show? 20 What is the term given to the holes in a block of Swiss cheese? 21 Which Australian city is named after the wife of king William IV? 22 Who is the coach of the NSW Waratahs rugby union team? 23 In a leap year, which date marks the halfway point? 24 Who was originally cast as Marty McFly in the film Back to the Future? 25 The Temple of Preah Vihear is located in what country? 26 Name the compilation album released by Michael Caine in 2007. 27 The sport calico storico is played in which Italian city? 28 The music streaming company Spotify was founded in which country? 29 In which country is the city of Ulan Bator? 30 What is the largest moon of Pluto?