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100

In the James Bond films what is the name of M’s secretary?

Miss Moneypenny

100

What town is considered the Country Music Capital of Australia?

Tamworth

100

A traditional cheese and toast dish is Welsh what?

Rarebit

100

What is the medical name for short-sightedness?

Myopia

100

The term ‘ad nauseam’ derives from which ancient language?

Latin

200

Who was the founding editor of Cleo magazine?

Ita Buttrose

200

What is the capital city of Vietnam?

Hanoi

200

In the US, the sandwich abbreviation PB&J commonly stands for peanut butter and what?

Jelly

200

Rhinoplasty is performed on which body organ?

Nose

200

In Australia, what colour is the ‘K’ in the Kmart logo?

Red

300

Who was Prime Minister of Australia at the turn of the 21st century?

John Howard

300

By area, what is the world’s smallest country?

Vatican City

300

What is the wafer thin toast named after a famous opera singer?

Melba toast

300

A goitre is an enlargement of which gland?

Thyroid

300

By definition, graphology is principally the study of what?

Handwriting

400

Whose face is commonly said to have “launched a thousand ships”?

Helen of Troy

400

In which Southeast Asian country is the volcano Krakatoa?

Indonesia

400

What name is given to bread made without a raising agent?

Unleavened bread

400

What is the hardest part of the human body?

hint: it is not a bone

Tooth enamel

400

Proverbially, what ‘favours the bold’?

Fortune

500

Who was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 2005?

Angela Merkel

500

Which continent is bordered by the Ross Sea?

Antarctica

500

Conchiglie pasta is shaped like what object?

Shell

500

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)

500

In the NATO phonetic alphabet, which word represents the letter ‘F’?

Foxtrot