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ARR NEWS QUIZ- 4.11.24

  1. Which US national park shares its name with a TV series starring Kevin Costner?
  2. What is Australia’s most commonly ordered type of coffee?
  3. Which country is home to South America’s easternmost point?
  4. What kind of animal has been a long time mascot for Paddle Pop ice-creams?
  5. How many lines form a standard limerick poem?
  6. Which is Tasmania’s third largest city?
  7. In which month of the year do schools around Australia annually observe Book Week?
  8. Apart from Qatar and Iraq, which two other countries have a q in their name?
  9. From which two words does the word ‘sitcom’ come from?
  10. Which novel by Cormac McCarthy novel was adapted into a 2007 film from the Coen Brothers?
  11. Which is the only country to share a land border with Monaco?
  12. Who does Dorothy meet First in The Wizard of Oz-The Scarecrow, The Tin or The Lion?
  13. Which city’s airport code is known by the three letter code MUC?
  14. Which Australian state is home to the highest possible residential postcode?
  15. Police officers, paramedics or paid fire-fighters-which of the triple zero professions had the most Australian members in 2023?
  16. Which two Bruce Springsteen songs with Born in their titles have earnt spots in the US Top 40?
  17. Which historical figure, hanged in the 19th century is purportedly the subject of more biographies than any other Australian?
  18. What stage name was adopted by the man born Norman Cook?
  19. Which is the most populous landlocked European city?
  20. The most common tenant complaints to landlords can be summarised in the acronym CLAP-Children, Landscaping, Animals and what other factor?

 

BONUS QUESTION: In religion, who is said to be the maternal grandmother of Jesus? Answer in the next Quiz.

 

ANSWERS: 1.Yellowstone 2.Cappucino 3.Brazil 4.Lion 5.5 lines 6.Devonport 7.August 8.Equatorial Guinea and Mozambique 9.Situation comedy 10.No Country for Old Men 11.France 12.The Scarecrow 13.Munich 14.Tasmania (7000-7999) 15.Police officers (65,000) 16.’Born in the USA’ and ‘Born to Run’ 17.Ned Kelly 18.Fatboy Slim 19.Moscow 20.Parking

 

BONUS QUESTION ANSWER ( from the last Quiz): The head of a jellyfish is called the bell.