Quiz time: Did a message in a bottle say You can just be cos?

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Quizmaster John James Maloney has a mixed selection of questions for you today.

QUESTIONS

1 Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland were members of which UK pop group who had hits with Roxanne and Message in a Bottle?

2 The Hawaiian god of fire is called Pele, Maradona or Messi – but which?

3 Which political party did Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley belong to?

4 The Golden Gate Bridge is in which city?

5 Complete the old proverb one man’s meat is ….

6 Aluminum or tin is traditionally given as a gift for what wedding anniversary – fifth or tenth?

7 What was the name of the prisoner of war camp in the long-running television sitcom Hogan’s Heroes?

8 Although largely replaced by machinery, what do fettlers do for a living?

9 Cos is a variety of what vegetable?

10 Tricky Dick was a nickname for which American president in office from 1969-1974?

Where’s the gold? Where’s the gate? Photo: Contributed

ANSWERS

1 The Police.

2 Pele.

3 Labor.

4 San Francisco.

5 One man’s meat is another man’s poison.

6 10th wedding anniversary.

7 Luft Stalag 13.

8 Fettlers inspect and maintain the tracks (the permanent way) of a railway, usually in a team led by a ganger.

9 It’s a heat-tolerant variety of lettuce, also called Romaine.

10 Richard Nixon.

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