1. Excluding Australia and Antarctica, which continent has the least number of independent nations? 2. The African kingdom of eSwatini was previously known by what name? 3. The tympanic membrane is found in which part of the body? 4. Which American-British literary great wrote, “April is the cruellest month”? 5. Which was finished first, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal 6. Henry VIII of England had how many wives 7. Which animal is Australia’s largest land-based predator? 8. In what year was the last execution by guillotine in France: 1897, 1927 or 1977? 9. The name of which disease comes from the Italian for “bad air”? 10. Looking into the eyes of which Greek mythological figure would turn a person into stone? 11. Which Australian has won four Oscars? 12. Atatürk Stadium, venue for the 2020 Champions League Final, is in which city? 13. Starting with “C”, what is both a type of cotton cloth and the colour of a cat’s coat? 14. Killer whales are the largest members of which family? 15. What type of adjectives are highest, biggest, longest? 16. D’Entrecasteaux Channel is located between Tasmania’s south-east coast and which island? 17. What process makes chocolate glossy and snappable? 18. In The Simpsons’ 27th season finale, why was Marge sent to prison? 19. Which annual 24-hour sports car race is named after a French town? 20. Sherlock Holmes resides at what number in Baker Street? 21. In cybercrime, what does DoS stand for in DoS attack? 22. Who played the original Batman in the 1960s TV series? 23. Prosopagnosia is the inability to do what? 24. Artist Joy Hester was part of which 1940s artists’ circle? 25. Boz was the pseudonym of which well-known English author? Quiz Answers 1 South America (12: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. French Guiana is an overseas department of France.). 2 Swaziland. 3 Ear. 4 T. S. Eliot (in his 1922 poem, The Waste Land). 5 Suez Canal (1869; Panama Canal was finished in 1914). 6 Six (Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr). 7 Dingo. 8 1977. 9 Malaria. 10 Medusa. 11 Catherine Martin (Costume Design 2002 & 2014, Production Design 2002 & 2014). 12 Istanbul (Turkey). 13 Calico. 14 Dolphins (Delphinidae). 15 Superlatives. 16 Bruny Island. 17 Tempering 18 For letting Bart go to the park unsupervised. 19 Le Mans. 20 221B. 21 Denial of service. 22 Adam West. 23 Recognise faces. 24 Heide circle. 25 Charles Dickens.
