Wake up, sleepyhead, it’s time to take your quiz

I need a coffee before I tackle the quiz.

Wake up Quizmaster John James Maloney, we need your answers.

QUESTIONS

1 What do we call songs used to induce sleep in children?

2 A medical person who is a sleep specialist is sometimes called which of the following: a kipnotist; a slumberologist; or a somnologist?

3 Where in the Northern Rivers is the Sleepy Hollow rest area?

4 What letter of the alphabet when shown in a comic strip denotes sleep?

5 What is a somnambulist?

6 What is manufactured by the companies Sealy and King Koil?

7 In the story Sleeping Beauty, how is the princess woken from the 100-year sleeping curse?

8 In Australian slang, a common phrase meaning to go to bed to sleep is to hit the what? There are two generally accepted answers but you only need one of them.

9 Who starred in the 2024 film Sleeping Dogs?

10 The songs I’m Only Sleeping, Golden Slumbers, I’m So Tired were all recorded by what band in the 1960s?

If you’re gonna wake me, make it good.

ANSWERS

1 Lullabies.

2 A somnologist.

3 On the Pacific Motorway between Cudgera and Mooball in the Tweed Valley.

4 ZZZ.

5 A person who walks in their sleep.

6 Mattresses.

7 Kissed by a handsome prince.

8 Hit the hay or Hit the sack.

9 Russell Crowe and Karen Gillan.

10 The Beatles.

And to ensure you stay alert, try these:

The best cure for insomnia is sleep on top of the wardrobe in the bedroom.

You’ll soon drop off…

Trivia fact

There is one question you can never answer Yes to, truthfully:

Are you asleep?

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