#47

Monsters, The Press, Let there be light, Royals, and Film by Characters.

Monsters

Guest round from Mike and Sully.

1

What variety of cookie does the Cookie Monster prefer?

2

What shapeshifting monster usually takes the form of Pennywise the Dancing Clown?

3

A gelatinous cube is a fictional monster from what game?

4

Béla Lugosi was a Hungarian-American actor best known for portraying what monster?

5

What is a Japanese word meaning strange creature that in English has come to mean monster?

Monsters

The Press

Read all about it in this category.

6

Who is the host of the current affairs program 7:30?

7

In journalism what is the name given to the first sentence of a hard-news story?

8

Who portrayed Washington Post reporters Woodward and Bernstein in the 1976 film All The President’s Men?

9

In the Harry Potter book series, Albus Dumbledore described which journalist as “enchantingly nasty” after she wrote an unfavourable article about him?

10

What journalist was Prime Minister Scott Morrison addressing in a 2020 press conference when saying "I know, but you don’t run the press conference, OK? So I’m going to go to other questions of members of the group."?

The Press

Let there be light

A bright category for bright people.

11

According to data from the Bureau of Meteorology, what is Australia's sunniest capital city, based on average daily sunshine?

12

Rounded to the nearest 100,000, the speed of light is how many kilometres per second?

13

The northern lights are also known by what scientific name?

14

What unit of measurement is used to represent the colour temperature of an LED lightbulb?

15

In Greek mythology who flew too close to the sun?

Let there be light

Royals

We've never seen a diamond in the flesh.

16

Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi is the fictional heir of what fictional country?

17

What colour was the emperor's colour in Imperial China?

18

Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark was born and raised in which Australian capital city?

19

What Puerto Rican rapper, singer and songwriter is known as the King of Reggaetón?

20

Who is the de facto ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom in Nintendo's Mario video games?

Royals

Film by Characters

Quickfire time: can you name these films based on the character names?

21

Neo, Morpheus, Trinity, Cypher, Tank

22

Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, Disgust

23

Cady Heron, Regina George, Gretchen Wieners, Karen Smith & Ms. Norbury

24

Rick Blaine, Ilsa Lund, Victor Laszlo, Captain Louis Renault, Major Heinrich Strasser

25

Dr. Alan Grant, Dr. Ellie Sattler, Dr. Ian Malcolm, John Hammond, Robert Muldoon

Film by Characters

Last Week's Scores

Top Scores

  • 21 Alice and the Bandits
  • 21 JEG
  • 20 Team Nate
  • 21 Cogo
  • 23 Prince Yuki Fan Club
  • 21 Madelli's farm
  • 22 Connor Walls
  • 20 BigDog&DevilWoman

Random Scores

  • 16 The Plums
  • 14 Cashwoman
  • 18 York Street Yobbos
  • 13 Stateley Residence
  • 14 Jane and Blair
  • 11 Tobotron
  • 19 Alexandria Ryan
  • 10 Dachshund mums
16 points was last week's average score.

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