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Happy Eaters, The Other Kind Of Easter Egg, Go Long!, Caves, and Cross Words.

Happy Eaters

More than just chocolate (but also: chocolate).

1

Starting in the 1990s and popular at Easter ever since, chocolatiers such as Haigh's and Darrell Lea have sold chocolate versions of which endangered native marsupial?

2

Once the subject of a royal decree from Queen Elizabeth I, hot cross buns are traditionally eaten on which day of the Easter period?

3

Due to declining sales on Fridays and during Lent, McDonald's franchisee Lou Groen developed which menu item that was first sold on Good Friday in 1962?

4

The recipe for the traditional Greek Easter bread tsoureki calls for the dough to be braided and the embedding of hard-boiled eggs still in their shells which have been dyed what colour?

5

“Lamb” is the word for both the meat and the young sheep itself; what is the name for meat from sheep aged two years and up?

Happy Eaters

The Other Kind Of Easter Egg

Cheeky bonuses and hidden tributes in pop culture.

6

What 1999 cult film has a Starbucks cup somewhere in every shot, according to its director, David Fincher?

7

Used in over 400 movies and counting, an iconic stock sound effect from the 1950s is commonly known as the Wilhelm what?

8

In the Konami Code, the famous video game cheat code, what is the first input in the 10-step sequence?

9

Endless, Nameless is the secret track on CD versions of which classic 1991 album?

10

An easter egg as part of April Fool's Day in 2015, Google Maps allowed users to play a version of what classic video game on the map of any real location?

The Other Kind Of Easter Egg

Go Long!

Four day weekend. Five barely related questions.

11

In Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhikers’ Guide To The Galaxy, the world’s dolphins farewell Earth by saying “So long, and thanks for all the what?”

12

Which is a longer period of time - an era, an eon or an epoch?

13

In So Long, Farewell from The Sound of Music, which Von Trapp child is the last to sing a solo before they all head upstairs together?

14

The standard format audio CD was designed to hold how many minutes of (uncompressed stereo) music?

15

To the nearest metre, what is the current men’s world long jump record, unbeaten since 1991?

Go Long!

Caves

Get in loser, we’re going spelunking.

16

Located in the US state of Kentucky, the world's longest known cave system shares its name with which long-extinct member of the Elephantidae animal family?

17

One of two World Heritage Listed Fossil Mammal Sites in the country, the Naracoorte Caves are in which Australian state?

18

Due to the discovery of bones of pre-human species on the site, South Africa's Sterkfontein Caves are nicknamed the 'Cradle of What'?

19

Discovered in Indonesia in 2024, the oldest known example of figurative cave art dates back how many years: 35,000, 50,000 or 65,000?

20

What five-letter word starting with K is used to describe limestone landscapes which have eroded over time to create caves, underground streams and sinkholes?

Caves

Cross Words

Cross our hearts: all these answers begin or end with X.

21

HBO’s streaming service that launched in Australia this month.

22

A contagious virus most people catch in childhood, also called varicella.

23

The noble gas with the atomic number 54.

24

A brand name synonymous with photocopiers.

25

A girl’s name from Greek mythology, meaning golden (or yellow / blonde).

Cross Words

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