People
In the James Bond films what is the name of M’s secretary?
Miss Moneypenny
What town is considered the Country Music Capital of Australia?
Tamworth
A traditional cheese and toast dish is Welsh what?
Rarebit
What is the medical name for short-sightedness?
Myopia
The term ‘ad nauseam’ derives from which ancient language?
Latin
Who was the founding editor of Cleo magazine?
Ita Buttrose
What is the capital city of Vietnam?
Hanoi
In the US, the sandwich abbreviation PB&J commonly stands for peanut butter and what?
Jelly
Rhinoplasty is performed on which body organ?
Nose
In Australia, what colour is the ‘K’ in the Kmart logo?
Red
Who was Prime Minister of Australia at the turn of the 21st century?
John Howard
By area, what is the world’s smallest country?
Vatican City
What is the wafer thin toast named after a famous opera singer?
Melba toast
A goitre is an enlargement of which gland?
Thyroid
By definition, graphology is principally the study of what?
Handwriting
Whose face is commonly said to have “launched a thousand ships”?
Helen of Troy
In which Southeast Asian country is the volcano Krakatoa?
Indonesia
What name is given to bread made without a raising agent?
Unleavened bread
What is the hardest part of the human body?
hint: it is not a bone
Tooth enamel
Proverbially, what ‘favours the bold’?
Fortune
Who was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 2005?
Angela Merkel
Which continent is bordered by the Ross Sea?
Antarctica
Conchiglie pasta is shaped like what object?
Shell
What is the heaviest organ of the human body?
The skin - with a mass of 4 - 5 kg.
(Second is liver - 1.5 kg, third is brain)
In the NATO phonetic alphabet, which word represents the letter ‘F’?
Foxtrot