Quizmaster John James Maloney has a diverse lot of questions for you this weekend.
QUESTIONS
1 Xanana Gusmao was elected the first president of what nation in our region on April 14, 2002?
2 True or false, Julius Caesar went to Britain twice?
3 Iophobia is the fear of what: … Being drowned; … Being poisoned; … OR Getting a brain tumour from iPhone use?
4 What is the old Australian nickname for a person with red hair?
5 What animals have types Monk, Harp and others?
6 What vitamin is created by our skin when sunlight falls on our body?
7 Who co-hosted a mad Tea-Party with the Hatter in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland? Was it the June Bug or the March Hare?
8 Whose country residence is called Chequers?
9 The Planets is a seven-movement orchestral suite written between 1914 and 1917 – by Gustav Mahler or Gustav Holst?
10 Which song’s lyrics tell of a spring clean for the May queen?
ANSWERS
1 East Timor (he took up the presidency on May 20, 2002 when independence came into effect).
2 True.
3 Being poisoned.
4 Blue.
5 Seal.
6 Vitamin D.
7 The March Hare.
8 The British Prime Minister.
9 Gustav Holst.
10 Stairway to Heaven.