6. Dzongkha is the official language of which south Asian country?
7. What is the red pigment in blood cells called?
8. Vulpine describes something related to which animal?
9. What fruit is dried to make a prune?
10. What are trogons and quetzals types of: birds, currencies or planetary winds?
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11. What household item is made in the process of saponification?
12. Which 1973 semi-autobiographical Tina Turner song commemorates her rural hometown?
13. In economics, what does “QE” stand for?
14. Venerdì is Italian for which day of the week?
15. “The thin blue line” refers to the controlling power of which institution?
16. In which 1976 film did David Bowie play alien Thomas Jerome Newton?
17. What did British archaeologist Howard Carter discover in 1922?
18. “Neither a borrower nor a lender be,” said Polonius in which of Shakespeare’s plays?
19. Which Australian snake is considered the world’s most venomous snake?
20. Which country’s bank issued a 100 trillion dollar note in 2009?
21. What word for election analyst comes from the Greek word for “pebble”?
22. What is the name of Napoleon’s second wife?
23. Is a larrakitj a hollow log coffin, a creek bed or a desert plain?
24. Which 1970s hit by glam rock band Mud was said to parody Elvis’s Blue Christmas?
25. Which two countries have the letter “x” in their name?
Quiz answers
1 We Wish You a Merry Christmas. 2 Hanson. 3 Volta. 4 Coming 2 America. 5 “Our Lady.” 6 Bhutan. 7 Haemoglobin. 8 Fox. 9 Plum. 10 Birds. 11 Soap. 12 Nutbush City Limits. 13 Quantitative easing.
14 Friday. 15 Police force. 16 The Man Who Fell to Earth. 17 The tomb of King Tutankhamun. 18 Hamlet. 19 Inland Taipan. 20 Zimbabwe (worth $US300 at the time). 21 Psephologist. 22 Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma. 23 Hollow log coffin. 24 Lonely this Christmas (1974). 25 Mexico and Luxembourg.
Fancy yourself a quizmaster? Send us a question; we include one from a reader each week and acknowledge it here. Email: [email protected]: label it “GW Quiz Entry”. Reader question 25 by Rosie Coldwell of Fitzroy, Vic.
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