GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. At what age did Susie Maroney first swim the English Channel?
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2. What is the ninth letter of the English alphabet?
3. Who was the first director of the CSIRO?
4. In which Australian state or territory would you find the Devil’s Marbles?
5. Name the strait that separates Sumatra from Java.
6. What type of food is pumpernickel?
7. The term pulmonary refers to which bodily organ?
8. Ra is the chemical symbol for which element?
9. On the internet, what does www stand for?
10. Who received a best actress Oscar nomination for her role in “Leaving Las Vegas”?
11. What was the name of Mr Drysdale’s assistant in the television series “The Beverly Hillbillies”?
12. According to the nursery rhyme, who ran away when the boys came out play?
13. Which childcare specialist said “Feed ‘em, love ‘em and leave ‘em alone”?
14. Babrak Karmal was president of which country from 1979-86?
15. What letter appears to the right of w on a keyboard?
SPORT
16. Australian test cricketer Ian Healy represented what state at national level?
17. Rings were often substituted by what object in the game of quoits?
18. What’s the name of the score of three under par for the hole played in golf?
19. What call may be made in fencing by a combatant who claims to have broken through his opponent’s guard?
20. What do golfers call a piece of turf removed in playing a stroke?
FLORA AND FAUNA
21. What is the most intelligent sub-human primate?
22. True caviar is the eggs of which fish?
23. What common garden flowers are sometimes fed to chickens to give their skin an appealing golden colour?
24. What do we call a young dog?
25. What birds were traditionally used as gas detectors in coal mines?
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
26. The new spiral track extension for the Willans Hill Miniature Railway increases the length of the track by how much?
27. In which year did the Collingullie Post Office close?
28. Mates Gully restaurant is found on which street?
29. Name the current Deputy Mayor of Wagga Wagga.
30. The Wagga City Rugby Club wears what colours?
CURRENT EVENTS
31. An American grandmother is has filed a suit against which fastfood chain for $26 million alleging false advertising?
32. Who did former Test captain Michael Clarke recently describe as being a “like a tumour” in Australian cricket?
33. Name the typhoon that shut down Hong Kong last week.
34. Chloe McArdle recently broke the record for the most English Channel swims by an Australian when she completed what number crossing?
35. A protestor threw what at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau?