Set One Flashcards
What unit of weight is represented by the symbol oz?
Ounce
Which American investment bank holds the record for the largest bankruptcy in human history?
Lehman Brothers
What do the letters QR refer to in the term QR code?
Quick Response
In Greek mythology, who fell in love with his own reflection?
Narcissus
Bauxite is the most commonly exploited ore for the production of which metal?
Aluminium
The city of Pripyat, abandoned since a nearby nuclear accident in 1986, is in which country?
The Ukraine
The historic Walk for Reconciliation saw a record crowd cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge in what year?
2000
Also known as a developmental co-ordination disorder, what name is given to the common condition that affects movement and co-ordination?
Dyspraxia
What film, considered part of the new wave of Australian cinema from the 1970s, stars Anne-Louise Lambert as a schoolgirl named Miranda?
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Cataract Gorge is fifteen minutes walk from the centre of which Australian city?
Launceston
At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, who became the third Australian to win the 200m and 400m freestyle double?
Ariarne Titmus
Saul of Tarsus, generally considered one of the more important Christian apostles, is commonly known by what name?
Apostle Paul
What is the name of the long bone in the human body that runs between the shoulder blade and the elbow joint?
Humerus
In the painting Drowning Girl by Roy Liechtenstein, the featured woman is thinking ‘I don’t care, I’d rather sink than call who for help?
Brad
In what year was the most recent Australian census?
2021
In the 1930s, in a bid to sound more European, which Australian ballet dancer added an n to his name in a bid to sound more European?
Sir Robert Helpmann
Hotel Sorrento, Life After George and Extinction are plays by which Australian?
Hannie Rayson
In which 1980s song does John Lennon sing ‘life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans’?
Beautiful Boy
Winning in 2020, who was the first Indigenous painter to be awarded the prestigious Archibald prize for painting?
Vincent Namatjira
In geometry, complementary angles are a pair of angles that add up to how many degrees?
90
Tennis legend Evonne Goolagong-Cawley won 7 grand slam singles titles, including Wimbledon how many times?
Twice
In 1856, stonemasons in Melbourne campaigned successfully to become the first workers to gain which important working condition?
8-hour day
In which country is Angel Falls?
Venezuela
Taken from the Latin for ‘water’ and ‘bean’, what is the name of the liquid in which legumes are soaked or cooked which can be used as an egg white substitute?
Aquafaba
Margaret Thatcher was the only British PM in the 20th century to win how many consecutive general elections?
Three
Having a remarkable twelve colour photoreceptors in the eye compared to our three is the creature called a stomatopod, also known as a mantis what?
Shrimp
Dame Nellie Melba made her operatic debut in Brussels in 1887 as Gilda in which Verdi opera?
Rigoletto
In which Asian country was a cat named station master at a train station in 2006 after budget cuts forced redundancies of human employees?
Japan
Who wrote the unfinished novel The Last Tycoon, which Amazon turned into a TV series in 2917?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
In standard Australian fire extinguishers, a black band notes that the fire retardant inside is made from which gas?
Carbon dioxide
In 2000, who became the first woman to win the UK Mercury Prize for her album Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea?
PJ Harvey
Which couple, who run the Archwell foundation, grace the 2021 cover of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people issue?
Harry and Meghan
In winter, what is the time difference between Perth in WA and Auckland in NZ?
Four hours
Mozzarella was originally made in Italy using the milk of what animal?
Buffalo
Which South Australia Legislative Council member became the first woman to be elected as presiding officer in any Australian parliament?
Anne Levy
What plane flown by Charles Kingsford Smith and his team made the first Trans-Pacific flight?
Southern Cross
In 2001, BHP officially merged with which other mining company?
Billiton
What chemical element, found in seaweed, has the atomic number 53 and is vital to the normal functioning of the thyroid gland?
Iodine
The medical term ‘hepatic’ is used to indicate disorders or treatments of which major organ?
Liver
Which short-lived tropical plant grows to more than three metres in height and is known as the ‘corpse flower’?
Titan arum
The Long March was an epic journey undertaken in the 1930s by communist forces in which country?
China
In a standard deck of playing cards, the sideways-facing one-eyed Jacks are the Jack of Hearts and which other?
Jack of Spades
Which US sports brand designed the aerodynamic bodysuit in which Cathy Freeman won the 2000 Olympics 400m?
Nike
Australia’s First Fleet comprised nine civilian vessels and two Royal Navy escorts, HMS Sirius and which other?
Supply
In which year did Australia pass marriage equality?
2017
Which of Sydney’s underground city circle stations is between Town Hall and Circular Quay?
