#134

Famous People, Water, Travel, Bric-a-brac, and Famous Detectives.

Famous People

They did something good, or did something bad. Probably both.

1

The autobiography titled ‘Serious’ details the career of what tennis player?

2

Rapper Sean Combs released his first album under what name?

3

At the age of 16, who became the first TikTok user to reach 100 million followers?

4

What Australian author wrote the 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock?

5

What actor starred in back-to-back Oscar Best Picture winning films between 2014-2015?

Famous People

Water

It covers 70% of the Earth but only 20% of this quiz.

6

How many hydrogen atoms are inside a water molecule?

7

Which Planeteer from the television series Captain Planet controls the power of water - Kwame, Linka or Gi?

8

In Greek mythology, who is the god of the sea?

9

What phase of the water cycle is a result of condensation?

10

What country has the highest volume of renewable freshwater resources?

Water

Travel

How’s the serenity?

11

How many of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World remain standing?

12

In which Australian state or territory would you find the town of Bonnie Doon?

13

Ilha da Queimada Grande is an island off the coast of Brazil that is closed to the public due to its large population of what animal?

14

Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the United Kingdom; in which of its four countries is it located?

15

What was Ho Chi Minh City called before 1976?

Travel

Bric-a-brac

This one is for the hoarders.

16

Starting with the letter M, what is the Russian name for a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another?

17

What insect lends its name to a street market where vendors sell second-hand goods?

18

What object serves as a key plot device in both an Indiana Jones film and a Monty Python film?

19

In 2005, Canadian blogger Kyle MacDonald traded his way up to a house by making his initial trade with what object?

20

What colour became widely used for decorating Chinese porcelain in the 14th century?

Bric-a-brac

Famous Detectives

Quickfire time: can you name the author who created these fictional detectives?

21

Sherlock Holmes

22

Philip Marlowe

23

Miss Marple

24

C. Auguste Dupin

25

Nancy Drew

Famous Detectives

Last Week's Scores

Top Scores

  • 20 Chris & Heidi
  • 20 Matt
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  • 21 MulliGuffs
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