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Melbourne, Acting Duos, Geography, Famous Firsts, and Lead Singers.

Melbourne

Victoria: the place to be. Unless you're in metropolitan Melbourne.

1

Roughly translated, what does Birrarung Marr (for non-Melbournians, this is the park between the CBD and Yarra River) mean?

2

Which of the following was NOT a former name of Melbourne - Batmania, Barebrass, Dutergalla or New Albion?

3

How many routes are there on the Melbourne tram system? 16, 24 or 32?

4

What iconic piece of real estate sold for a record price of $340,000 in November 2019?

5

The Australian Football League clubs Brisbane and Sydney have former ties to which two Melbourne suburbs?

Melbourne

Acting Duos

For each of the following questions can you name all the films that these duos have starred in?

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Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler

7

Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt

8

Janelle Monáe and Mahershala Ali

9

Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves

10

Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks

Acting Duos

Geography

Would be rude of us not to pick a category from the Trivial Pursuit board game.

11

Which 5 European capital cities have double letters in their names? (e.g. Ottawa or Canberra)

12

Which city is furthest south - Sydney, Cape Town or Buenos Aires?

13

What are the only three countries completely surrounded by one other country?

14

What is the only country in the world with a one-word name that includes all 5 vowels?

15

Which African nation has the most pyramids?

Geography

Famous Firsts

There's a first time for everything. Like getting a quiz sent to you via text on a Saturday morning.

16

Which country won the first ever Eurovision song contest in 1956?

17

Who was the first US president to be impeached?

18

Who was born first - Vin Diesel or Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson?

19

Which English football club won their first Premier League title this year - their first top-flight title in 30 years?

20

In what year was the first SMS message sent?

Famous Firsts

Lead Singers

Finishing off this week with a quick fire round on lead singers. Can you name the lead singer from the bands listed below?

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Blondie

22

Public Enemy

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30 Seconds to Mars

24

The Pretenders

25

Hilltop Hoods

Lead Singers

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