Wynyard
A person described as an arctophile would most likely collect which cuddly, stuffed children’s toys?
Teddy bears
Reportedly named after the family who planted it in the late 1800s, the invasive weed ‘Salvation Jane’ is also known as who’s curse?
Patterson’s
The clavicles are better known as what bone?
Collarbone
In which Australian city is ‘Prime Minister’s Avenue’, a collection of busts of former Australian Prime Ministers?
Ballarat
Characterised by a large vertical shape, what is the only cloud type that can produce thunder and lightning?
Cumulo-nimbus
Works by which Australian author include ‘This House of Grief’ and ‘The First Stone’?
Helen Garner
From a Greek word meaning ‘able to grasp’, what term describes devices that a user experiences through the sense of touch?
Haptic
When subject to certain conditions, which gland located in the neck can experience a swelling known as a goitre?
The thyroid
Called Gari by its native people, the Badjala people, is which World Heritage listed Queensland sand island?
Fraser Island
In the process of electrolysis, which name is used for the terminal that attracts charge particles called cations?
Cathode
Born in Zambia and raised in Botswana, Australian-based rapper and songwriter Sampa Tembo is best known by what stage name?
Sampa the Great
Considered one of the most sacred days on the Jewish religious calendar, the Day of Atonement is known as what in Hebrew?
Yom Kippur
Found only in Gippsland Victoria and averaging a metre in length, megascolides Australis is one of the world’s largest what?
Earthworms
Oloroso and amontillado are forms of which fortified wine originating in Spain?
Sherry
What party did Sir Edmund Barton represent when he first served as Australia’s Prime Minister?
Protectionist
Which Australian Prime Minister was dubbed ‘The Lizard of Oz’ by british newspapers for placing his hand on Queen Elizabeth’s back?
Paul Keating
Launching in 1992 and lasting years, Nescafe’s iconic ‘Valley’ ad campaign in Australia saw a budding romance between Jillian and who?
Roy
Which influential figure in the Australian music industry founded Mushroom Records in 1972?
Michael Gudinski
At New York’s Met Gala in 1996, which British royal made fashion headlines in a blue slip dress by John Galliano for Dior?
Princess Diana
Which major Melbourne street that becomes Punt Road at Richmond is named for the surveyor credited with planning the city’s CBD?
Hoddle Street
Popularised by impressionist artists, the act of painting an entire finished piece outdoors is known by the French phrase en plein what?
Air
First launched in 1989, what brand of basketball shoe was marketed with the instructional tagline ‘Pump up and Air Out’?
Reebok Pumps
Angela Merkel’s time of 16 years in office equalled the time of which earlier German leader who first became chancellor in 1982?
Helmut Kohl
Making her film debut in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation in 1989, who went on to play Mallory Knox in Natural Born Killers?
Juliette Lewis
Professional cyclist Egan Bernel, the winner of the 2019 Tour de France, was born in which South American country?
Colombia
What term for a piece of coloured cloth worn about the neck or head comes from a Hindi word for a method of dying cloth?
Bandanna
A powerful influence during early European colonisation, which First Nations leader took Bennelong as her second husband?
Barangaroo
Located below the stratosphere, and extending from the Earth’s surface to an average height of 12 kilometres, what is Earth’s lowest atmospheric layer?
Troposphere
Who was the US basketball player who worked for the Converse shoe brand in the 1920s, and whose name was added to their ‘All-Star’ sneaker design?
Chuck Taylor
What term for an enclosed outdoor area also means an imperial unit of length equal to 91.44cm?
Yard
Also known as rotten egg gas for its repellent smell. what substance has the chemical formula H2S?
Hydrogen Sulphide
Who directed The Sapphires?
Wayne Blair
Known for its dairy industry, which town on the south Coast of NSW gives its name to a popular brand of cheese?
Bega
In which glands is cortisol made?
Adrenal glands
Speaking at Harvard in 2008, who jokingly suggested calming her nerves by imagining she was at the world’s largest Gryffindor reunion?
JK Rowling
Of the seven other planets in our solar system, which one is the closest in diameter to the Earth?
Venus
In which city was Vegemite invented?
Melbourne
The Australian native plant called ‘billy Buttons’ is known for its spherical flowers of what colours?
Yellow
In the imperial system of measurement, the stone is a unit of mass equal to how many pounds?
Fourteen
Sydney’s UTS tower is an example of which style of architecture beginning with b?
Brutalist
Also known as Japanese horseradish, what plant of the mustard family can be made into a spicy paste commonly eaten with sushi?
