50 Easy Quiz Questions and Answers (Questions only)

1. Which bushranger, famous for his home-made armour, was hanged in Melbourne in 1880?

2. In 1988, Australia became the first country to issue banknotes made of what?

3. What was the first name of the character played by Anthony Perkins in Hitchcock?s movie ?psycho??

4. What did the hills have in 1985?

5. Pomp & Circumstance March No 1 by Sir Edward William Elgar is better known as what?

6. The Hallelujah Chorus comes from which work, often performed at Christmas?

7. Who wrote "The Great Gatsby"?

8. In which city was Coca-Cola invented in 1886?

9. Which huge engineering project in south-eastern Australia, built between 1949 and 1974, created dams and power stations in the mountains?

10. Which navigator, the first to sail around the continent, popularised the name "Australia"?

11. In Australia, what are "thongs"?

12. The Tasmanian devil is found in the wild only in Tasmania. What kind of animal is it?

13. What is the largest living reptile, found in northern Australia?

14. Between which two cities does the Indian Pacific train run?

15. Cricket's Ashes take their name from a mock obituary of English cricket published in 1882. In which newspaper?

16. Which Australian city will host the 2032 Summer Olympics?

17. What name is given to the vast area of ancient exposed rock that covers about half of Canada?

18. Which archipelago off British Columbia was officially renamed Haida Gwaii in 2010?

19. The prefix for a billionth lends its name to which new science?

20. Which piece of culinary equipment with a French name is often used to melt chocolate over the stove? Two words

21. Which famous seafarer was born in 1540?

22. The 1977 novel, 'The Dead Of Jericho', was the first novel to feature which Detective Inspector?

23. In which country is the Creole language known as Bajan spoken?

24. What was Al Capone's nickname?

25. "Are you ready Steve, Andy" are the first words to which song?

26. Which nickname was given to the first cloned cat?

27. The name for which vessel, often a habitat, stems from the Chinese for 'three' and 'plank'?

28. What is the English equivalent of the Welsh word "Popty Ping"?

29. The name for which French spread (or dip) made with various pureed ingredients stems from the Provencal word for capers?

30. Kimchi is a national dish in which country?

31. Who's first abode was reputedly the Lupercal cave?

32. The original 'two bits' (quarter coin) looked like a cake or pie shaped wedge and was one quarter of what?

33. Which infamous agent did the Americans use in "Operation Ranchland"?

34. In which popular film was the main character replaced 48 times during the six months of filming?

35. Which 20th century dictator ordered that all sparrows in the land should be killed? (with a great deal of success I might add)

36. In England in the 1700's, which events attracted the most spectators ? (the record being over 80,000 in attendance)

37. The crown of the empire state building was originally built for what purpose?

38. According to Transparency International, which two European countries have close to no corruption at all ? (the Vatican excluded)

39. Where on the body are the most sweat glands found? (number of glands per square centimetre)

40. In which three countries would one find the most Roman Catholics ?

41. Plus or minus 50 degrees celcius, what is the temperature in outer space ?

42. Which E.U. country has the worst recycling rate ?

43. Until even the 19th century, the coal used as fuel in Britain was called 'seacoal'. What was it called in Britain in Roman times? (Clue, if needed: black/means of transport )

44. 'Arabian wine' was a term used by 17th century Europeans for what?

45. What do Scarlett Johansson, Elvis Presley, Cameron Winklevoss, Vin Diesel, Robin Gibb and Ashton Kutcher all have in common?

46. Who was the only man to have had a Pope arrested in the last 300 years?

47. The 'Nostromo' is a doomed space ship in which sci-fi film?

48. In 1990, which Irish singer became the first artist to refuse a Grammy award?

49. The "War on Drugs". Which US President first declared a "war on drug abuse"?

50. "Listen to the ground there is movement all around" are the first words to which disco hit?