6. What is the official name of Vietnam?
7. Is the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in California, Cleveland or Cincinnati?
8. In a limerick, which three lines should rhyme with each other?
9. The River Nile empties into which sea?
10. In which year did Queen Elizabeth II officially open Australia’s Parliament House?
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11. Cheddar cheese is named after a village in which country?
12. Is CRISPR a fictional robot, a gene-editing technique or a brand of refrigerator?
13. Which is the world’s largest active volcano: Mount Etna, Mauna Loa or Mount Agung?
14. What is “a pithy observation which contains a general truth”?
15. When the Reserve Bank prints money, does inflation generally rise or fall?
16. What were the names of the two naval ships in the First Fleet?
17. What does the initialism “BAU” commonly stand for?
18. “Eldrick Tont” are the first names of which professional golfer?
19. Architecturally, is the Palace of Westminster Georgian, Edwardian or Gothic Revival?
20. How many time zones are there across the 50 US states: four, six or nine?
21. Maia Sandu is which country’s first female president?
22. What is the two-letter name of the Egyptian sun god?
23. Boy on Fire is a biography of which Australian musician?
24. Which cloud’s name is derived from the Latin for “breast” or “udder”?
25. In the song Tower of Song, how many floors above Leonard Cohen is Hank Williams?
Quiz answers
1 Sturgeon. 2 Africa. 3 Fly Me to the Moon (composed by Bart Howard, 1954). 4 To reduce electricity consumption. 5 New Year’s Eve. 6 Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 7 Cleveland. 8 First, second and fifth. 9 Mediterranean Sea. 10 1988. 11 England. 12 A gene-editing technique. 13 Mauna Loa (Hawaii). 14 Aphorism. 15 Rise. 16 HMS Supply, HMS Sirius. 17 Business as usual. 18 Tiger Woods. 19 Gothic Revival. 20 Six. 21 Moldova. 22 Ra. 23 Nick Cave. 24 Mammatus. 25 One hundred floors.
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