Weekly Quiz, August 10th

Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa was the first European to see what body of water?

Caribbean Sea

Gulf of Mexico

Pacific Ocean

Southern Ocean

Which early Bronze Age civilisation was based on the island of Crete?

Minoan

Mycenae

Sumerian

Babylonian

Tim Berners-Lee is best known for the invention of what?

Wi-Fi

The personal computer

The World Wide Web

Bluetooth

How old was child-actor Shirley Temple when she retired from performing in 1950?

15

18

22

33

Magnalium is a metal alloy composed of which two elements?

Magnesium and aluminium

Magnesium and cadmium

Magnesium and plutonium

Lithium and calsium

In what year was the Macquarie Dictionary first published?

1901

1951

1971

1981

In what conditions do organisms called psychrophiles thrive?

Cold temperatures

Hot temperatures\n

Extreme dryness

Ice cream

What was the name of the satirical news series hosted by Stephen Colbert before he took over The Late Show?

The Daily Show

Last Week Tonight

The Colbert Factor

The Colbert Report

True or false: the hare and the rabbit are the same animal, with a different name given in different countries?

True

False

In which country is Waterloo, site of the famous battle?

Belgium

France

England

Netherlands

In which state is Australia's longest road bridge?

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Legendary entertainer Al Jolson was born in which post-Soviet country?

Ukraine

Georgia

Armenia

Lithuania

With past recipients including Robert Frost, Norman Mailer and Tennessee Williams, which prestigious prize was first awarded in 1917?

Hugo Award

Edgar Allan Poe Award

Bancroft Prize

Pulitzer Prize

Who plays Will Ferrell's love interest in the 2003 movie, Elf?

Anna Faris

Hannah Simone

Zooey Deschanel

Kat Dennings

Astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy was born in which country in 100AD?

Italy

Greece

Turkey

Egypt

Sofia Boutella played Samuel L. Jackson's sidekick in the 2014 movie Kingsmen: The Secret Service. What was her character's name?

Springbok

Antelope

Gazelle

Kudu

In what year was the first Paralympic Games held?

1956

1960

1964

1968

In the '80s TV series Knight Rider, what make of car was KITT?

Pontiac

Ferrari

Mustang

DeLorean

Sarajevo is capital and largest city of which nation?

Serbia

Croatia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Montenegro

What genre of novels does author Jojo Moyes write ?

Fantasy

Horror

Romance

Sci-fi