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Night Sky, Podcasts, Viral voices, Australian Fiction, and Musical by Songs.

Night Sky

Keeping you in the dark, just like daylight savings ending.

1

Known from the phrase "Once in a blue moon", what is a blue moon?

2

The Starry Night is a famous painting from which artist?

3

What scientific name is given to the “Southern Lights”?

4

Approximately how many individual stars can be seen at night with the naked eye - 3,000, 30,000 or 300,000?

5

In Star Wars, what astronomical unit of distance does Han Solo use to describe the speed of The Millennium Falcon?

Night Sky

Podcasts

Answer these wherever you get your podcasts!

6

Zara McDonald and Michelle Andrews host what pop culture podcast with the tagline “for smart people who love dumb stuff “?

7

Which long-running American radio series and popular podcast was the first to win a Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting in 2020?

8

After canning their $20 million podcast deal, Spotify executive Bill Simmons labelled which celebrity couple as a pair of “grifters”?

9

On the advice of the Office of the New South Wales Director of Public Prosecutions, which podcast was temporarily taken off air in Australia in 2019 for fear of influencing the jury in the trial of Chris Dawson?

10

No Such Thing As A Fish is a podcast featuring researchers from which British TV quiz show?

Podcasts

Viral voices

Fill in the blanks to complete these classic viral video quotes.

11

A man standing in a park: “Left my scooter outside a dairy, ___ ______”

12

A candidate for New York Governor at a political debate: “The ____ is too damn high!”

13

A man being arrested outside a restaurant: “What is the charge? Eating a meal? A _________ Chinese meal?”

14

A young man with a blanket over his head: “Leave _______ alone!”

15

A little boy’s response to being asked if he likes his zombie face paint: “I like _______!”

Viral voices

Australian Fiction

These questions are all made up.

16

Who portrays federal agent Aaron Falk in the film adaptations of Jane Harper’s novels “The Dry” and “Force of Nature”?

17

Which author known for the novel “My Brilliant Career” now lends her name to an Australian literary award?

18

Trent Dalton’s “Boy Swallows Universe” is set in which Australian capital city?

19

What is the first name of the titular character in Melina Marchetta’s “Looking for Alibrandi” - Josephine, Pia or Carmen?

20

In 2001, Peter Carey was awarded the Booker Prize for his fictionalised autobiography of which notorious Australian?

Australian Fiction

Musical by Songs

Can you name the musical from three of its songs?

21

A Spoonful Of Sugar, Chim Chim Cher-ee, Let’s Go Fly A Kite

22

My Shot, Non-Stop, Satisfied

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Funny Honey, When You’re Good To Mama, Cell Block Tango

24

It’s The Hard Knock Life, Tomorrow, I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here

25

Naughty, When I Grow Up, Revolting Children

Musical by Songs

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Top Scores

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  • 20 The Hot Mates
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17 points was last week's average score.

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