Set Four Flashcards
In Cockney rhyming slang, brown bread is slang for what word?
Dead
In which Australian State is the Condamine River?
Queensland
Van Diemen’s Land is an 80s song by which Irish band?
U2
A 70s memoir by astronaut Buzz Aldrin is titled Return to… where?
Earth
The geographical abbreviation TAM stands for Trans-Antarctic… what?
Mountains
Lady Kitty Spencer is what relation to the late Princess Diana?
Niece
Rio de Janeiro’s famous Cristo Redentor statue is made out of what material?
Concrete
Abu Dhabi was the first city to have a permanent ATM that dispensed what?
Gold bars
Aunt Polly is the guardian of which classic fictional character?
Tom Sawyer
Which cast member of the Lord of the Rings franchise cast has earned the most Oscar nominations for acting?
Cate Blanchett
What creature did playwright Henrik Ibsen keep as a pet on his writing desk: ferret, scorpion or piranha?
Scorpion
Which Native American trickster god created the months and lunar phases?
Coyote
In Hawaii, what does a flower worn over the right ear of a woman indicate?
She is single
In Othello, what personal item of Cassio’s is left behind, leading Desdemona to think he is cheating on him?
Handkerchief
What is the misleadingly named culinary term given to organ or gland meat?
Sweetbreads
What is Britain’s national bird?
The European robin
What company’s stock exchange symbol on the NYSE is represented by the letters XOM?
Exxon Mobil
If you were bisexual, and perfectly equally attracted to both sexes, what would your Kinsey scale number be?
Three
Ebenezer Butterick invented which dressmaking aid?
Patterns
Dean and Jean Ween are stage names for two members of which US band?
Ween
Phytopathology is the study of diseases in what?
Plants
In physics, work is defined as force multiplied by what?
Density
Each sitting at the UK’s House of Commons begins with prayers, during which, members must do what?
Face the Walls
Conservation of a critically endangered species of which animal occurs at Queensland’s Epping Forest National Park?
Wombat
During World War II, the AWLA recruited Australian women to work in which industry?
Agriculture
A Goodyear welt is a feature of which item?
Shoe
Hipposudoric acid is found in the skin of which animal?
Hippopotamus
In what year is Halley’s Comet next expected to be visible to the naked eye?
2061
In Victoria, road distances from Melbourne were traditionally always measured from what landmark?
GPO
Which US President signed the proclamation admitting Hawaii into the Union as the 50th State?
Eisenhower
The treaty of Cordoba effectively gave Mexico independence from which country?
Spain
By distance, which Australian capital city is furthest from Fiji?
Perth
What does the F stand for in the police identification acronym AFIS?
Fingerprint
What phrase is commonly used in Formula One to indicate the start of a race?
Lights out
What is the common term for the calcaneal tendon?
Achilles tendon
To which continent is the Guinea pig native?
South America
Mohammad Salah is a star player for which EPL team?
Liverpool
The founder of the New Zealand First party was Winston who?
Peters
Who was US President when prohibition ended in the 1930s?
Roosevelt
American Curtis Strange is best known for playing which sport?
Golf
Often recited at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings is Reinhold Neibuhr’s Serenity what?
Prayer
In which decade was the hole in the ozone layer first recorded?
1980s
What term denotes the flower clusters of a willow tree?
Catkins
Millenia ago, the Gunditjmara people of sotuhwestern Victoria built complex structures to farm which creatures?
Eels
Australian athlete Nick Green was a world champion in which water sport?
Rowing
A renowned Tasmanian national park is the Walls of where?
Jerusalem
Under Rug Swept is a 2002 album by which Canadian singer?
Alanis Morissette
In the 90s, US law clerk Eric Brockovich gained fame in a lawsuit against a company that sells what?
Power
Bamboo Airways is an international carrier based in which country?
Vietnam
A novel by Agatha Christie is ‘The Mystery of the Blue… what’?
Train
Closely resembling paella, the traditional Spanish dish fideua replaces rice with what ingredient?
Pasta
Which Peanuts character is often seen typing ‘It was a dark and stormy night’?
Snoopy
A metabolic condition involving insulin resistance is commonly known by what name?
Syndrome X
In total, an adult human body typically has how many metatarsal bones?
Ten
Found in eastern and northern Australia is what insect-eating bird?
Dollarbird
In American folklore, Paul Bunyan’s ox is typically depicted as what colour?
Blue
Collette Dinnigan’s first store was opened in which city?
Sydney
Which tennis Grand Slam champion also won a table tennis world championship?
Fred Perry
Elephant garlic is a close relative of which vegetable?
Leek
What was Alfred Hitchcock’s last film to be shot in black and white?
Pyscho
A legendary Irish folk hero chronicled in the Fenian Cycle is named Finn who?
MacCool
Unito is primarily a mix of English and which other language?
Spanish
A major award in Australian theatre is the Green what?
Room
Which English city stages the annual Godiva festival?
