The Brandon Quiz
April 04
Questions:
What part of the body is affected by tinnitus?
What party game involves a shifting shortage of seats?
In the TV series ‘The Flintstones’, what town did the titular family live in?
What type of tree gets its name from the Japanese word meaning "plant in a shallow tray"?
How many gold medals did US swimmer Michael Phelps win at the 2016 Summer Olympics?
a. 3
b. 5
c. 7
d. 9
What is added to white sugar to create brown sugar?
What TV channel gets its name from early 5 cent movie theatres?
Great Northern beer was first brewed in what city?
What does RSVP stand for?
Where is the Sphynx Observatory located?
a. Egypt
b. England
c. Jordan
d. Switzerland
What movie was split into two parts - ‘Death Proof’ and ‘Planet Terror’?
Most of Transylvania is now part of what modern day country?
What was the first video game played in space?
In the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz", Dorothy's slippers are red. What color are her slippers in the novel?
How long did the Titanic take to sink?
a. 2 hours 40 minutes
b. 3 hours 20 minutes
c. 5 hours 40 minutes
d. 7 hours 20 minutes
answers:
Ear
Musical chairs
Bedrock
Bonsai
(C) 7
Mollasses
Nickelodeon
Cairns, Queensland
Répondez s'il vous plaît
(d) Switzerland
Grindhouse
Romania
Tetris
Silver
(a) 2 hours 40 minutes
The Brandon Quiz
March 28
Questions:
What major river runs through the city of London?
How many birds have their own year on the Chinese Calendar?
In which city is the Sistine Chapel?
What style of architecture is the Empire State Building?
What nut is marzipan made from?
a. Almonds
b. Cashews
c. Macadamia nuts
d. Walnuts
How many kilometres is a marathon run?
What is the international criminal police organisation better known as?
American mass murderer Ronald DeFeo Jr. was the inspiration behind what novel and series of films?
Sophophobia is the fear of what?
What state does creator of The Simpsons credit as his main inspiration for the setting of Springfield in The Simpsons?
a. California
b. Michigan
c. Oregon
d. Washington
What was the name of Google’s attempt at a social media network, which was launched in 2011 and shut down in 2019?
What is 2000 in Roman numerals?
What Canadian province was originally mostly settled by Scottish immigrants?
What is a mash-up of two words known as? (For example ‘brunch’)
What year did Apple open it's first retail store?
a. 2001
b. 2003
c. 2005
d. 2007
What festival was billed as ‘“Three Days of Peace & Music”?
What is the name of the farm in the novel ‘Animal Farm’?
Who was the original voice of Mickey Mouse?
What is the only country where Catalan is the sole official language?
What is the maximum amount of times someone can fold a standard A4 sheet of paper by hand?
a. 5
b. 7
c. 9
d. 11
answers:
Thames
One (rooster)
Vatican City
Art deco
(a) Almonds
42km
Interpol
Amityville Horror
Learning
(c) Oregon
Google+
MM
Nova Scotia
Portmanteau
(a) 2001
Woodstock
Manor Farm
Walt Disney
Andorra
(b) 7
The Brandon Quiz
March 21
Questions:
Which South American country shares its name with a nut?
What animal is Indiana Jones afraid of?
What is the name of the beverage that consists of half beer, half cider with a dash of raspberry cordial?
What Irish city's name is Gaelic for ‘black pool’?
What was the first intentionally microwaved food?
a. An egg
b. Noodles
c. Pizza
d. Popcorn
What city had the first underground rail system in the world?
What is the common name given to iron oxide, which appears after iron has been exposed to water and air?
In Monopoly, how much money does a player gain for finishing second in a beauty contest?
What side of the brain is responsible for rational thought?
In which century did the English Civil War take place?
a. 15th
b. 16th
c. 17th
d. 18th
How many colours are there in a rainbow?
When it comes to dog breeds, a ‘dorgi’ is a cross between a corgi and what other dog breed?
What are the names of all four of the Baldwin brothers?
How many zeros are there in the number one trillion?
How many frames fit into one foot of film?
a. 12
b. 16
c. 24
d. 30
In Back to the Future, when Marty goes back in time, what does his mother think his first name is?
