10 Quick Questions

1. Telugu, with over 70 million speakers, is a language native to which country?

Indonesia

Philippines

India

Nigeria

Who first said “I’ll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you” in a series of Australian tourism ads?

Elle Macpherson

Paul Hogan

Bob Hawke

Barry Humphries

Which novel begins: “There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.”

The BFG

The Wind in the Willows Where the Wild Things Are

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 4. The technology term “Bluetooth” is derived from a name for a … what? Danish king

Elderly horse

Farming tool

Strong wind

Which film features the quote: “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”

Back to the Future

The Sound of Music Mutiny on the Bounty Jurassic Park

In singles tennis, who is the only player to win all four Grand Slams and an Olympic gold in the same year?

Steffi Graf

Martina Hingis

Roger Federer

Martina Navratilova 7. Which of these can be defined as a room for growing plants? Sunroom

Solarium

Conservatory

Green room

8. By which nuclear reaction does the sun generate its energy? Fission

Fusion

What kind of business was founded in the US by Allan Pinkerton in 1850? Private bank

Shipping line

Detective agency Newspaper

10. Who was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover?

George V

Victoria