#205
Cans not Cannes, Soundtracks, Common Ground, The 1800s, and Biggest Animals.
Cans not Cannes
Give the people the festival they really want.
What was the first Australian state or territory to offer a refund for people depositing bottles or cans for recycling?
It is generally advised to not eat canned tuna everyday for long periods, due to it containing low levels of what element?
The name of which canned alcoholic drink was changed to ‘Hard Rated’ following regulator concerns that the original name was appealing to minors?
In 1989, which Australian cricketer consumed 52 cans of beer on a Qantas flight to London?
Released in 2023, Taco, Peri-Peri and Caramelised Onion are all new flavours included in which range of canned food products?
Cans not Cannes
Soundtracks
Why write a score when you can just use bangers instead.
The Pharrell Williams hit song “Happy” was written for which 2013 animated film?
Which of the following artists has not released a theme song for a James Bond film - Tina Turner, Sheryl Crow or Whitney Houston?
The Weeknd’s “Earned It” and Ellie Goulding’s “Love Me Like You Do” were original singles from the successful soundtrack album of what critically panned 2015 film?
Which eccentric director used his own vinyl records, complete with all the pops and cracks, for one of his film’s soundtracks so that “people’s experience would be the same as [his]”?
Filmi music is a genre used in the soundtracks of films from which industry?
Soundtracks
Common Ground
We'll give you two clues. The last word of the first clue's answer is the first word of the second clue's answer.
e.g. “Dry ICE Cream”
Tech billionaire from South Africa AND an Australian pink confectionery made of semi-soft fondant.
A 1998 song by country singer Faith Hill AND a 1999 song by the band Sixpence None the Richer.
A movement highlighting consumerism and media culture that peaked in the 1960s AND a member of one of the biggest selling music duos of the 1960s.
A metaphor for wealth at birth AND a metaphor for being given no opportunity to act or think for oneself.
A 1991 film starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze AND a situation in tennis in which the receiving player can win a game.
Common Ground
The 1800s
The century that inspired Australia’s toll free number.
Which 1815 battle is considered the end of the Napoleonic Wars?
In 1810 which South American country was the first to declare its independence from Spain?
Born in 1861, opera singer Helen Porter Mitchell was better known by what name?
Described as ‘the greatest engineering feat carried out in nineteenth-century Australia’, The Overland Telegraph line activated a communication wire between which two capital cities?
The 19th-century term “Pedestrianism” refers to what - a major spectator sport involving contestants walking on a dust track, a fashion trend of practical clothing for long walks or a social movement against the use of horses in pedestrian areas?
The 1800s
Biggest Animals
Can you name the biggest animals of the following groups?
(Yes, we will also accept the answer in the brackets)
Mammals
Reptiles
Fish
Birds
Amphibians
Biggest Animals
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