Wasabi
Typically made from broth, rice noodles, herbs and meat, the soup dish named pho originated from the Nam Dinh province of which country?
Vietnam
In cameras, what does the acronym DSLR stand for?
Digital Single Lens Reflex
Depicting a scene with a Californian swimming pool, A Bigger Splash is one of the best-known works by which 20th century British artist?
David Hockney
Contemporary Gose, Dopplebock and American Brett is a style of which beverage?
Beer
A surfer who consistently ranks in the WSL top five is Australian Sally who?
Fitzgibbons
In the human body, the large triangular deltoid muscle covers the gleno-humeral joint, which is more commonly known by which name?
Shoulder
Which prestigious US university, founded in 1701, is in New Haven Connecticut and shares its name with a popular type of door lock?
Yale
What brand belonging to the Nissan corporation was used in Australia for cars including the 120Y and Bluebird?
Datsun
During the so-called Arab Spring, prolonged protests occurred in Tahrir Square in which capital city?
Cairo
Which British Prime Minister was the first since 1900 to leave the office under the age of 50?
David Cameron
Nearly a quarter of the world’s annual harvest of wild-caught abalone is supplied from the fisheries of which Australian State or Territory?
Tasmania
Architect Robin Boyd wrote an influential and caustic 1960 book critiquing Australian architecture called The Australian… what?
Ugliness
Instrumental at the Battle of Waterloo, General Arthur Wellesley, nicknamed Ol’ Hooky because of his long nose, became the first Duke of where?
Wellington
Which notable Australian singer of the 2000s has the middle name Hilda?
Jessica Mauboy
Batman made his first comics appearance in which year?
1939
In IT, what is the word CAT short for in CAT-6 cable?
Category
In Western music, the sequence of all twelve notes starting with c, followed by g, then d, then a and so on back to c is known as the circle of what?
Fifths
The bearded dragon and the komodo dragon both belong to which class of cold-blooded vertebrates?
Reptiles
In architecture, gable, hip and skillion are popular design styles for what part of a house?
A roof
Beatrice, Balthazar and Dogberry are characters in which Shakespeare comedy?
Much Ado About Nothing
A highly classified study by the US Defence Department into America’s involvement into Vietnam became famous as the ‘what’ papers?
Pentagon
Which telegram, sent to the German ambassador in Mexico in January 1917, was instrumental in bringing the US into World War 1?
Zimmerman
Which band released a cover of Funkytown in 1985?
Pseudo Echo
A British snack of a hard boiled egg enclosed in sausage meat and then crumbed and fried is known as what?
A scotch egg
Which game takes its name from the Mandarin word for sparrow?
Mah-jong
What surname is shared by the former L.A. Rams quarterback who passed for 500 yards in a single game on December 26, 1982 and the Italian shoe designer whose 1940s cork wedge shoes—often imitated and reimagined—are considered one of the most important shoe designs of the 20th century?
Ferragamo
The Redcrosse Knight, the lady Una, the wizard Archimago, and the giant Orgoglio are among the characters found in Book I of what epic poem, written in the late-16th century?
The Faerie Queene
What is the title of the 1995 movie that starred Marley Shelton as Tricia, Annabeth Gish as Julie, Joan Allen as Pat, and Anthony Hopkins as Richard?
Nixon
What city in the Philippines, its most populous, was named after the country’s second president and served as the nation’s capital from October 12, 1949 to June 24, 1976?
Quezon City
Which French author, a noted fils and likely less famous than his père, is best known as the author of the romantic novel La Dame aux Camélias, which was adapted into Giuseppe Verdi’s 1853 opera La traviata?
Alexandre Dumas Fils
Which name is missing from this list of Muses in Greek mythology: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Euterpe (flutes and music), Thalia (comedy and pastoral poetry), Melpomene (tragedy), __________ (dance), Erato (love poetry and lyric poetry), Polyhymnia (sacred poetry), Urania (astronomy)?
Terpsichore
The early ’90s sitcom Nurses was a spinoff of Empty Nest, which itself was a spinoff of what other television series?
The Golden Girls
Alaska and Hawaii joined the Union in 1959 as the USA’s 49th and 50th states. In 1912, what state became the 48th state to join the Union?
Arizona
By combining a body part, a fruit, and an animal, you can get the name of this Swedish musician who reached #5 on Billboard in the late ’90s with a song that included the lyric “Take this wine and drink with me, let’s delay our misery”. Identify this musician.
Eagle Eye Cherry
Playing ten seasons in Major League Baseball for the California Angels, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, and Milwaukee Brewers, from 1989 to 1999, what former pitcher is known for his success at the major league level despite having been born without a right hand?
