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Origins, Regional Australia, 50:50, Sausages, and Misheard Lyrics.
Origins
Everyone has to start somewhere.
What is the origin of the verb ‘stan’ regarding celebrity worship culture - a book, a song or a film?
Exposure to gamma radiation after saving teenager Rick Jones is the origin story of what comic book character?
What Australian slang insult originates from the name of a promising racehorse from the 1920s who entered 37 races and didn’t win a single one?
What Italian city is often cited as the birthplace of pizza?
Harry Styles’ musical career began as a solo contestant on what television show?
Origins
Regional Australia
An all-Aussie adventure.
Is Alice Springs closer to Darwin or Adelaide?
What Victorian town’s traditional Yorta Yorta name means “meeting of the waters”?
Which three states or territories intersect at the remote point known as Surveyor Generals Corner?
Lightning Ridge, New South Wales is famous for its rare opals in what colour?
What river runs through Wagga Wagga?
Regional Australia
50:50
Our easiest category format is back to shake things up.
Which Williams sister first won a Grand Slam singles title - Venus or Serena?
Which animal is depicted on the back of the now-defunct Australian two-cent coin - feathertail glider or frill-necked lizard?
Which TV sitcom has a greater number of episodes - Seinfeld or Friends?
Which Shakespeare play features the character Iago - Hamlet or Othello?
In the War of the Currents, which electrical transmission system did Thomas Edison prefer - alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC)?
50:50
Sausages
A better kind of sausage fest.
What popular German street snack consists of a sausage sliced into bite-size chunks served with a sauce?
What is the name of the toy sausage dog from the Toy Story films?
Hot dogs were the subject of a 2013 internet trend in which they were compared with what?
Black pudding is a type of sausage that is typically made by combining various ingredients like fat and oatmeal with what?
What Australian politician caused headlines in 2016 when they ate a sausage sandwich from the middle?
Sausages
Misheard Lyrics
Can you correct the misheard lyrics from the following songs?
See that girl, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen
(ABBA)
I miss the rains down in Africa
(Toto)
We didn't start the fire. It was always burning, said the worst attorney
(Billy Joel)
Here we are now, in containers
(Nirvana)
Sweet dreams are made of these
(Eurythmics)
Misheard Lyrics
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