#164

Writers, Australian Animals, The Mandela Effect, Chess, and Official Languages.

Writers

Hollywood may be on strike but we’re not.

1

What annual awards event has been pushed back to January 2024 due to the ongoing Hollywood strikes?

2

Teeline Shorthand is a writing system predominantly used in what field?

3

What Aboriginal Australian author penned the 2014 book Dark Emu?

4

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein were part of a 1920s literary circle located in what city?

5

What singer-songwriter was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016?

Writers

Australian Animals

Some friendly, some not so friendly.

6

Koalas are found in all but which two Australian states?

7

What superlative is commonly used to describe the quokka?

8

Explorer Major Sir Thomas Mitchell lends his name to what Australian bird species?

9

Which is Australia’s most venomous snake - Eastern Brown Snake, Inland Taipan or Tiger Snake?

10

What is Australia’s heaviest bird?

Australian Animals

The Mandela Effect

Are you living in the correct timeline?

11

True or false: Rich Uncle Pennybags, aka The Monopoly Man, wears a monocle.

12

What is the colour of Pikachu’s tail?

13

Which spelling is correct - Looney Tunes (T-U-N-E-S) or Looney Toons (T-O-O-N-S)?

14

What is the evil queen’s famous line in Snow White as she gazes into the mirror?

15

What colour is chartreuse - magenta-pink or yellow-green?

The Mandela Effect

Chess

Time to make some moves.

16

How many squares does a regulation chessboard have?

17

What word initially applied to chess openings is also used to describe moves in politics or business?

18

From the musical Chess, what popular song with a capital city in its title topped the Australian charts in 1984?

19

What is a situation in chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check and has no legal move?

20

What American Chess Grandmaster is name checked in Hilltop Hoods’ song, Cosby Sweater?

Chess

Official Languages

Can you name the official language of the following countries?

21

Brazil

22

Israel

23

Jamaica

24

Senegal

25

Suriname

Official Languages

Last Week's Scores

Top Scores

  • 22 Alex, Georgia, Kerri and Allan
  • 20 Sean and Nikki
  • 21 Cromwellians
  • 23 Robyn and David
  • 21 Philemma
  • 20 Barb & Stephen
  • 20 Cribb Girls
  • 22 The Uglies

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