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Missed Questions on The Chase Australia > Set Four > Flashcards

Set Four Flashcards

1
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In Cockney rhyming slang, brown bread is slang for what word?

A

Dead

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In which Australian State is the Condamine River?

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Queensland

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Van Diemen’s Land is an 80s song by which Irish band?

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U2

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A 70s memoir by astronaut Buzz Aldrin is titled Return to… where?

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Earth

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The geographical abbreviation TAM stands for Trans-Antarctic… what?

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Mountains

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6
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Lady Kitty Spencer is what relation to the late Princess Diana?

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Niece

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7
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Rio de Janeiro’s famous Cristo Redentor statue is made out of what material?

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Concrete

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Abu Dhabi was the first city to have a permanent ATM that dispensed what?

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Gold bars

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9
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Aunt Polly is the guardian of which classic fictional character?

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Tom Sawyer

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10
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Which cast member of the Lord of the Rings franchise cast has earned the most Oscar nominations for acting?

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Cate Blanchett

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What creature did playwright Henrik Ibsen keep as a pet on his writing desk: ferret, scorpion or piranha?

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Scorpion

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12
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Which Native American trickster god created the months and lunar phases?

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Coyote

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13
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In Hawaii, what does a flower worn over the right ear of a woman indicate?

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She is single

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14
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In Othello, what personal item of Cassio’s is left behind, leading Desdemona to think he is cheating on him?

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Handkerchief

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What is the misleadingly named culinary term given to organ or gland meat?

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Sweetbreads

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16
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What is Britain’s national bird?

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The European robin

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17
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What company’s stock exchange symbol on the NYSE is represented by the letters XOM?

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Exxon Mobil

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18
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If you were bisexual, and perfectly equally attracted to both sexes, what would your Kinsey scale number be?

A

Three

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19
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Ebenezer Butterick invented which dressmaking aid?

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Patterns

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Dean and Jean Ween are stage names for two members of which US band?

A

Ween

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21
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Phytopathology is the study of diseases in what?

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Plants

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22
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In physics, work is defined as force multiplied by what?

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Density

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23
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Each sitting at the UK’s House of Commons begins with prayers, during which, members must do what?

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Face the Walls

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24
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Conservation of a critically endangered species of which animal occurs at Queensland’s Epping Forest National Park?

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Wombat

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25
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During World War II, the AWLA recruited Australian women to work in which industry?

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Agriculture

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26
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A Goodyear welt is a feature of which item?

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Shoe

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27
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Hipposudoric acid is found in the skin of which animal?

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Hippopotamus

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28
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In what year is Halley’s Comet next expected to be visible to the naked eye?

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2061

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29
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In Victoria, road distances from Melbourne were traditionally always measured from what landmark?

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GPO

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30
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Which US President signed the proclamation admitting Hawaii into the Union as the 50th State?

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Eisenhower

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31
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The treaty of Cordoba effectively gave Mexico independence from which country?

A

Spain

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32
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By distance, which Australian capital city is furthest from Fiji?

A

Perth

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33
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What does the F stand for in the police identification acronym AFIS?

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Fingerprint

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34
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What phrase is commonly used in Formula One to indicate the start of a race?

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Lights out

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35
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What is the common term for the calcaneal tendon?

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Achilles tendon

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36
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To which continent is the Guinea pig native?

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South America

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37
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Mohammad Salah is a star player for which EPL team?

A

Liverpool

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38
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The founder of the New Zealand First party was Winston who?

A

Peters

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39
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Who was US President when prohibition ended in the 1930s?

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Roosevelt

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40
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American Curtis Strange is best known for playing which sport?

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Golf

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41
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Often recited at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings is Reinhold Neibuhr’s Serenity what?

A

Prayer

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42
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In which decade was the hole in the ozone layer first recorded?

A

1980s

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43
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What term denotes the flower clusters of a willow tree?

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Catkins

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44
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Millenia ago, the Gunditjmara people of sotuhwestern Victoria built complex structures to farm which creatures?