Jim Abbott
Originally patented in Ireland by Guinness, what is the name of the device placed in a container of beer to manage the characteristics of the beer’s head? This term might also be heard while arranging your phone’s home screen.
Widget
Which U.S. President was born in Cincinnati on September 15, 1857?
Taft
In 2012, who defeated incumbent Republican senator Scott Brown to became the first female U.S. senator from Massachusetts?
Elizabeth Warren
Discounting the territory of Nunavut, there are three Canadian provinces which border the Hudson Bay. Name those three provinces.
Quebec, Manitoba, Ontario
In the 1980s, the Royal Appliance Manufacturing Company colored its hand-held vacuum cleaner red & gave it what alliterative name?
Dirt Devil
As seen in works such as 1566’s The Librarian, which 16th century Italian painter is best known for imaginative portraits where the subject is made out of objects like fruits, vegetables, or books?
Giuseppe Archimboldo
These islands in the Pacific Ocean used to be called the “Sandwich Islands”, named in honor of John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich. Now they are named for the largest island in the group. Name this island group, currently owned by the United States.
Hawaiian Islands
In 2005, rap rock band Gym Class Heroes released the hit song “Cupid’s Chokehold”, which features the chorus from what hit by Supertramp?
Breakfast in America
A man named Rezin invented a melee weapon that came to prominence when his brother James first used it in the Sandbar Fight of 1827. What was the last name of these historic Americans?
Bowie
What cleaning item, introduced in 1913, likely takes its name from the Spanish word meaning “shine”?
Brillo Pad
What 1973 hit, which peaked at #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100, recounts a real-life event where the band was violently driven offstage at the Grand Hall of the Palace Theatre in Kilmarnock, Scotland?
Ballroom Blitz
Which Book of the Bible comes immediately after the four gospels in the New Testament?
Acts of the Apostles
What small cream-filled chocolate cylinders made by Hostess are similar to Yodels by Drake’s and Swiss Cake Rolls by Little Debbie?
Ho-hos
The fictional nation that serves as the setting for what book series takes its name from the Latin word for “bread”?
The Hunger Games (Panem)
Formed in Athens, GA, what alternative rock band’s 1981 debut single was called “Radio Free Europe”?
R.E.M.
What rank comes after Kingdom but before Class in taxonomy?
Phylum
In 1749, which German-born Englishman composed “Music for the Royal Fireworks” to celebrate the 1748 signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle?
Handel
What weapon from the board game Clue was the namesake for the stadium at which the Beatles performed their last commercial concert?
Candlestick
On November 21, 1980, Kristin Shepard made television history by doing what?
She shot J.R.
What colloquial phrase can refer to somebody who takes the blame for somebody else’s mistake or an action/adventure TV show that ran from 1981-1986?
The Fall Guy
What are you doing if you’re using different techniques such as the hammer, the scoober, the thumber, and the chicken wing, among others?
Throwing a Frisbee
With Aphrodite’s help, Hippomenes was able to beat this woman in a footrace, thus winning her hand in marriage. Who was this woman, whose name is similar to a U.S. state capital city?
Atalanta
Ernest Borgnine, James Earl Jones, and Robert Duvall all appear in the 1977 film “The Greatest”, the true life story of Muhammad Ali. Who portrays Ali in this film?
Muhammad Ali
Which Simpsons character has blue hair and red glasses and the last name of Van Houten?
Milhouse
In 1989, a 6.9 earthquake occurred during a World Series game. Which two teams were playing in that World Series?
San Francisco and Oakland
What transportation company’s three-pointed star logo was first used in 1909 and was meant to symbolize transportation on air, water, and land?
Mercedes-Benz
Located in the suburban town of Chestnut Hill, what is the only Jesuit university in the Atlantic Coast Conference?
Boston College
What is the numerical title of Adele’s 2021 studio album, released roughly 5 years since her last album?
30
What steak dish, despite its name, is not named for a country but instead gets its name from the way it is prepared before cooking?
Swiss steak
Multiple Scars, Genitals Intact, High Octane, Universal Donor, and no Guzzoline are among the many defining characteristics tattooed onto the back of what character?
Mad Max
In what state would you find the Bonneville Salt Flats, home to a namesake Speedway at which many land records are set?
Utah
What doctor was sentenced to life in prison, only to be pardoned by President Andrew Johnson in 1869?
Samuel Mudd
Which U.S. president issued the Doctrine of 1823 warning European nations against interference in the Americas?
James Monroe
The Garmin Company, founded in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Min Kao in Lenexa, Kansas, specializes in what specific type of technology?
