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ARR NEWS QUIZ-23.9.24

  1. Which two body parts are mentioned in the lyrics of Neil Diamond’s song Sweet Caroline?
  2. Which Australian rugby union team folded in May 2024?
  3. Which Australian state borders the Gulf of Carpentaria?
  4. Which style of art captures inanimate objects from their natural or man-made world?
  5. How many matches did Rafael Nadal lose at the French Open in his career?
  6. Which world city is home to the most Airbnbs of any?
  7. In cricket, what is a diamond duck?
  8. Which of Shakespeare’s plays begins with its title character hearing prophecies from three witches?
  9. What was Australia’s most common car colour in 2023?
  10. How many consecutive quarters of negative economic growth are required to define a recession?
  11. How many Australian Prime Ministers have died whilst in office?
  12. How many lines run through the symbol of the Japanese yen?
  13. How old was Ash Barty when she announced her retirement from tennis in 2022?
  14. Which conflict is referred to as the Resistance War Against America in the country in which it was fought?
  15. Australia experiences the winter solstice on June 21-on this day which state capital receives the least hours of sunshine?
  16. In relation to Covid-19, what does RAT stand for?
  17. Until what age is an Australian worker paid a junior wage?
  18. Proverbially what is the thief of joy?
  19. In which decade did Nelson Mandela serve as President of South Africa?
  20. Which was the first Australian state to close its borders to other states during the early says of the Covid-19 pandemic?

 

 

BONUS QUESTION: In politics, psephology is the study of what. Answer in the next Quiz.

 

ANSWERS: 1.Hands and shoulders 2.Melbourne Rebels 3.Queensland 4.Still life 5.Four 6.London 7.Dismissed without facing a ball 8.Macbeth 9.White 10.Two quarters 11.Three (Lyons, Curtin, Holt) 12.Two lines 13.25 14.Vietnam War 15.Hobart 16.Rapid Antigen Test 17.21 18.Comparison 19.The 1990’s (1994-1999) 20.Tasmania

 

BONUS QUESTION ANSWER ( from last week’s Quiz): The 2001 film Captain Corelli’s Mandolin is set on the Greek island of Cephalonia (Kephalonia)