Before Elvis Presley made 'Hound Dog' a hit in 1956, which blues singer first recorded the song in 1952?
Big Mama Thornton
Ruth Brown
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Etta James
How many people died in the rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in Thailand in 2018?
1
0
5
2
Which South American nation is the only one that borders both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea?
Chile
Colombia
Panama
Ecuador
Which Liberal woman joked she would have to 'speak slower' if she were to joins the Nationals?
Jane Hume
Sussan Ley
Sarah Henderson
Michaela Cash
In the film Pulp Fiction, what is the name of the specific location where the characters Pumpkin and Honey Bunny stage their robbery at the beginning and end of the movie?
The Hawthorne Grill
Big Kahuna Burger
Jack Rabbit Slim's
The Atomic Cafe
What is the title of sex trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir released this week?
Nobody's Girl
Breaking the Silence
Life on the Line
Stolen Innocence
Who was the first woman to win the Australian Open after it switched from grass to hard courts in 1988?
Martina Navratilova
Evonne Goolagong
Chris Evert
Steffi Graf
Which of these famous landmarks is located in more than one country?
Eiffel Tower
The Great Wall of China
Niagara Falls
Machu Picchu
How does the male brush turkey ensure its eggs hatch successfully?
He buries them deep underground to keep them warm.
He relies entirely on the sun to heat the eggs.
He builds and maintains a mound of soil and leaf litter to regulate temperature.
He incubates the eggs by sitting on them.
Which of the following organs in the human body produces both hormones and digestive enzymes?
Liver
Pancreas
Gallbladder
Stomach
Who wrote the novel 'If on a winter’s night a traveler'?
Italo Calvino
Jorge Luis Borges
Gabriel García Márquez
Haruki Murakami
Which of the following dog breeds is considered hypoallergenic, meaning it is less likely to trigger allergies?
Poodle
Labrador Retriever
Beagle
German Shepherd
Which serial killer was nicknamed 'The Night Stalker' and terrorized Los Angeles in the mid-1980s?
Richard Ramirez
John Wayne Gacy
Ted Bundy
David Berkowitz
Germanwings Flight 9525 was en route from Barcelona to which German city when it crashed?
Frankfurt
Düsseldorf
Berlin
Munich
Who was the first African pope of the Catholic Church?
Pope Leo I
Pope Gelasius I
Pope Victor I
Pope Urban II
Which poet wrote the line: "Do not go gentle into that good night"
W.B. Yeats
Robert Frost
T.S. Eliot
Dylan Thomas
The John Monash Scholarship, often called Australia’s equivalent of the Rhodes or Fulbright scholarships, was established by which Prime Minister?
Tony Abbott
Julia Gillard
Kevin Rudd
John Howard
In Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical The Phantom of the Opera, what is the name of the female soprano whom the Phantom becomes obsessed with?
Meg Giry
Madame Giry
Carlotta
Christine Daaé
Which Myers-Briggs personality type is often described as practical, responsible, and detail-oriented, sometimes called “The Logistician”?
ESTP
ENFP
INFJ
ISTJ
The crown of which French empress was stolen from the Louvre?
Marie Louise
Joséphine de Beauharnais
Marie Antoinette
Eugénie de Montijo