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1 In which year did Prince Charles marry Diana Spencer?

2 What was the name of The Lone Ranger’s horse?

3 Which Asian country has the piso as its currency?

4 How many sides are on a stop sign?

5 What would you do with a bap: wear it, eat it or propel it with oars?

6

In which country was the composer Frédéric François Chopin born?

7 What type of animal is a koi?

8

According to a Lewis Carroll poem, who would ‘incessantly stand on his head’?

9 Which author wrote the legal thrillers The Firm, The Pelican Brief and The Rainmaker?

10 Which TV puppet had a pencil for a nose?

11 The marimba belongs to which family of instruments?

12 What is the name of the river that runs through the city of Melbourne?

13 Who was monarch of the United Kingdom immediately before Elizabeth II?

14 Where on your body would you find your patella?

15 From which country do the dishes kimchi and bibimbap come from?

16

For which Spanish soccer team did David Beckham play between 2003 and 2007?

17

In rhyming slang, what is a frog and toad?

18 By what name is red iron oxide commonly known?

19 What did Little Jack Horner say when he pulled a plum out of his pie?

20 What is the name of Elvis Presley’s house in Memphis, Tennessee?

21 What colour is the uniform of the New Zealand soccer team?

22 Who had hits in the 1980s with songs such as We Belong, Love Is A Battlefield and Sex As A Weapon?

23 Is the Story Bridge in Brisbane or Perth?

24

The name of which Italian dish translates in English as ‘bone-hole’?

25 What is the name of the mayor of Springfield in The Simpsons?

26 What is 30% of 30?

27 In which Australian state did Ian Thorpe grow up?

28 Which gemstone is made up of green beryl? l?

29 Which planet is the fifth from the sun?

30 Which superhero’s alter ego is Dr Bruce Banner?

31 What is the official language of Brazil?

33 Can elephants swim?

34 In which decade of the 20th century did the

Great Depression begin?

35 What colour is crimson?

36

In maths, does the word ‘quotient’ relate to multiplication or division?

37 What kind of nut is used to make pesto?

38 In which year will the next leap year occur?

32 In which decade was the current Dalai Lama born?

39 What type of creature is a titmouse?

40 On which mountain did Moses receive the Ten Commandments?

41 Aotearoa is the indigenous name for which country?

42 Gammon is the meat from which animal?

43 Which Broadway musical features the songs America an and Maria?

44 What is the third h ird Greek letter? ?

45 Who invented ted d the telephone? hone e?