Coventry
The Asian sheep’s head wrasse is a species of which animal?
Fish
Sir Robert Askon was a Premier of which Australian State?
NSW
The name of which city is in Schiphol airport’s official name?
Amsterdam
Julia Donaldson wrote the book ‘The Smartest giant in…’ what?
Town
The network term WLC stands for Wireless Land what?
Control
Which female singer won a Record of the Year Grammy for ‘I Honestly Love You’?
Olivia Newton-John
In 2021, Australian basketball Josh Giddey was drafted by which NBA team?
Oklahoma City
An astronomical unit is approximately equal to the mean distance between the Earth and what?
The Sun
Who directed the 2002 film Death to Smoochy?
Danny DeVito
In which Pacific country is the Forgotten World Highway?
New Zealand
Pocari Sweat is a sports drink developed in which Asian country?
Japan
Carats are used to measure what characteristic of a diamond?
Weight
Left-handed sticks are illegal in which sport?
Field hockey
With an estimated lifespan of 200 years, which whale species is believed to have the longest lifespan of any mammal?
Bowhead
The borough of Barking and Dagenham is in which European city?
London
In which decade was New Zealand’s first official TV broadcast
1960s
Used by belly dancers, zills are also commonly known as finger what?
Cymbals
In October 2021, QANTAS made its longest-ever passenger flight by distance, arriving in Darwin after leaving where?
Buenos Aires
UK PM Boris Johnson graduated from which famed English university?
Oxford
In which decade did tobacco sponsorship of sporting events completely cease in Australia?
2000s
Rune Elmqvist designed the first implantable what?
Pacemaker
On the periodic table, which metal immediately precedes gold?
Platinum
Popular with tourists, what is Thailand’s largest island?
Phuket
Maat Mons is a massive volcano on which planet?
Venus
In which Australian capital are the historic Wylie’s baths?
Sydney
What was the first name of the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king?
Harold
On which island is the resort town of San Antonio?
Ibiza
Who is the only US President to have been unanimously elected by the Electoral College?
George Washington
Filbert and dagger are types of which art supply?
Brush
On a meteorological map, an isohyet joins points of equal what?
Rainfall
Due to resembling the Cote D’Azure, Santa Barbara is often the American what?
Riviera
Which Sesame Street character was the first to be given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
Big Bird
Which epic poem states “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven’?
Paradise Lost
What is the name given to a phenomenon in northern latitudes where sunlight remains visible all night?
White night
The Strait of Bonifacio separate Corsica from which other European island?
Sardinia
The definition of a second is based on the vibration of an atom of which element
Caesium
An old-fashioned drinking vessel, a noggin was typically carved from what material?
Wood
The sport of bikejoring involves cyclists being pulled along by what?
Dogs
In which country was World War II’s Tiger tank developed?
Germany
The sulu is the national dress of which country?
Fiji
Bindi Irwin gave her daughter what middle name?
Warrior
The Chinese city of Manzhouli has a border gate to which country?
Russia
In the James Bond books, an alias of the villain Blofeld is Doctor Guntram what?
Shatterhand
The Italian painter Masaccio was an influential figure in which artistic movement?
Renaissance
Which flightless bird shares its name with a Harry Styles song?
Kiwi
Which sportswear brand was formed by Rudolf Dasser?
Puma (Adidas is Adolf Dassler - brother)
KSC is the abbreviation for which US space centre?
Kennedy Space Centre
To which continent is the twist-necked Turtle native?
South America
The purloined letter was a short story by which Gothic writer?
Poe
The Cerrado is a tropical eco-region of which country?
Brazil
The Hume and Hovell walking track is in which Australian State?
New South Wales
The name of which popular dish is Hawaiian for cut crosswise?
Poke bowl
A plant native to the Sydney area is the flannel what?
Flower
Mambo music originated on which Caribbean island?
Cuba
An official NRL club song is Glory, Glory… what?
South Sydney
The Bay of Cannes is in which sea?
Mediterranean
Grayden Carter edited which magazine for 25 years?
Vanity Fair
From which language does the word cockatoo derive?
Malay
Whose 1997 autobiography was titled ‘A Primadonna’s progress?
Joan Sutherland
Which Australian capital city was founded in 1835?
Melbourne
At the age of 24, Nick Stirzaca captained which rugby team?
Melbourne Rebels
A trendy innovation for high rise apartments is a large window that folds out to become a what?
Balcony
The two kangaroos on the Northern Territory’s coat of arms are carrying what?
Sea shells
In which Australian State capital is Barranjoey lighthouse?
Sydney
The highly venomous gabboon viper is native to which continent?
Africa
Which element is called ‘brimstone’ in the Bible?
Sulfur
In which country is the historic Mount of Beatitudes?
Israel
Animals called coachwhips belong to which sub-order of reptile?
Snakes
Which spotted big cat features on a Brazilian bank note?
Jaguar
In which Australian State or Territory is the Arafura Swamp?
Northern Territory