A

Eels

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45
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Australian athlete Nick Green was a world champion in which water sport?

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Rowing

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46
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A renowned Tasmanian national park is the Walls of where?

A

Jerusalem

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47
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Under Rug Swept is a 2002 album by which Canadian singer?

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Alanis Morissette

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48
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In the 90s, US law clerk Eric Brockovich gained fame in a lawsuit against a company that sells what?

A

Power

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49
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Bamboo Airways is an international carrier based in which country?

A

Vietnam

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50
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A novel by Agatha Christie is ‘The Mystery of the Blue… what’?

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Train

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51
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Closely resembling paella, the traditional Spanish dish fideua replaces rice with what ingredient?

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Pasta

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52
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Which Peanuts character is often seen typing ‘It was a dark and stormy night’?

A

Snoopy

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53
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A metabolic condition involving insulin resistance is commonly known by what name?

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Syndrome X

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54
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In total, an adult human body typically has how many metatarsal bones?

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Ten

55
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Found in eastern and northern Australia is what insect-eating bird?

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Dollarbird

56
Q

In American folklore, Paul Bunyan’s ox is typically depicted as what colour?

A

Blue

57
Q

Collette Dinnigan’s first store was opened in which city?

A

Sydney

58
Q

Which tennis Grand Slam champion also won a table tennis world championship?

A

Fred Perry

59
Q

Elephant garlic is a close relative of which vegetable?

A

Leek

60
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What was Alfred Hitchcock’s last film to be shot in black and white?

A

Pyscho

61
Q

A legendary Irish folk hero chronicled in the Fenian Cycle is named Finn who?

A

MacCool

62
Q

Unito is primarily a mix of English and which other language?

A

Spanish

63
Q

A major award in Australian theatre is the Green what?

A

Room

64
Q

Which English city stages the annual Godiva festival?

A

Coventry

65
Q

The Asian sheep’s head wrasse is a species of which animal?

A

Fish

66
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Sir Robert Askon was a Premier of which Australian State?

A

NSW

67
Q

The name of which city is in Schiphol airport’s official name?

A

Amsterdam

68
Q

Julia Donaldson wrote the book ‘The Smartest giant in…’ what?

A

Town

69
Q

The network term WLC stands for Wireless Land what?

A

Control

70
Q

Which female singer won a Record of the Year Grammy for ‘I Honestly Love You’?

A

Olivia Newton-John

71
Q

In 2021, Australian basketball Josh Giddey was drafted by which NBA team?

A

Oklahoma City

72
Q

An astronomical unit is approximately equal to the mean distance between the Earth and what?

A

The Sun

73
Q

Who directed the 2002 film Death to Smoochy?

A

Danny DeVito

74
Q

In which Pacific country is the Forgotten World Highway?

A

New Zealand

75
Q

Pocari Sweat is a sports drink developed in which Asian country?

A

Japan

76
Q

Carats are used to measure what characteristic of a diamond?

A

Weight

77
Q

Left-handed sticks are illegal in which sport?

A

Field hockey

78
Q

With an estimated lifespan of 200 years, which whale species is believed to have the longest lifespan of any mammal?

A

Bowhead

79
Q

The borough of Barking and Dagenham is in which European city?

A

London

80
Q

In which decade was New Zealand’s first official TV broadcast

A

1960s

81
Q

Used by belly dancers, zills are also commonly known as finger what?

A

Cymbals

82
Q

In October 2021, QANTAS made its longest-ever passenger flight by distance, arriving in Darwin after leaving where?

A

Buenos Aires

83
Q

UK PM Boris Johnson graduated from which famed English university?

A

Oxford

84
Q

In which decade did tobacco sponsorship of sporting events completely cease in Australia?

A

2000s

85
Q

Rune Elmqvist designed the first implantable what?

A

Pacemaker

86
Q

On the periodic table, which metal immediately precedes gold?

A

Platinum

87
Q

Popular with tourists, what is Thailand’s largest island?

A

Phuket

88
Q

Maat Mons is a massive volcano on which planet?