From what language did English borrow the word ‘alcohol’?
What does MRI stand for?
Who's portrait will be featured on the refreshed $5 note, following the removal of Queen Elizabeth II?
At the moment Abraham Lincoln was shot during a performance at the Ford Theatre, what was happening on stage?
a. a sad moment
b. a funny moment
c. a romantic moment
d. a fight scene
answers:
Brazil
Snakes
Snakebite
Dublin
(d) Popcorn
London, England
Rust
$10
The left side
(c) 17th
Seven (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet)
Dachshund
Alec, Daniel, William and Stephen
12 zeros
(b) 16 frames
Calvin
Arabic
Magnetic resonance imaging
No one's (it will be the first bank note to not feature someone's portrait in Australian history)
(b) a funny moment (John Wilkes Booth had hoped the laughter would cover the sound of the gunshot)
The Brandon Quiz
March 14
Questions:
What drink’s Gaelic name means “water of life”?
What musical is set in the fictional English town of Everlington
What is the steaming, bubbling bowl that a witch brews potions in?
Holstein, Jersey and Highlands are all breed of which animal?
How many strings does a typical mandolin have?
What year was the Hubble Telescope launched into orbit?
How many symphonies did Beethoven compose?
What animal has the highest blood pressure?
What country was formerly known as Abyssinia?
What part of the body does the adjective ‘renal’ refer to?
What English word has the most definitions/meanings?
The film ‘Room 237’ is a documentary about which horror film?
Laika was the first ever dog to do what?
What does the ‘DC’ in DC Comics stand for?
What was the first product to have a barcode?
answers:
Whisky
Billy Elliot
Cauldron
Cow
Eight
1990
Nine
Giraffe
Ethiopia
Kidney
Run
The Shining
Go into space
Detective Comics
Chewing gum
The Brandon Quiz
March 7
Questions:
What colour is vermilion a shade of?
In which city does the Tour de France end?
In terms of a resume, what does CV stand for?
What meat is chorizo sausage primarily made from?
In what modern day country did the Battle of Waterloo take place?
a. Belgium
b. France
c. Germany
d. England
Chemically speaking, what kind of acid is stomach acid?
What is the name of the railway that starts in Moscow and ends in Vladivostok?
What are the three main ingredients used in a Manhattan cocktail?
What kind of tea takes its name from the Chinese word for ‘black dragon’?
Lettuce is in the same family as which of the following plants.
a. Celery
b. Rose
c. Sunflower
d. Watercress
In Pulp Fiction, what does John Travolta’s character say a McDonald's quarter pounder is known as in France? (Bonus points for knowing the reason why it is known as this)
Which city does the famous “running with the bulls” take place?
What franchise has the largest number of stores in the world?
What is the largest council by population in Australia?
What is Michael J Fox’s middle name?
a. James
b. Jay
c. John
d. Andrew
What countries compete in the Baseball World Series?
The social phenomenon when an attempt to hide, remove or censor information results in it becoming more widely known, is known as what?
What fruit did Christopher Columbus believe the world was shaped like?
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, what is the best-selling copyrighted book of all time?
Who of the following celebrities never received an honorary knighthood?
a. Michael Caine
b. Bill Gates
c. Anthony Hopkins
d. John Lennon
answers:
Red
Paris, France
Curriculum Vitae
Pork
(a) Belgium
Hydrochloric acid
Trans Siberian Railway
Whiskey, vermouth and bitters
Oolong
(c) Sunflower
Royale with Cheese (because of the metric system)
Pamplona, Spain
7-Eleven
Brisbane City Council
(d) Andrew (there was already a ‘Michael Fox’ in the union, and Fox thought ‘Michael A. Fox’ was a silly name, so chose J instead)
United States of America and Canada
The Streisand Effect
Pear
The Guinness Book of World Records
(d) John Lennon (he was offered the title but turned it down)
The Brandon Quiz
February 28
Questions:
In the nursery rhyme ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, what did Jack trade for three magic beans?
How many lives are cats said to have?
