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Born On The Fourth Of July, Crabracadabra, Name That Year!, Wordplay, and Failure To Launch.

Born On The Fourth Of July

These questions relate to someone born – or something that kicked off – on July 4.

1

Which chart-topping artist has the words “Always Tired” and “Stay Away” tattooed on his face?

2

Ray Meagher holds the record for longest continuous performance on Australian television playing which Home & Away character?

3

Which political party took government following the UK’s general election on July 4 last year?

4

Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the classic novel The Scarlet Letter which is frequently referenced in which 2010 teen comedy?

5

Featuring its first two singles "This Is A Call" and "I'll Stick Around", which alliterative alt-rock act's self-titled album was released on July 4, 1995?

Born On The Fourth Of July

Crabracadabra

Siri, play “Crab Rave” by Noisestorm.

6

In the Western zodiac, which star sign is represented by the crab?

7

Which animated title character works as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab fast food restaurant?

8

Including their front pincers, how many limbs do crabs have?

9

Which Kiwi comedian voices a giant coconut crab in Disney’s Moana?

10

With a leg span ranging up to almost 4m, the world's largest crab is endemic to the waters surrounding which island nation?

Crabracadabra

Name That Year!

We’re now closer to 2050 than we are to 2000.

Can you name the year these 21st-century events took place?

11

The Matildas reach the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup.
Prince Harry’s memoir Spare goes on sale.
Jacinda Ardern resigns as New Zealand prime minister.

12

Barack Obama is elected president of the U.S.
Beijing hosts the Summer Olympics.
Breaking Bad premieres.

13

Julia Gillard becomes the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
NRL’s Melbourne Storm confess to cooking the books.
Offspring premieres on Network Ten.

14

Physical Euro banknotes and coins enter into circulation.
Sarah Michelle Gellar marries Freddie Prinze Jr.
Queen Elizabeth celebrates her Golden Jubilee.

15

The Harlem Shake dance meme goes viral.
Hawthorn win the first of three consecutive AFL premierships.
The Game of Thrones episode "The Rains Of Castamere", aka the Red Wedding, airs.

Name That Year!

Wordplay

Linguistics and logic – what’s not to like?

16

Donkra is the portmanteau name given to the offspring of a male donkey and a female what?

17

The name of what conference and festival held in Austin, Texas is a play on the title of a 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film?

18

Which chemical element is an anagram of a French word meaning black or dark?

19

The medical prefixes "bucc-" and "bucco-" refer to which specific part of the human body?

20

Which Eastern European city is the only world capital with just four consonants and one vowel in its five-letter English name?

Wordplay

Failure To Launch

Which major company missed the mark with these notorious commercial flops? (We’ll give you the launch years as a clue.)

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Cybertruck (electric vehicle, 2019)

22

Zune (mp3 player, 2006)

23

Betamax (videotape format, 1975)

24

Newton (personal digital assistant, 1993)

25

Virtual Boy, (“portable VR” gaming rig, 1995)

Failure To Launch

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