Test your knowledge

1 Which wrestler has the catchphrase “Rest in peace”?

2 What is Tasmania’s third-largest city?

3 What was the first music video played on MTV?

4 Who wrote the classic poem OCaptain!MyCaptain! in 1865?

5 How many points has the Star of David on the flag of Israel?

6 Used to thicken sauces, a roux is made of what two ingredients?

7 Which invasive species was introduced to Australia in 1935?

8 In which year did WestSideStory win the Oscar for Best Picture?

9 Which artist painted The Scream?

10 Who played the television detective Inspector Morse?

11 What is the name of the dwarf planet Pluto’s largest moon?

12 Flamenco originated in what region of Spain?

13 In what year was the first Paralympic Games held?

14 What was James Dean’s final film?

15 What is Tiger Woods’ real first name?

16 What is the floral emblem of Western Australia?

17 Who plays Will Ferrell’s love interest in the 2003 movie, Elf?

18 What does the naval acronym HMAS stand for?

19 Mount Lamington is a volcano located in which south-east Asian country?

20 Who currently holds the world record for the 100m sprint?

21 Who wrote the novel A Clockwork

Orange, later made into a film by Stanley Kubrick?

22 Who published Australia’s first newspaper in 1803?

23 What was the name of the chessplaying computer that defeated world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997?

24 Who survived an assassination attempt by John Hinkley, Jr in Washington, DC in 1981?

25 Legendary entertainer Al Jolson was born in what post-Soviet country?

26 What type of venomous octopus is commonly found along the southern Australian coast?

27 What do you call a young, weaned pig?

28 In what year did Albert Einstein win the Nobel Prize in Physics?

29 Thursday Island is part of which archipelago?

30 Which playwright died after what he famously described as a “duel” with his wallpaper?

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