#204

Famous Lasts, Doctor’s Orders, All Aboard, Arts & Crafts, and Middle Initial.

Famous Lasts

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1

Captain Eugene A. Cernan currently holds the distinction of being the last person to do what?

2

In what decade did the last captive Tasmanian tiger die at Hobart Zoo?

3

What 2005 film directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen was the last major Hollywood film to be released on VHS?

4

Infamous in English organised crime, the Kray Twins were the last prisoners held in which building?

5

In 1977, Somali Ali Maow Maalin was the last known person to have been infected with what disease?

Famous Lasts

Doctor’s Orders

We’ve got a bad case of questions here for you.

6

Actor Ncuti Gatwa plays the 15th iteration of which fictional extraterrestrial Time Lord?

7

In academia, what does PhD stand for?

8

Boris Pasternak was awarded, but forced to decline, the 1958 Nobel Prize for Literature for which novel?

9

In politics, what ‘medical’ name is given to a person responsible for ensuring that others interpret an event from a particular point of view?

10

The fictional outback town of Cooper’s Crossing was the setting for which drama TV series?

Doctor’s Orders

All Aboard

Mind the gap.

11

According to the 1973 hit song by Gladys Knight & the Pips, what time is he leaving on that train to Georgia?

12

Characters in books by Agatha Christie, Ian Fleming and Bram Stoker all travel aboard which famous luxury train?

13

Australia’s very first railway was privately owned and operated for mining purposes in which New South Wales city?

14

The largest steam locomotive ever built in Australia, The Victorian Railways H class was better known under what nickname - Big Barry, Large Larry or Heavy Harry?

15

The fastest passenger train in the world is in Shanghai and reaches speeds of 430km/hr thanks to what kind of guiding suspension?

All Aboard

Arts & Crafts

This one’s for the right-brain thinkers.

16

Gilding is a decorative technique of applying a thin coat of which element over wood, stone, metal or other surfaces?

17

Besides folding, what additional manipulation of paper is central to kirigami, differentiating it from the traditional Japanese art of origami?

18

What are you doing if you are using a punty or a marver?

19

The longitudinal threads in weaving are called the warp; what are the lateral threads called?

20

Which colour was not included in the original 8-pack of Crayola Crayons - Pink, Brown or Violet?

Arts & Crafts

Middle Initial

Can you name the middle initial of the following people?

21

US President: Harry Truman

22

Fictional character: Captain James Kirk

23

Singer: Mary Blige

24

Author: Philip Dick

25

Actor: Taraji Henson

Middle Initial

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