Animals
Though they sound happy, what animal's "laugh" is a reaction to being threatened?
Hyena
What is the consumption of insects by humans called?
Entomophagy
What was the name of the roller skating rink?
What is the newest sport added to the Paris 2024 games?
Break Dancing
There will be one new sport for the Paris 2024 edition of the Olympics: breaking. Competition in the dance sport will comprise two events – one for men and one for women – where 16 B-Boys and 16 B-Girls will go face to face in solo battles.
What are Brads kids names?
Oscar and Eli
Capable of exceeding 186 miles per hour, what is the fastest creature in the animal kingdom?
A) peregrine falcon
B) cheetah
C) Black Marlin
D) Horsefly
Peregrine falcons catch their prey by flying high and diving down at incredible speeds. Cheetahs, by comparison, can sprint about 71 miles per hour.
The soft-ripened cow’s-milk cheese Brie originated from which of these countries?
France
What is the old name of the oval the stadium is built on?
Graeme Park
What sport will hand out the most medals?
The sport with the most medals being awarded at Paris 2024 will be aquatics with 49 events across the disciplines of swimming, marathon swimming, diving, water polo, and artistic swimming. Athletics follows closely with 48.
What is Brads favourite sport?
Gridiron (NFL)
Known for its intelligence, which dog breed has been found capable of understanding more than a thousand words?
A South Carolina Border Collie named Chaser earned worldwide fame for being able to recognize and react to 1,022 different nouns.
Which is a traditional pie that comes from the Netherlands?
Appeltaart
What Bird did the council build a next for in the stadium light tower?
Eastern Osprey
Paris will host the event for the 3rd time. What other country also holds that record?
Paris will join London as the only cities to host the Olympics three times. The Games were in Paris in 1900, 1924 and now in 2024, while London hosted the Games in 1908, 1948 and 2012.
How many parking fines has Brad recieved in 2024 whilst at work?
A) 2
B) 1
C) 0
D) 4
1 - they can have this one
An individual animal of which type was found to be at least 272 years old, suggesting that its type includes the world’s longest-living vertebrate?
Thanks to a slow metabolism adapted to the cold deep waters it inhabits, the Greenland shark is thought to be able to live up to 500 years.
Which British chef achieved worldwide fame with his television show The Naked Chef?
Jamie Oliver
What was the name of the nightclub that used to be inside Central Coast Leagues Club?
Club Troppo
Where will the Opening Ceremony be held?
A) Eiffel Tower
B) Stade de France
C) River Seine
D) The Champs Elysees
The Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony will not be held in a stadium for the first time ever. Instead it will be done on the Seine, the river that crosses the centre of Paris.
What passport other than Australia does Brad hold?
Great Britain
What gives flamingos their pink color?
A) Sunlight
B) Dominant Genes
C) Mud captured in feather
D) Eating shrimp
Flamingos get their pink color from carotenoids, pigments found in the algae, larvae, and shrimp that they eat.
Which fruit is used to make grenadine syrup?
Pomegranate
1839.
Gosford was surveyed and founded in 1839 and named for Archibald Acheson, 2nd earl of Gosford. It was merged in 1886 with the privately owned village of East Gosford to form a municipality. Gosford became a shire in 1947 and a city in 1980
How many sports will be played in the Paris Olympics?
There will be 32 sports played during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and 329 medal events in total.
What is Brads favourite thing from Marias snacks bucket?
Green gummy bears