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ARR NEWS QUIZ-9.12.24

  1. What red spice, starting with the letter P, is a key ingredient in goulash?
  2. What word, invented by Sir Thomas More, means “an imagined place where everything is perfect”?
  3. Who owns a motel in the movie “Psycho?”
  4. Who was known as Il Duce?
  5. If you can speak two languages you are bilingual, what are you considered if you can speak only one language?
  6. Apart from water, what are the three ingredients needed to make fresh pasta?
  7. Which of the four swimming strokes typically has the second fastest world records across all distances?
  8. Complete the Charles Darwin quote: It is not the strongest or most intelligent who will survive, but those who can best manage……?
  9. From 2022, what percentage of Australians hold a Bachelor’s Degree to the nearest 10%?
  10. which has the highest average cost at an Australian wedding in 2023-wedding dress, photography or flowers?
  11. As of 2024, which social media app has been banned across Brazil?
  12. The C in © stands for copyright, what does the ® stand for?
  13. Which Paralympic sport was originally known as ‘murderball’?
  14. Double Barrel, Mammoth Falls and Super Ripper are all names of what?
  15. What country has the highest population density?
  16. Whose butler is named Alfred Pennyworth?
  17. What is the captain’s name in “Moby Dick”?
  18. What is the Spanish word for father?
  19. Which city’s nicknames include “Crossroads of the Pacific” and “The Big Pineapple”?
  20. Which school topped the list as the most expensive school in Australia in 2024?

 

BONUS QUESTION: Which tennis player won the 2011 Women’s Wimbledon Singles Championship? Answer in the next Quiz.

 

ANSWERS: 1.Paprika 2.Utopia 3.Norman Bates 4.Benito Mussolini 5.Monolingual 6.Eggs, flour and salt 7.Butterfly 8.Change 9.30% (32%) 10.Photography ($3164, versus $2304 for the dress, and $1844 for flowers) 11.X (also known as Twitter) 12.Registered 13.Wheelchair rugby 14.Waterslides at  Wet ‘N Wild 15.Monaco 16.Bruce Wayne’s 17.Captain Ahab 18.Padre 19.Honolulu 20.Geelong Grammar School

 

BONUS QUESTION ANSWER ( from the last Quiz): Lake Ree is located in the European country of Ireland .