JUMBO TRIVIA
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1
As well as the name of an actress, what else is a ‘Mae West’?
2
What colours feature on the flag of Pakistan?
3
Someone with colour blindness typically has difficult discriminating between what two colours?
4
In what year was Australia’s bicentenary?
5
What is the capital of Japan?
6
What one word means an admission ticket, an overtaking manoeuvre and a mountain track?
7
What type of animal is a puli?
8
What would you do with an oud – eat it, play it or put it in a cage?
9
In which country was Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury born?
10
What type of food is vermicelli?
11
What clothes item does a milliner make?
12
What is the name for this small boat, very popular in the city of Venice?
13
What does an aardvark mainly eat?
14
Feta is a cheese traditionally made in which European country?
15
What was the name of the cyclone which destroyed Darwin in 1974?
16
In Greek mythology, what was the name of the winged horse?
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What did Old Mother Hubbard go to the cupboard to get?
19
Which West End musical features a character called Rum Tum Tugger?
20
Majorca and Ibiza are islands off the coast of which European country?
21
In which decade was Gough Whitlam Prime Minister of Australia?
22
What was the name of the Jetsons’ pet dog?
23
Rah-rah, hobble and pencil are all types of what item of clothing?
24
A chiropodist is an old fashioned term for what?
25
Who wrote the book Oliver Twist?
26
Which religion was founded by Joseph Smith?
27
What flower is traditionally given on Mothers’ Day?
28
What was the name of Taylor Swift’s ft’s 2017 album? um?
29
Who was known as ‘The Lady with the Lamp’?
30
In AFL, how many points is a behind?
31
Which were the two main gases used in airships?
32
Can you identify this exotic fruit?
33
How old is Spanish tennis champion Rafael Nadal?
34
What is frozen carbon dioxide informally called?
35
Which weasel-like animal is famous for its ability to fight snakes?
36
In which country are the Abu Simbel temples?
37
What is left if you take four score from a gross?
38
What is the famous waterfall on the Zambezi river?
39
Is amaranth a liqueur, flowering plant or town in Texas?
40
What is 300% of 1?
41
By what name is Cherilyn Sarkisian better known?
42
Which planet has a moon called Titan?
43
How many legs does a flea have?
44
Which classic 1942 movie is named after a Moroccan city?
45
In which Aussie state or territory is Cradle Mountain?