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Which two South Africans shared the 1993 Nobel peace prize?
Nelson Mandela and F. W. de Klerk.
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Which French actress stars with Brad Pitt in the World War II film Allied?
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What colour is the gemstone peridot?
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Which male tennis player spent the fewest weeks ranked as world No. 1?
Patrick Rafter (one week).
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Tiger Airways Australia is a fully owned subsidiary of which airline?
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Which town is closer to the New South Wales–Queensland border: (a) Lightning Ridge; (b) Goondiwindi; or (c) Bourke?
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What was the scarecrow seeking in The Wizard of Oz?
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Who is featured on the Australian $20 note?
Mary Reibey and John Flynn.
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Solid carbon dioxide is commonly called what?
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Which artist’s single holds the record for the longest consecutive time on the ARIA top 100 chart.
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Which Australian feminist wrote the book Fight Like a Girl?
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Who was James Packer’s paternal grandfather?
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The coastline of Ko Phi Phi Le belongs to which country?
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Which part of the body is worst affected by tuberculosis?
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In which year was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
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Name any one of the three animated films nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
Beauty and the Beast (1991), Up (2009), Toy Story 3 (2010).
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Who was the last man legally executed in Australia?
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With which sport do you associate Queensberry rules?
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In which country is the city of Shiraz?
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What is the name of the family in The Godfather?
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Which singer was backed by The Heartbreakers?
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Which cricketer holds the record as the most capped Test match player?
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Which Canadian province name starts with M?
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Which city will host the 2022 Commonwealth Games?
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PVC is the abbreviation for what synthetic material?
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Which British monarch fought in the Battle of Agincourt?
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Which nation’s name is an anagram of a city in north-western Tasmania?
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Singer Norah Jones is the daughter of which Indian musician?
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Which Formula 1 driver won this year’s world championship before announcing his retirement earlier this month?
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In the nursery rhyme Cry Baby Bunting what has daddy gone to fetch?
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What is the first metal on the periodic table?
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From which port did RMS Titanic begin its ill-fated voyage?
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Cobalamin is another name for which vitamin?
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Macau was a territory of which country until sovereignty transferred to China in 1999?
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Which country won its first Davis Cup this year?
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The city of Sapporo is on which Japanese island?
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Where in the body would you find the occipital bone?
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What word beginning with ‘p’ describes a person who knows and is able to use several languages?
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What nationality was surrealist artist René Magritte?
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Which Australian tennis player was honoured with the Newcombe Medal this year?
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