What is a short afternoon nap known as in Spain?
The country of Comoros belongs to which continent?
What was the last state to join the Australian federation?
a. Queensland
b. South Australia
c. Tasmania
d. Western Australia
What is the most expensive spice in the world?
What are the 3 main ingredients in absinthe?
What was Frank Sinatra's drink of choice?
What is the plural of oasis, including the spelling and pronunciation?
Which of the following is the colour generally worn at a funeral in China?
a. Black
b. White
c. Red
d. Yellow
How many referees are there in a game of soccer?
What does an archer keep their arrows in?
Into how many divided sections is a dartboard divided?
On what film-set did actor Brandon Lee tragically lose his life?
Which of the following was the last country to leave the Soviet Union?
a. Azerbaijan
b. Belarus
c. Kazakhstan
d. Ukraine
What is the offspring of a buffalo and domestic cow known as?
Which constellation is the most prominent on the Brazilian flag?
What US state capital is located on the Hudson River?
What is the least commonly seen room in the Simpsons household?
In what city is the Nobel Peace Prize held in?
a. London, UK
b. New York, USA
c. Oslo, Norway
d. Zurich, Switzerland
answers:
A cow
Nine
Siesta
Africa
(d) Western Australia
Saffron
Wormwood, anise and fennel
Jack Daniel’s and coke
Oases (pronounced oh-ey-seez)
(b) White
Three
Quiver
20
The Crow (1993)
(c) Kazakhstan
Beefalo
Southern Cross
Albany (New York City is not the capital of New York State)
Rumpus room
(d) Oslo, Norway
The Brandon Quiz
February 21
Questions:
What is the oldest train station in Australia?
What is the main substance used to produce crayons?
What are the names of all the oceans surrounding Australia?
What was Dolly the Sheep famous for?
In which US state did the first McDonald's open?
a. California
b. Illinois
c. Ohio
d. Michigan
What ingredients are used in a black velvet cocktail?
The ballpoint pen was invented to replace what faulty writing instrument?
If someone is taking their axillary temperature, where is the thermometer placed?
What does ‘a la carte’ mean in English?
Which of the following is a negative-calorie food (burns more calories digesting the food than the food itself contains)?
a. Broccoli
b. Celery
c. Cucumber
d. None of the above
What is the American word for prawn?
The villain of which film required 51 puppeteers to move them?
In which city was the first St Patrick's day parade held?
What is the name of Salvador Dali’s painting of melting clocks?
On a standard pool table, what colour is the 6-ball?
a. Red
b. Blue
c. Yellow
d. Green
What does the Turing test determine in a computer?
What was the name of the three-headed dog that guarded the gates to Hades?
What New York City street once divided the Dutch settlement from the British and Native Americans?
What movie takes its name from a Yiddish word meaning monster?
What year was the first Triple J Hottest 100 broadcasted?
a. 1985
b. 1987
c. 1989
d. 1991
answers:
Flinders Street Station
Wax
Pacific, Indian and Southern Ocean
First successfully cloned mammal
(b) Illinois
Stout and sparkling wine
Fountain pen
Under the armpit
On the menu
(d) None of the above (there is no scientific evidence to suggest negative-calorie food exists)
Prawn (shrimp is a different species)
Little Shop of Horrors
New York City, USA
The Persistence of Memory
(d) Green
If the computer is sentient
Cerebus
Wall Street
Shrek
(c) 1989
The Brandon Quiz
February 14
Questions:
What body of water is found between Scotland and Denmark?
Who directed the 1971 movie “A Clockwork Orange”?
A group[ of otters is called what?
When going to jail in the board game Monopoly, a player is told not do what two things?
Which gaol was Ned Kelly executed at?
What common affliction makes the lens of the eye go opaque?
What was the name of Phoebe’s twin sister on the TV show “Friends”?
Before being renamed, what was Mumbai known as?
What sport uses the term ‘pigskin’ to refer to the ball.
What celebrity is responsible for the ‘Hummer’ car becoming a commercial vehicle?
Who discovered that cholera was a waterborne disease and not caused by ‘bad air’?
What is the official slogan of recycling?
