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The Brandon Quiz
JUly 25

Questions:

  1. The musical West Side Story, which tells the story of rival gangs in New York City’s Upper West Side, is based on which Shakespeare play?

  2. Which of the following was the first Australian single to reach No.1 on the US Billboard Hot 100?

    A) "Jessie’s Girl" – Rick Springfield
    B) "I Am Woman" – Helen Reddy
    C) "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” – The Bee Gees
    D) "I Honestly Love You" – Olivia Newton-John

  3. Which is the only sea without any coastlines? 

  4. Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of what food sticking to the roof of your mouth?

  5. In the TV series Neighbours, which actor became a pop star with hits like “Too Many Broken Hearts”??

  6. Which of the seven dwarfs is the only one that never speaks?

  7. Which Indigenous Australian singer won the Best New Talent award at the 1987 ARIA Awards, later becoming one of the country's most respected voices?

  8. The capital city of which of these countries, comes last, alphabetically?

    A) Chile
    B) Saudi Arabia
    C) Italy
    D) South Korea

  9. What was the name of the possessed hotel in Steven King’s novel (and movie) The Shining, based on the real-life Stanley Hotel in Colorado?

  10. What is the name for the solar event that occurs on March 20th or 21st of each year?

  11. Which song, originally by The Easybeats, is considered one of the most iconic Australian rock tracks and was co-written by George Young and Harry Vanda?

  12. How many distinct scoring areas are there on a dartboard?

  13. Which part of the human body has the thinnest skin?

  14. Which word, often used to describe a smell, comes from the Latin to be sharply painful?

  15. Also prominent in the music industry, which lady is the godmother of both Elton John’s sons?

  16. In Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach, the giant fruit makes a squishy landing atop which famous New York City landmark?

  17. Which Australian band was originally named The Farriss Brothers?

  18. Which mythological creature is found on the Vauxhall Motors logo?

  19. Who was the first American actor to be nominated for Emmy Awards for portraying the same character on 3 different shows?

  20. Which Australian punk band from the late 1970s released the influential debut single “Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again?”

    RIDDLE ME THIS

    The more I dry, the wetter I get.

    I soak up your mess, but never regret.

    No rain in my job — just a face and a hand —

    What am I?

answers:

  1. Romeo and Juliet.

  2. C) “How Can you Mend a Broken Heart” – The Bee Gees

  3. The Sargasso Sea

  4. Peanut Butter

  5. Jason Donovan

  6. Dopey

  7. Archie Roach

  8. D) South Korea (Seoul)

  9. The Overlook Hotel

  10. The Vernal Equinox

  11. ‘Friday on my Mind’

  12. 82

  13. They eyelids

  14. Pungent, from the Latin ‘pungere’

  15. Lady Gaga

  16. The spike of the Empire State Building

  17. INXS

  18. A Griffin. A mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle.

  19. Kelsey Grammer (Dr Frasier Crane, in Cheers, Frasier and Wings)

  20. The Angels

 

RIDDLE ME THAT

A towel

     
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