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ARR NEWS QUIZ-2.9.24

  1. What is the medical term apoxia more commonly known as?
  2. What is the volume of a cube which has edges measuring 5cm?
  3. In 2019 Australia Post released a series of 26 coins (A-Z) highlighting particular aspects of Australian culture-what was featured on the coin for the letter Q?
  4. Against which AFL team did Lance Franklin kick his 1000th goal?
  5. In regards to the Centrelink payment, what does DSP stand for?
  6. In Chinese numerology which single digit number is considered the most lucky of all?
  7. Which historical figure was nicknamed the Maid of Orleans?
  8. If you were driving along Batman Avenue, what Australian capital city would you be in?
  9. By annual mass produced, what was Australia’s most harvested fruit of 2020-21financial year?
  10. Ash Barty, Grant Hackett and Danny Dickfos are all athletes hailing from which Australian state?
  11. What is the more common name for allergic rhinitis?
  12. Which calendar is now a worldwide standard for date-keeping?
  13. In which nation would you find the Kokoda Track?
  14. Which foot pedal absent from an automatic car is essential for one with a manual transmission?
  15. In which country would you find ANZAC Cove?
  16. Which Australian Prime Minister effectively abolished the White Australia Policy in 1975?
  17. What is the earliest possible date Mother’s Day can fall on in Australia?
  18. According to Oscar Wilde, what is the lowest form of wit?
  19. True of false-the term devil’s advocate comes from a formal position that was genuinely held by priests in the Vatican for centuries?
  20. Which AFL team plays Essendon in the annual ‘Dreamtime at the G’ fixture each year?

BONUS QUESTION: Amnesty International was founded in what year? Answer in the next Quiz.

 

 

ANSWERS: 1. Altitude sickness 2.125 cubic centimetres 3.Quokka 4.Geelong 5.Disability Support Pension 6.Eight 7.Joan of Arc 8.Melbourne 9.Grapes 10.Queensland 11.Hay fever 12.Gregorian 13.Papua New Guinea 14.Clutch 15.Turkey 16.Gough Whitlam 17.May 8 (i.e.,. the earliest second Sunday in May) 18.Sarcasm 19.True – they would argue against a candidate’s case for sainthood 20.Richmond

 

BONUS QUESTION ANSWER ( from last week’s Quiz): Persia was renamed Iran in 1935.