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ARR NEWS QUIZ-5.8.24

  1. On what island did Jersey cows originate?
  2. What is the either a group of owls or a group of legislators?
  3. Who did England play against in the world’s first “international” football match in 1872?
  4. What letters usually start Qantas flight codes?
  5. Which two sports people have entire grandstands named after them at the MCG?
  6. What colour is a Sour Cream & Onion can of Pringles?
  7. Does a typical Australian wine vintage takes place in the first or second half of the year?
  8. What is the official language in Liechtenstein?
  9. Emperor, Rock hopper, Chinstrap, and Macaroni are all species of which type of bird?
  10. Which is the smallest of Australia’s six states?
  11. Where did Yuri Gagarin go, in 1961, where no one had ever gone before?
  12. For which film did Steven Spielberg win his first Best Director Oscar in 1994?
  13. Whose first novel was “The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club”?
  14. Which European country has a name which ends in K?
  15. Which two cities are connected by the longest average flight time between two Australian capital cities?
  16. Which two ingredients are pictured on the label of Masterfoods Barbecue Sauce?
  17. With regard to the name of the mining giant, what does BHP stand for?
  18. To which branch of the Indo-European language family do Welsh, Irish, and Breton belong?
  19. Proverbially, what favours the bold?
  20. Which country owns Madeira, an island off the northwest coast of Africa?

BONUS QUESTION: Who was actor Mickey Rooney’s first wife? Answer in next week’s Quiz.

 

 

ANSWERS: 1.Jersey 2.Parliament 3.Scotland 4.QF 5.Bill Ponsford/Shane Warne 6.Green 7.First half 8.German 9.Penguin 10.Tasmania 11.Space 12.Schindler’s List 13.Charles Dickens 14.Denmark 15.Brisbane and Perth 16.Onion and tomato 17.Broken Hill Proprietary 18.Celtic 19.Fortune 20.Portugal