Games Quiz

 

  1. Name the author of the Lord of the Rings?
  2. How many members does the House of Representatives in Australia have?
  3. Name the colours of an Australian flag.
  4. What is the name of the train that goes from Adelaide to Darwin?
  5. How many bones are there in an elephant's trunk?
  6. Name (a) the first James Bond movie and (b) the actor who played the role.
  7. What's the English name of the place "Uluru"?
  8. What is the scientific name of us humans?
  9. What do you get when you burn hydrogen in the air?
  10. What is the capital city of Turkey?
  11. Who sings the song: 'Predictable'
  12. What does ANZAC stand for?
  13. Who won the AFL football in 2003?
  14. Which team won the most recent Rugby World Cup?
  15. Where will the upcoming Olympics be held?
  16. What is the male donkey called?
  17.  Is the year 1665 a leap year?
  18. Who painted the Mona Lisa?
  19. What do you call a baseball or softball field?
  20. Name a common word with five consecutive vowels.
  21. Whose secret ingredient is code-named 7X?
  22. What do the words ALMOST and BIOPSY have in common?
  23. A brick weighs 1kg plus half a brick. How much does it weigh?
  24. Which star in the sky is conveniently positioned along the line in space that includes the axis of rotation of the earth?
  25. The word "macho" comes from the Spanish language and means what?
  26. What is the primary lifting gas for balloons?
  27. The longest-reigning monarch in history served as King of France from 1643-1715. Who is he?

 

Answers:

  1. J. R. R. Tolkien
  2. 148
  3. Blue, Red, White
  4. The Ghan
  5. None (it is controlled by about 150 thousand muscles)
  6. (a)Dr. No (b)Sean Connery
  7. Ayers Rock
  8. Homo Sapiens or Homo Sapiens Sapiens
  9. Water
  10. Ankara
  11. Delta Goodrem
  12. Australian and New Zealand Army Corporation
  13. Brisbane Lions
  14. England
  15. Athens/Greece
  16. Jack
  17. No
  18. Leonardo da Vinci
  19. Diamond
  20. Queueing.
  21.  Coca-cola
  22. Their letters are in alphabetical order
  23. 2kg
  24. North Star (Polaris)
  25. Male
  26. Helium
  27. Louis XIV

Quiz questions are supplied by Stephanie and Jennifer Pak.