What countries make up Great Britain?
In Greek mythology, what is the name of the staff carried by Hermes?
The TV show ‘Sex in the City’ led to the popularization of what classic cocktail?
answers:
The North Sea
Stanley Kubrick
A raft
Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.
Old Melbourne Gaol
Cataracts
Ursula
Bombay
Football
Arnold Schwarzenegger
John Snow
England, Scotland & Wales (Northern Ireland is a part of the UK, but not Great Britain)
Reduce, reuse, recycle
The Caduceus
The Cosmopolitan
The Brandon Quiz
February 07
Questions:
Coriander is known as what in the USA?
What is the name for a word that is spelled the same forwards and backwards?
What country first invented wi-fi?
In what part of London was Jack the Ripper most active?
What is Canada's largest export?
a. Cars
b. Petroleum
c. Maple syrup
d. Timber
In culinary terms, a mixture of flour and fat cooked together is known as what?
In typography, what is the default unit of measurement for text size?
In the 1999 film Fight Club, what is the second rule of Fight Club?
True or false, vinyl produces the most high quality sound?
What is the longest river in Australia?
a. Darling River
b. Flinders River
c. Murray River
d. Murrumbidgee River
What country was supermarket chain Aldi founded in?
What Australian state has the most records for hottest temperature in the country?
Which part of the human body digests the most food?
What is Australia's national flower?
Which member of the Beatles was the oldest?
a. John Lennon
b. Paul McCartney
c. George Harrison
d. Ringo Starr
In Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, what is the most important thing a hitchhiker can carry?
‘Barrel fever’ is the colloquial name for what disease?
What were the three animals and their names that featured as the official mascots of the 2000 Sydney Olympics?
Arrange the 5 major religions in order of from most to least populous.
What was the brand of flavoured drink used to poison people during the Jonestown Massacre?
a. Flavor-Aid
b. Gatorade
c. Kool-Aid
d. Powerade
answers:
Cilantro
Palindrome
Australia
Whitechapel
(b) Petroleum
Roux
Point
You do not talk about fight club
False
(c) Murray River
Germany
Western Australia
Small intestine
Golden wattle (Acacia pycnantha Benth)
(d) Ringo Starr
A towel
Alcoholism
Duck-billed platypus (Syd), kookaburra (Olly) and echidna (Millie)
Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism then Judaism
(a) Flavor-Aid
The Brandon Quiz
January 31
Questions:
What part of the cow is brisket from?
What ingredients are used in a mimosa cocktail?
Scurvy is caused by a deficiency in what?
True or false. The UK has a native snake population.
What Chinese zodiac is it for 2025?
a. Year of the pig
b. Year of the rooster
c. Year of the monkey
d. Year of the snake
What is a capsicum referred to as in the US?
Where did the deadliest earthquake in the last 100 years occur?
In music, what time signature is a waltz typically written in?
In Australian rhyming slang, what does ‘dead horse’ refer to?
How many children does Elon Musk have?
a. 1
b. 3
c. 7
d. 10
What city is located in both Europe and Asia?
What is the name of the Chinese AI company that recently led to a large crash in the United States’ AI sector?
What are the two national sports of Canada?
What is the only one-word country to contain all 5 vowels?
What city did the Caesar salad originate from?
a. Rome, Italy
b. London, England
c. Las Vegas, USA
d. Tijuana, Mexico
What is the name of the Greek goddess of victory?
What is the name of Andy's neighbour in Toy Story?
What craft involves using a hooked needle to create fabric from yarn or thread?
Kiwifruits are native to what country?
What is the longest month in Australia?
a. January
b. February
c .October
d. December
answers:
The lower chest/breast
Sparkling wine & orange juice
Vitamin C
True (grass snake, adder snake and smooth snake)
(d) Year of the snake
Bell pepper
Haiti
3/4
Tomato sauce
(c) 7
Istanbul, Turkey
Deep Seek
Lacrosse in the summer, ice hockey in the winter
Mozambique
(d) Tijuana, Mexico
Nike
Sid
Crochet
China
(c) October (because the clocks go forward giving the month an extra hour)