Has Quizmaster John James Maloney gone a bridge too far in this week’s quiz?
QUESTIONS
1 Opened on July 19, 1932, which iconic double-deck road and rail bridge across the Clarence River finally connected the North Coast rail line from Sydney to Brisbane and replaced the ferry that had carried trains across the river?
2 In October 1970, a 112-metre span of which major Melbourne bridge collapsed during construction, killing 35 workers and injuring 18?
3 Which iconic 1970 song written by Paul Simon and performed by Simon & Garfunkel spent six weeks at Number 1 on the Billboard charts and won multiple Grammy Awards?
4 The Glebe Bridge is on the Richmond River, but where?
5 This infamous fictional rail bridge was built for a movie that showed Imperial Japan’s military using forced labour and prisoners of war during the Second World War. What was the movie?
6 The iconic Golden Gate Bridge was completed in 1937 in which city in the USA?
7 Where in the Richmond Valley is the Irving Bridge?
8 Bridgetown is in which Australian state or territory?
9 The legendary country and pop song Ode to Billie Joe was a massive 1967 hit written, performed and produced by Bobbie Gentry. The song told a fictional story of Billie Joejumping from what bridge?
10 Who was the father of American actors Beau Bridges and Geoff Bridges?
Bonus question: Where did the police find the Christmas meat that was stolen from the Casino butcher shop?
ANSWERS
1 Grafton Bridge.
2 West Gate Bridge.
3 Bridge over Troubled Water.
4 Coraki.
5 The Bridge over the River Kwai. The book and movie were loosely based on the building of real Bridge 277 of the Burma Railway. Former prisoners were outraged that it showed collaboration with the enemy where none happened.
6 San Francisco.
7 Casino.
8 Western Australia.
9 Tallahatchie Bridge.
10 Lloyd Bridges, also an actor.
Answer to bonus question: Under Missingham Bridge in Ballina.