GPS
In the late 2000s, what TV channel released two compilation albums of smooth jazz as a response to viewers who had written in, asking where they could purchase the music played during their one of their most famous segments?
The Weather Channel
The buffet steakhouse chain known as Ponderosa Steakhouse gets its name from the ranch on what classic TV series, which also lends its name to a similar restaurant owned by the same company?
Bonanza
The name “Ohio” is a word meaning “good river” taken from the language of what people, a member of the Iroquois League?
Seneca
Fill in the blank: Intake stroke, Compression stroke, Power stroke, __________ stroke.
Exhaust
A variety of white wine grape also known as Ranina shares its name with the maiden names of former First Lady Jackie Kennedy and fictional TV mom Marge Simpson. Identify this shared name.
Bouvier
The geographic center of the lower 48 states is in what Kansas town that shares its name with a Middle Eastern country?
Lebanon
In 1979 she graduated from Leavenworth, Kansas High School and by 1988 had released her debut album where she sang about a desire for water, among other things. Who is she?
Melissa Etheridge
What man from Russell, Kansas is the only person to be a major party candidate for both Vice President and President of the United States without ever holding either office?
Bob Dole
Though it was first introduced in 1938, this fictional city was not formally said to be in Kansas until a 1978 film placed it there. What is the name of the city whose most famous resident was born far far away from the town itself?
Smallville
Caroline Amelia Moore was born in Kentucky in 1846, her first husband was an alcoholic who died, her second husband whose name she is best known by was a minister and she helped spur a movement that achieved its ultimate goal albeit briefly about 10 years after her death in 1911. By what name do we know this woman whose home in Medicine Lodge, Kansas is now a national historic landmark?
Carrie Nation
Before taking up tennis, Dylan Alcott had already won gold and silver in the Paralympics playing which sport?
Basketball
The iconic photograph of John Lennon nude and curled around Yoko Ono was taken by Annie Liebowitz inside which New York city building?
The Dakota
The ceremonial meal known as a seder is eaten at the start of which festival celebrating the escape of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt?
Passover
What is the second most populous city in South Australia?
Mt Gambier
The former Australian domestic airline Ansett was named after its founder, an aviator and businessman with which first name?
Reginald
Three brothers and their cousin who all share the surname Followill make up what rock band, formed in Nashville?
Kings of Leon
According to the lyrics of the Neighours theme tune, with a little understanding you can find the perfect… what?
Blend
The 7350 and the smooth cayenne are commercial varieties of which fruit?
Pineapple
Which eating disorder consisting of the desire to eat non-food substances like dirt or chalk, comes from the Latin word for magpie?
Pica
Despite containing a multitude of colors, a 1925 painting by Wassily Kandinsky, currently housed in the Musée National d’Art Moderne at the Pompidou Centre in Paris, is named for what three colors? These are the only three chromatic colors present in Piet Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie-Woogie.
Yellow, Red and Blue
In Major League Baseball, how many visits may each team’s managers, coaches, and non-pitcher players collectively make to the pitcher’s mound during a nine-inning game? Teams receive one additional mound visit for every extra inning played.
Five
Francis II of 1804 was the final person to hold which title, first bestowed upon a Frankish king on Christmas Day in 800 AD?
Holy Roman Emperor
According to the Red Cross blood service, what is the most common blood group in Australia?
O Positive
Now out of favour, the terms mashie, niblick and brassie are all historical names for equipment used in which sport?
Golf
What introduced animal features on the logo of the Ghan, the train that runs from Adelaide to Darwin?
Camel
Often used to help support high-ceilinged Gothic churches, an external masonry arch that connects to a pier some distance away is called a flying what?
Buttress
Which 1950s Charles Chauvel film was the first colour film made in Australia and the first to star Indigenous actors in the lead roles?
Jedda
Which footwear brand founded in Australia in the late 19th century has seen its boots become a fashion accessory around the word?
Blundstone
One of Australia’s most venomous and notorious spiders, the atrax robustus has the common name the Sydney what?
Funnelweb spider
What word meaning to wash one’s hair or to clean a carpet is derived from the Hindu language?
Shampoo
The curved hole seen on the front surfaces of violins and cellos are named for their resemblances to which lower-case letter?
F
In which Stanley Kubrick film does a terrified mother learn that the term red rum is murder spelled backwards?
The Shining
The head of the Gorgon medusa from Greek mythology is used in the logo of which fashion house?
Versace
The first and second battles of the Somme took place in which major twentieth-century conflict?
World War One
Who knighted architect Christopher Wren?
Charles II
What bird’s name derived from the Latin for ‘flame’?
Flamingo
