Quizmaster John James Maloney has got 10 beauties for you this week.
QUESTIONS
1 Traralgon is in which territory or state?
2 How many reindeer did Santa Claus have?
3 How many planets from the Sun is Neptune?
4 What is a baby wombat called?
5 Which Robert played the title role in 170 episodes between 1969 and 1976 of Marcus Welby, M.D. – Robert Young, Robert Middleton or Robert Oldman?
6 Which horse won the 2023 Melbourne Cup?
7 Which Jim Carrey film based on a Dr. Seuss character is one of the highest grossing Christmas films of all time?
8. What does the old phrase to run rings around mean?
9 Who released the song Fairytale of New York in 1987?
10 Carlos Alcaraz (Carlos Alcaraz Garfia, not Carlos Jonas “Charly” Alcaraz Duran) is a well known star of what sport?
ANSWERS
1 Victoria.
2 There were eight in Clement Clarke Moore’s 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas that brought the reindeer into the public’s awareness. But the popularity of Robert L. May’s 1939 storybook Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Gene Autry’s 1949 Christmas song Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer means that in Australia, the usual is nine. But best not to start a Christmas fight over the answer.
3 It is the eighth planet from the Sun.
4 Joey.
5 Robert Young.
6 Without a fight.
7 How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
8 To outclass someone completely.
9 The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl.
10 Tennis – he’s not to be confused with the other Carlos Alcaraz (Carlos Jonas “Charly” Alcaraz Duran, the Argentine professional footballer who plays for Southampton).
