Cooking
Modern History
Australian History
Riddles
Questions
100

What type of nuts are used to make macarons?

Almonds

100

Which country was hit by a meteor in February 2013?

Russia

100

How many ships made up the 'First Fleet' of British vessels which arrived in Sydney in 1788?

11

100

What has keys but can't open locks?

Piano

100

What kind of skirt was fashionable in the 1960s?

Mini Skirt

200

What vegetable is added to eggs to make a Spanish omelette, also known as tortilla?

Potato

200

Who was Pope throughout the 1990s?

John Paul II

200

ANZAC forces in WW1 were drawn from Australia and which other country?

New Zealand

200

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

Footsteps

200

In which film did Humphrey Bogart say, "We'll always have Paris?"

Casablanca

300

What is also known as Japanese horseradish?

Wasabi

300

Which tech icon and former Apple CEO died in 2011?

Steve Jobs

300

Who was the first European explorer to sail along the eastern coast of Australia?

James Cook

300

What has cities but no houses, forests, or rivers?

Map

300

What was the name of the first novel that was ever written using a typewriter?

Tom Sawyer

400

Halloumi cheese comes from which Mediterranean island?

Cyprus

400

Which iconic Ford car was first released in the 1960s?

Ford Mustang

400

Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia?

Edmund Barton

400

I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch, will soon turn red. What am I?

Fire

400

 Which famous singer of the 40s and 50s had the nickname 'Ol' Blue Eyes'?

Frank Sinatra

500

Kippers are a smoked variety of which fish?

Herring

500

Who did the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech?

Martin Luther King, Jr.

500

What was the original name of Melbourne before it was changed?

Batmania

500

A man is pushing his car along the road when he comes to a hotel. He shouts, "I'm bankrupt!" Why?

He was playing Monopoly

500

What kind of accident rendered actor Christopher Reeves paralyzed?

Horseback riding

600

Often added to dishes for saltiness, what is an anchovy?

Fish

600

Which city in Europe had a city that was taken down in 1989?

Berlin

600

What was the name of the famous female outlaw who operated in the Australian bushranger era?

Ned Kelly

600

A plane crashes on the border of the United States and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors?

You don't bury survivors

600

What were the Three Stooges’ names?

Moe, Larry & Curly

700

Feta is a type of which food?

Cheese

700

Tim Cook took over as CEO of which company in 2011?

Apple

700

Which Australian city experienced a major earthquake in 1989?

Newcastle

700

What can be swallowed but can also swallow you?

Pride

700

From 1948 to 1971, a popular variety show was a hit on television. It remained on the air for more than two decades. Who hosted this show?

Ed Sullivan

800

Up until the Middle Ages, which popular vegetable was always purple in color?

Carrot

800

Which of these was declared an independent republic in the early 1990s?

Croatia

800

In which year did Australia become an independent nation?

1901

800

I can fly without wings. I can cry without eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?

Cloud

800

Who landed at 17 Cherry Tree Lane in a well-known and loved Walt Disney movie from 1964?

Mary Poppins