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ARR NEWS QUIZ-2.12.24

  1. What unisex name is currently the most common for an Australian dog (as of 2022)?
  2. Which state is home to the most southern point on the Australian mainland?
  3. Marlin, Peach and Crush are all characters from which 2003 film?
  4. Who wrote the 1937 novel Of Mice and Men?
  5. Which Harry Potter novel is the shortest?
  6. In which Australian city would you find Taronga Zoo?
  7. New York has the Subway, England has the Underground, what is the name for Paris’s rapid transit system?
  8. Costa Georgiadis is the longest serving host of which Australian TV series?
  9. What do the initials OAM stand for in Australian honours lists?
  10. In which part of the body would you find the metacarpals?
  11. Which city has an airport identified by the three letter code SHA?
  12. Penfolds Grange is predominantly a wine composed from which grape?
  13. In which Australian state is the nation’s largest federal electorate by area?
  14. What is the capital of Belarus?
  15. Which Australian secondary school did Prince Charles attend for two terms?
  16. What does sound travel faster through-air or water?
  17. In the book Animal Farm, what kind of animal is Snowball?
  18. Which two countries were on either side of the crossing point known as Checkpoint Charlie?
  19. From which country does Paddington Bear hail from?
  20. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was elected President of which country in 2022?

 

BONUS QUESTION: In which European country is Lake Ree? Answer in the next Quiz.

 

ANSWERS: 1.Charlie 2.Victoria 3.Finding Nemo 4.John Steinbeck 5.Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 6.Sydney 7.Metro 8.Gardening Australia 9.Medal of the Order of Australia 10.Hand 11.Shanghai 12.Shiraz 13.Western Australia (Durack) 14.Minsk 15.Geelong Grammar School 16.Water 17.A pig 18.East Germany & West Germany 19.Peru 20.Brazil

 

BONUS QUESTION ANSWER ( from the last Quiz): The band that had the 2007 album  entitled ‘Send Away The Tigers’ was Manic Street Preachers.