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ARRN QUIZ-19.2.25

1. How many points are on the crown featured on the Rolex logo?
2. In the 1987 hit song, the Bangles wanted listeners to walk like a person of which nationality?
3. Which world famous building can be found at the Champs de Mars 5 Avenue Anatole?
4. What is the collective name for a group of dolphins?
5. In which decade did Australia’s population reach 20 million?
6. The Farsi language is widely spoken in which country?
7. In basketball, what does the acronym PPG mean?
8. According to legend, what was Walt Disney afraid of?
9. What is the name of the largest organic construction on Earth?
10. What year did country artist Johnny Cash die?
11. What is the capital of Sweden?
12. Australia and what two other countries have played in four Rugby World Cup finals?
13. What does the USS stand for in the name of Star Treks’ Enterprise?
14. Which former US President once posed shirtless for a class of sculpture students to
set an example of the ideal male physique?
15. Which government organisation is often referred to via the acronym DFAT?
16. What is the smallest composite number?
17. In which conflict was the Battle of Dunkirk fought?
18. The letters ROU appear on athlete’s top indicate which country they are representing?
19. Which fifty six metre tall Italian tourist attraction is the Piazza del Duomo?
20. Areology is the study of which planet?

 

 

 

BONUS QUESTION: Which US newspaper has won the most Pulitzer Prizes for journalism?Answer in next week’s Quiz.

ANSWERS: 1.Five points 2.Egyptian 3.Eiffel Tower 4.Pod 5.2000s (2005) 6.Iran 7.Points Per Game 8.Mice 9.The Great Barrier Reef 10.2003 11.Stockholm 12.New Zealand and England 13.United Star/Space Ship 14.Ronald Reagan 15.Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 16.Four 17.World War Two 18.Romania 19. Leaning Tower of Pisa 20.Mars

BONUS QUESTION ANSWER (from last week’s Quiz): Hallmark began selling Valentine’s Day cards in 1913.