The Brandon Quiz
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The Brandon Quiz
November 22
Questions:
What is the most common preservative used in beer?
What does the ‘e’ in ‘Ebay’ stand for?
What was the first European name given to the island of Tasmania?
What was the first music video played on MTV?
How many communist countries still exist today?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6What is the dominant primary colour used to make the colour ‘indigo’?
A triathlon consists of three different activities in what order?
How many years has Australia been a country?
Which country was Anne Frank born in?
An old fashioned term for tuberculosis, was once known as what colloquial name?
a. Apoplexy
b. Consumption
c. Grippe
d. Quinsy
True or false? There is a large hedgehog population in New Zealand.
Who is the current Australian ambassador to the United States of America?
What was Quentin Tarantino’s first film?
In regards to the internet, what does URL stand for?
What month of 2019 had the first case of COVID?
a. September
b. October
c. November
d. December
The cooking technique of salting and cooking an ingredient in fat is known as what?
True or false? The physical place of hell exists in Judaism.
What is the name of the affected accent, which blended American and British English pronunciation and was often used in film, radio and theatre during the early 20th century?
What is the closest modern country to the impact zone of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs?
Who is widely considered the equivalent of Santa in Japanese Christmas?
Answers:
Alcohol
Echo
Van Diemen’s Land
Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles
(c) 5 (Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos & China)
Blue
Swimming, cycling then running
123 years
Germany
(b) Consumption
True
Kevin Rudd
Resevoir Dogs
Unique Resource Locator
(d) December
Confit
False
Transatlantic Accent
Mexico
Colonel Sanders