Quizmaster John James Maloney has 10 new quizzical challenges for you.
QUESTIONS
1 Bakhram Murtazaliev is a champion in what sport?
2 Who was the lead singer of Powderfinger?
3 Is Casino closer by road to Yamba or Tenterfield?
4 What precious metal represents a 25th wedding anniversary?
5 Which athlete was nicknamed the Lithgow Flash; Raelene Boyle; Marjorie Jackson or Cathy Freeman?
6 What part of the body does a podiatrist treat?
7 Which section of the orchestra do the chimes and gong belong to?
8 The three golden balls, possibly derived from a symbol of the famous Medici family of Italy, now signify what type of business or shop?
9 Why was pig iron called that?
10 Which territory or state is the Barwon River in?
ANSWERS
1 Boxing – last weekend, the Russian defeated Australian Tim Tszyu in Orlando, Florida, in a major upset.
2 Bernard Fanning.
3 Yamba is 107km and closer than Tenterfield – which is 128km by road.
4. Silver.
5 Marjorie Jackson.
6 The foot.
7 Percussion.
8 A pawnbroker’s shop.
9 Originally it was cast in small ingots resembling a litter of piglets being nursed by a sow. When the metal cooled and hardened, the smaller ingots (pigs) were broken off the runner (the sow).
10 There are at least two. One starts north of Mungindi in Queensland and runs to merge with the Culgoa between Brewarrina and Bourke in NSW where it becomes the start of the Darling River. On the way to the Darling, it marks the border between Queensland and New South Wales. Another is in Victoria and flows into Bass Strait.