A

Venus

89
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In which Australian capital are the historic Wylie’s baths?

A

Sydney

90
Q

What was the first name of the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king?

A

Harold

91
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On which island is the resort town of San Antonio?

A

Ibiza

92
Q

Who is the only US President to have been unanimously elected by the Electoral College?

A

George Washington

93
Q

Filbert and dagger are types of which art supply?

A

Brush

94
Q

On a meteorological map, an isohyet joins points of equal what?

A

Rainfall

95
Q

Due to resembling the Cote D’Azure, Santa Barbara is often the American what?

A

Riviera

96
Q

Which Sesame Street character was the first to be given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?

A

Big Bird

97
Q

Which epic poem states “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven’?

A

Paradise Lost

98
Q

What is the name given to a phenomenon in northern latitudes where sunlight remains visible all night?

A

White night

99
Q

The Strait of Bonifacio separate Corsica from which other European island?

A

Sardinia

100
Q

The definition of a second is based on the vibration of an atom of which element

A

Caesium

101
Q

An old-fashioned drinking vessel, a noggin was typically carved from what material?

A

Wood

102
Q

The sport of bikejoring involves cyclists being pulled along by what?

A

Dogs

103
Q

In which country was World War II’s Tiger tank developed?

A

Germany

104
Q

The sulu is the national dress of which country?

A

Fiji

105
Q

Bindi Irwin gave her daughter what middle name?

A

Warrior

106
Q

The Chinese city of Manzhouli has a border gate to which country?

A

Russia

107
Q

In the James Bond books, an alias of the villain Blofeld is Doctor Guntram what?

A

Shatterhand

108
Q

The Italian painter Masaccio was an influential figure in which artistic movement?

A

Renaissance

109
Q

Which flightless bird shares its name with a Harry Styles song?

A

Kiwi

110
Q

Which sportswear brand was formed by Rudolf Dasser?

A

Puma (Adidas is Adolf Dassler - brother)

111
Q

KSC is the abbreviation for which US space centre?

A

Kennedy Space Centre

112
Q

To which continent is the twist-necked Turtle native?

A

South America

113
Q

The purloined letter was a short story by which Gothic writer?

A

Poe

114
Q

The Cerrado is a tropical eco-region of which country?

A

Brazil

115
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The Hume and Hovell walking track is in which Australian State?

A

New South Wales

116
Q

The name of which popular dish is Hawaiian for cut crosswise?

A

Poke bowl

117
Q

A plant native to the Sydney area is the flannel what?

A

Flower

118
Q

Mambo music originated on which Caribbean island?

A

Cuba

119
Q

An official NRL club song is Glory, Glory… what?

A

South Sydney

120
Q

The Bay of Cannes is in which sea?

A

Mediterranean

121
Q

Grayden Carter edited which magazine for 25 years?

A

Vanity Fair

122
Q

From which language does the word cockatoo derive?

A

Malay

123
Q

Whose 1997 autobiography was titled ‘A Primadonna’s progress?

A

Joan Sutherland

124
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Which Australian capital city was founded in 1835?

A

Melbourne

125
Q

At the age of 24, Nick Stirzaca captained which rugby team?

A

Melbourne Rebels

126
Q

A trendy innovation for high rise apartments is a large window that folds out to become a what?

A

Balcony

127
Q

The two kangaroos on the Northern Territory’s coat of arms are carrying what?

A

Sea shells

128
Q

In which Australian State capital is Barranjoey lighthouse?

A

Sydney

129
Q

The highly venomous gabboon viper is native to which continent?

A

Africa

130
Q

Which element is called ‘brimstone’ in the Bible?

A

Sulfur

131
Q

In which country is the historic Mount of Beatitudes?

A

Israel

132
Q

Animals called coachwhips belong to which sub-order of reptile?

A

Snakes

133
Q

Which spotted big cat features on a Brazilian bank note?

A

Jaguar

134
Q

In which Australian State or Territory is the Arafura Swamp?

A

Northern Territory

Missed Questions on The Chase Australia (5 decks)

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