THE AGE SUPERQUIZ

(1 point each)

1 What is the name of Peter Pan's fairy friend?

2 What is the longest river in Victoria?

3 How many kangaroos are featured on the Australian $1 coin?

4 In which American city was the American television series Cheers set?

5 Beginning with "a" what is the name for a ring-shaped coral reef enclosing a lagoon?

INTERMEDIATE

(2 points each)

6 What is the English translation of Cirque du Soleil?

7 Which animal has an Afrikaans name meaning "earth pig"?

8 If a literary sleuth detects the smell of almonds at a crime scene he is likely to deduce the victim was poisoned by what?

9 Who murdered King Birendra and Queen Aiswarya of Nepal in 2001?

10 Which actor appeared in both film versions of Sleuth?

ADVANCED

(3 points each)

11 What is a kudu: an Indian dress, an African antelope or a Hungarian instrument?

12 "I told you I was sick" is the epitaph on the headstone of which British comedian?

13 Which Australian author created the character Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte?

14 How many actors have played the Doctor in the BBC television series Doctor Who?

15 Before Melbourne's Federation Square was built, what occupied the site?

ANSWERS: 1. Tinker Bell 2. Goulburn River 3. Five 4. Boston 5. Atoll 6. Circus of the Sun 7. The aardvark 8. Cyanide 9. Their son, Crown Prince Dipendra 10. Michael Caine 11. African antelope 12. Spike Milligan 13. Arthur Upfield 14. Eleven 15. Princes Bridge railway station Compiled by Michelle Stillman