#178

Geography, History, Know Your Scales, Art, and Odd One Out.

Geography

Let’s warm up with a quick trip around the world.

1

Mount Kosciuszko is part of what mountain range?

2

From a Celtic word for river, what English river is associated with the birthplace of Shakespeare?

3

Viti Levu is the largest island of which country - Samoa, Fiji or New Caledonia?

4

Every six months, Europe's Pheasant Island alternates its nationality between France and what other country?

5

Name the three countries in Africa whose name contains only four letters.

Geography

History

No time like the past.

6

One of two Prime Ministers to hold the position three times, who succeeded Edmund Barton as Australia’s second Prime Minister?

7

In the early 1400s, the Medici family dominated what European city?

8

Jean-François Champollion is famous for deciphering the hieroglyphs on what ancient object?

9

In 1865, Mary Surratt was the first woman executed by the US government after being found guilty of conspiring to commit what infamous crime?

10

In what order did the following events occur - GST is introduced in Australia, Bill Clinton is impeached, Nelson Mandela is elected President of South Africa

History

Know Your Scales

Despite its name, this category holds very little weight.

11

With a rating of 10, what mineral is the highest on the Mohs Hardness Scale?

12

On a map scale, 1:63360 means 1 inch = 1 what?

13

On a piano, what major scale is played using only white keys?

14

The Danjon scale is used to measure the brightness of what?

15

Zero means exclusively heterosexual and six means exclusively homosexual on what scale named after a famous sexologist?

Know Your Scales

Art

Let us paint a picture for you.

16

What famous character from a painting has her own mailbox in the Louvre, because of the volume of love letters she receives?

17

What artist famously glued their artwork to the wall in the Tate Modern?

18

What iconic American painting’s actual title is Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1?

19

What English-born Australian artist's most famous works include Shearing the Rams, A Sunday Afternoon, and The Golden Fleece?

20

Crime novelist Patricia Cornwell has published works insisting that British artist Walter Sickert is the man behind what?

Art

Odd One Out

Can you name the odd one out in the following lists?

21

Iron Man, The Flash, Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow

22

Suns, Stars, Heat, Thunder, Hurricanes

23

Sarah Abo, Melissa Doyle, Lisa Wilkinson, Liz Hayes, Tracy Grimshaw

24

Whitechapel Road, Northumberland Avenue, Fleet Street, Marvin Gardens, Park Lane

25

ASOS, HSBC, DKNY, ALDI, IKEA

Odd One Out

Last Week's Scores

Top Scores

  • 20 Saturday S&M
  • 20 Charlie, Chris and Sara
  • 20 Lee and Chris
  • 21 Horn Fam
  • 20 Mamma&Pappa
  • 24 Greyham Fam
  • 22 Matt and Sami
  • 21 The Sullivans

Random Scores

  • 19 Harry Trish and Zahra
  • 17 Bridget
  • 19 Cold toast
  • 19 David M
  • 16 Bea and Osh
  • 10 The Koalas
  • 12 Dan & Liana
  • 17 The Morrells
14 points was last week's average score.

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