1. Which female tennis player won the US Open in 1988 on her way to a Grand Slam that year? 2. What is the name of Bilbo’s home in The Hobbit? 3. In what decade was the invasive cane toad species introduced into northern Australia? 4. Which former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff became President Bush’s first Secretary of State? 5. What is South America’s smallest country by area? 6. In soccer, what is a nutmeg? 7. What singer and actress started her career on Young Talent Time in 1976? 8. What is the name of Australia’s 5530 km long fence, the longest in the world? 9. Which country musician played a concert at Folsom Prison in California in 1968? 10. In which US state was author Mark Twain born? 11. Which stage musical was adapted in a 2019 film starring Idris Elba and Judi Dench? 12. What was the name of Taylor Swift’s 2024 tour? 13. Which country is the world’s largest producer of beer? 14. Which came first-the Korean War or the Vietnam War? 15. In which decade was Canberra established as Australia’s capital city? 16. Which three US cities host ‘major’ world marathons? 17. Which two square numbers can be added together to make 73? 18. To the nearest 10%, what proportion of Australians said they were born overseas on the 2021 census? 19. Which company trades on the stock exchange under the abbreviation MCD? 20. On May 21 2003, which Italian tourist attraction was vandalised with charcoal by climate protestors? BONUS QUESTION: What is the name of the police car in the children’s television series Roary the Racing Car? ANSWERS: 1.Steffi Graf 2.Bag End 3.1930s (1935) 4.Colin Powell 5.Suriname 6.When a player plays the ball through the legs of an opponent and collects it on the other side 7.Tina Arena 8.The Dingo Fence 9.Johnny Cash 10.Florida 11.Cats 12.Eras 13.China 14.Korean War 15.1910s (1913) 16. Boston, Chicago, & New York 17.9 and 64 18.30% (29%) 19. McDonald’s Corporation 20.Trevi Fountain BONUS QUESTION ANSWER (from last week’s Quiz): Stargazy pie has fish heads (pilchards) poking upwards out of the crust.