Superquiz

(1 point each)

1. What was the occupation of the seven dwarfs?

2. Which grand slam tennis tournament is played on a grass surface?

3. What Aboriginal term for a waterhole is also the name of an Australian clothing company?

4. What nickname did the Gestapo give to Nancy Wake?

5. Which continent was known in the 19th century as the "Dark Continent"?

INTERMEDIATE

(2 points each)

6. Which musician was known as "the king of swing"?

7. What is oncology the study of?

8. In 1925 in which city did Ford start operating its first Australian factory?

9. Where is the Dolomites mountain range?

10. Which is the largest joint in the body?

ADVANCED

(3 points each)

11. How often does the Australian census occur?

12. Artist Eugene von Guerard was a resident of Australia from 1852-1882. Where was he born?

13. Who sang "Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday"?

14. Who wrote the score for the 1975 horror film Jaws?

15. What was the name of the spaceship in which Yuri Gagarin orbited the earth in 1961?

ANSWERS: 1. Miners 2. Wimbledon 3. Billabong 4. The White Mouse 5. Africa 6. Benny Goodman 7. Cancer 8. Geelong 9. Italy 10. Knee joint 11. Every five years 12. Austria 13. The Rolling Stones 14. John Williams 15. Vostok I