The Brandon Quiz

Get your mates together and test your wits with our very own Brandon Quiz!

This will sadly be the final Brandon Quiz. It has been a great pleasure writing for you all each week, so for our last quiz, it will be a 40-question special! So put your thinking caps on one last time with us, and enjoy!

The FINAL Brandon Quiz
April 25

Questions:

  1. What units are ship speeds measured in?

  2. What is the name of the soft, white layer that forms on teeth?

  3. What planet in our solar system has the longest day?

  4. Who ended conscription in Australia?

  5. What do you call a person from Monaco? 

    a. Monacan

    b. Monegasque

    c. Monacanian

    d. Monaquer

  6. The Islamic calendar is based on what cycle?

  7. True or false, wooden pencils once contained lead before graphite?

  8. Butter bean is another name for which type of bean?

  9. A task or activity that has no hope of success, is known as what?

  10. In which county in the United Kingdom is the Glastonbury Festival held?

    a. Essex

    b. Greater London

    c. Somerset

    d. Surrey

  11. What do you call someone who eats chicken and fowl, but no other meats?

  12. What was the predecessor to the United Nations?

  13. Which of the seven dwarves from Snow White wears glasses?

  14. From what language did English borrow the word "dollar"?

  15. The ‘27 Club’ is the informal list of famous people who died at the age of 27. Which of the following people did NOT die at the age of 27?

    a. Amy Winehouse

    b. Heath Ledger

    c. Kurt Cobain

    d. The Elephant Man

  16. What kind of shoe does the Duracell bunny wear?

  17. In terms of broadcasting, what does AM and FM stand for?

  18. What is Sacha Baron Cohen's character ‘Ali G’s full name?

  19. True or false, the term ‘digger’ for an Australian soldier, originates from the ANZACs digging trenches at Gallipoli?

  20. Which ocean contains the most isolated island in the world? 

    a. Atlantic

    b. Indian

    c. Pacific

    d. Southern

  21. What is the capital of South Africa?

  22. Aurum was the old Latin name used in chemistry for which kind of metal?

  23. What country hosts the world's highest marathon?

  24. What city has the most Michelin star restaurants in the world?

  25. How many dot positions are there in each letter of the Braille alphabet?

    a. 4

    b. 6

    c. 8

    d. 10

  26. At what age does a filly become a mare in thoroughbred horse racing?

  27. A nanosecond is what fraction of a second?

  28. What flower commemorates ANZAC day?

  29. Which Seinfeld character takes his shirt off when he visits the toilet?

  30. Renowned scientist Alan Turing had which of the following conditions? 

    a. Autism

    b. Epilepsy

    c. Paraplegia

    d. Tourettes

  31. The medical term for clumsiness is known as what?

  32. What was boxer Mike Tyson's first childhood pet?

  33. What year did the ANZACs arrive at ANZAC cove?

  34. Which British rock band released an album in 1990 called “Parklife”?

  35. Before the Challenger Space Shuttle was decided upon to have teachers as part of its crew, people with what profession were originally intended to board the ship?

    a. Athletes

    b. Musicians

    c. Politicians 

    d. Scientists

  36. Who coined the phrase “kill them with kindness”?

  37. What is the bone disease that literally translates to "porous bones"?

  38. What describes the amount of light allowed to pass through a camera lens?

  39. A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most?

  40. What year was The Brandon Hotel founded?

answers:

  1. Knots

  2. Plaque

  3. Venus

  4. Gough Whitlam

  5. (b) Monegasque

  6. Lunar cycle

  7. False

  8. Lima bean

  9. Fool’s errand

  10. (c) Somerset

  11. Pollotarian

  12. League of Nations

  13. Doc

  14. German

  15. (b) Heath Ledger (28 years old)

  16. None

  17. Amplitude modulation and frequency modulation

  18. Alistair Leslie Graham

  19. False (The term digger for a soldier comes from the gold miners who fought at the Eureka Stockade.)

  20. (a) Atlantic

  21. Pretoria

  22. Gold

  23. Nepal

  24. Tokyo, Japan

  25. (b) 6

  26. 4 years old

  27. One billionth

  28. Red poppy

  29. George Costanza

  30. (a) Autism

  31. Developmental coordination disorder (dyspraxia)

  32. Pigeon

  33. 1915

  34. Blur

  35. (c) Politicians

  36. William Shakespeare

  37. Osteoporosis

  38. Aperture

  39. Hourglass (thousands of moving tiny grains of sand)

  40. Unknown


    Thanks for playing, everyone!