QUICK QUIZ

1 Which punk rock band’s songs include London Calling, Rock the Casbah and Stop the World?

2 Which German actress became the first person to win two consecutive acting Oscars?

3 Which state has Australia’s tallest permanent waterfall?

4 In Greek mythology, who was the god of war?

5 Which British actor played Mr Brown in the 2014 Paddington movie?

6 Captain Haddock was the sidekick of which youthful comicbook hero?

7 Where did the sport of curling originate?

8 Which character on the TV sitcom Modern Family has a clown alter ego called Fizbo?

9 Which actor plays Loki in The Avengers and in Thor: The Dark World?

10 Which social reformer and founder of modern nursing was also known as the Lady with the Lamp?

11 Who plays Peter Quill in the 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy?

12 Who is the captain of the Australian women’s national cricket team?

13 In which inn did Frodo, Sam Pippin and Merry first meet Strider in The Lord of the Rings?

14 In which US city is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

15 In the Harry Potter stories, what was Hermione Granger’s cat called?

16 Lars Lokke Rasmussen is the prime minister of which Scandinavian country?

17 Who won the first season of American Idol?

18 Which planet was discovered by Sir William Herschel in 1781?

19 What is the largest lake in Africa?

20 Richard Dean Anderson played Jack O’Neill in which sci-fi TV series?