Set Three Flashcards
Which savoury snack did Frank McEncroe, a boilermaker, unveil at the Wagga Wagga agriculture show in 1951?
Chiko Roll
Which eleven-letter word beginning with c describes a payment using wireless technology or a delivery left outside the front door of a premises?
Contactless
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?
Roof
A highly classified study by the US Defence Department into Vietnam became known as the what papers?
Pentagon Papers
Chickpeas, garlic, tahini, olive oil and lemon juice are the typical ingredients of which Middle Eastern dip?
Hummus
Which telegram sent to the German ambassador in Mexico in January 1917 was instrumental in bringing the US into World War One?
Zimmermann
Which major religion and philosophy is named for the Sanskrit for ‘enlightened’ and teaches the ‘four noble truths’?
Buddhism
In the field of botany, if a plant is described as ombropholous, it likes what type of weather?
Rainy
In April 2022, which US Cosmetics company released a limited edition makeup range to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Care Bears?
Wet and Wild Beauty
The son of Ferninand and Imelda Marcos, Bongbong Marcus is the current leader of which country?
The Philippines
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?
42nd Street
The large, colourful music amplification setups called PICO sound systems emerged from cultural traditions of which South American country?
Colombia
What word means both a fretted musical instrument from the lute family and a kitchen utensil for slicing ingredients?
Mandolin
Named for its reddish walls and regarded as a masterpiece of Islamic architecture, the Alhambra is in which country?
Spain
Traditionally made with tequila, orange juice and grenadine syrup is which colourful cocktail?
Tequila sunrise
The 1960 film It Started in Naples features an aging Clark Gable as the love interest of which Italian actress?
Sophia Loren
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?
Nullarbor Plain
Which TV comedy series starring Michael Sheen ad David Tennant as themselves started with the premise of rehearsing a play in lockdown?
Staged
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?
Cardigan
In cooking, what is the lowest temperature in degrees celsius a conventional oven can be declared a slow oven?
150
In the context of wireless payment tech, the initialism NFC stands for Near Field what?
Communication
Earning a Guinness World Record, who has been the announcer for American TV quiz show Jeopardy since 1984?
Johnny Gilbert
Also known by the initials TYT, a Youtube political commentary channel hosted by Anna Kasparian is the Young what?
Turks
