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