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20th Century History, Wordplay, 50/50, Sport & Games, and Celebrity Couples.

20th Century History

Look at it this way, if we do history first then all the fun questions will be at the end.

1

Dr Jonas Salk is best known for creating the vaccine for what disease in 1952?

2

The invasion of what nation by the Iraqi military on August 2, 1990 prompted Operation Desert Storm?

3

Making its debut in 1980, what was the world's first 24-hour television news network?

4

Idi Amin seized control of what nation in a 1971 military coup?

5

The Wall Street Crash of 1929 triggered what worldwide economic event?

20th Century History

Wordplay

If you can recite the alphabet backwards you'll probably do well here.

6

Which letter starts the most amount of words in the English language?

7

Which symbol appears above the number 8 on a US keyboard?

8

Name four countries of the world that are pronounced with one syllable in English

9

Which six-letter word related to music contains no vowels?

10

Which word can follow flash, quarter and paper to form three other words?

Wordplay

50/50

Everytime we get feedback that a quiz is too hard, we give you a 50/50 round to make up for it.

11

In Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, was Juliet a Capulet or Montague?

12

As the crow flies, which city is closer to Melbourne - New York City or London?

13

Is Caccini a type of pasta or the name of a composer?

14

When standing on a ship looking forward towards the bow, is port on the left or right hand side?

15

In the film The Matrix does Neo take the blue or red pill?

50/50

Sport & Games

We're here to play games.

16

In the original version of Trivial Pursuit - what colour is assigned to the Art & Literature category?

17

The modern pentathlon is an Olympic event consisting of swimming, horseriding, running, shooting and which other sport?

18

Which German board game is played on 19 randomly placed hexagon shaped tiles?

19

How many periods are there in a game of professional Ice Hockey?

20

In Australian Open tennis, who is the most recent European player to win the Women’s singles championship and who is the most recent non-European player to win the Men's singles championship?

Sport & Games

Celebrity Couples

Quickfire time: Can you name the celebrity that these people are dating or are married to?

21

Florence Pugh

22

John Legend

23

Alexis Ohanian

24

Blake Lively

25

Goldie Hawn

Celebrity Couples

Last Week's Scores

Top Scores

  • 21 Quiz on my face
  • 21 GR
  • 23 Jolly
  • 20 Aglette
  • 20 Prince Yuki Fan Club
  • 22 Krimbo
  • 21 The Brickwalls

Random Scores

  • 9 bella
  • 11 Mr & Mrs Bajeggy
  • 13 Maddy and Nik
  • 11 Luke & Isy
  • 10 Shandy
  • 15 Zo
  • 14 The Pecan Sandy’s
  • 8 Lindsay and Kate
13 points was last week's average score.

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