Set Three

Question 1

Which savoury snack did Frank McEncroe, a boilermaker, unveil at the Wagga Wagga agriculture show in 1951?

Answer 1

Chiko Roll

Question 2

Which eleven-letter word beginning with c describes a payment using wireless technology or a delivery left outside the front door of a premises?

Answer 2

Contactless

Question 3

The bearded dragon and the komodo dragon both belong to which class of cold-blooded vertebrates?

Answer 3

Reptiles

Question 4

In architecture, gable, hip and skillion are popular design styles for what part of a house?

Answer 4

Roof

Question 5

A highly classified study by the US Defence Department into Vietnam became known as the what papers?

Answer 5

Pentagon Papers

Question 6

Chickpeas, garlic, tahini, olive oil and lemon juice are the typical ingredients of which Middle Eastern dip?

Answer 6

Hummus

Question 7

Which telegram sent to the German ambassador in Mexico in January 1917 was instrumental in bringing the US into World War One?

Answer 7

Zimmermann

Question 8

Which major religion and philosophy is named for the Sanskrit for ‘enlightened’ and teaches the ‘four noble truths’?

Answer 8

Buddhism

Question 9

In the field of botany, if a plant is described as ombropholous, it likes what type of weather?

Answer 9

Rainy

Question 10

In April 2022, which US Cosmetics company released a limited edition makeup range to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Care Bears?

Answer 10

Wet and Wild Beauty

Question 11

The son of Ferninand and Imelda Marcos, Bongbong Marcus is the current leader of which country?

Answer 11

The Philippines

Question 12

Named for a famous New York street, which hit 1980 musical is about the rise to fame of Peggy Sawyer, a newcomer to the city?

Answer 12

42nd Street

Question 13

The large, colourful music amplification setups called PICO sound systems emerged from cultural traditions of which South American country?

Answer 13

Colombia

Question 14

What word means both a fretted musical instrument from the lute family and a kitchen utensil for slicing ingredients?

Answer 14

Mandolin

Question 15

Named for its reddish walls and regarded as a masterpiece of Islamic architecture, the Alhambra is in which country?

Answer 15

Spain

Question 16

Traditionally made with tequila, orange juice and grenadine syrup is which colourful cocktail?

Answer 16

Tequila sunrise

Question 17

The 1960 film It Started in Naples features an aging Clark Gable as the love interest of which Italian actress?

Answer 17

Sophia Loren

Question 18

What is the common name for the semi-arid limestone plane spanning the shoreline of the Great Australian Bight from Western Australia to South Australia?

Answer 18

Nullarbor Plain

Question 19

Which TV comedy series starring Michael Sheen ad David Tennant as themselves started with the premise of rehearsing a play in lockdown?

Answer 19

Staged

Question 20

What name for a knitted jacket buttoned at the front is taken from the British Crimean War general who led the Charge of the Light Brigade?

Answer 20

Cardigan

Question 21

In cooking, what is the lowest temperature in degrees celsius a conventional oven can be declared a slow oven?

Answer 21

150

Question 22

In the context of wireless payment tech, the initialism NFC stands for Near Field what?

Answer 22

Communication

Question 23

Earning a Guinness World Record, who has been the announcer for American TV quiz show Jeopardy since 1984?

Answer 23

Johnny Gilbert

Question 24

Also known by the initials TYT, a Youtube political commentary channel hosted by Anna Kasparian is the Young what?

Answer 24

Turks

Question 25

Who become QANTAS’s new CEO and MD in September 2023 following the resignation of Alan Joyce?

Answer 25

Vanessa Hudson

Question 26

Which Oscar-winning American actor plays Luca Shagretta in the fourth season of Peaky Blinders?