#269

Around the World, Mixed Bag, Palindromes, Spaced Out, and Sports Movies.

Around the World

This round is all over the place.

1

Found 23 degrees north and south from the equator respectively, the tropics are named after which two signs of the Western zodiac?

2

What is the official currency of South Korea?

3

True or false: It’s possible to drive uninterrupted from Alaska to Argentina.

4

Jamaica is the only country whose current flag contains no shades of blue, white or red. What three colours does it use?

5

What six-letter word starting with G appears in the name of three different African nations?

Around the World

Mixed Bag

Sooo, do you like stuff?

6

A pre-fame Cate Blanchett starred in a 90s TV ad in which she asked a genie for a never-ending packet of what treat?

7

The remains of which British monarch were discovered under a Leicester car park in 2012?

8

The acronym 'DINK' is used to describe what kind of household?

9

The shoulder blade is also known by what term derived from the Latin for trowel or small shovel?

10

Though it’s sampled in their remixed news theme to this day, which protest anthem by hip hop group N.W.A. was triple j banned from playing in 1989?

Mixed Bag

Palindromes

Each answer is a word or phrase that's spelled the same backwards and forwards.

11

A South Asian flatbread traditionally cooked in a tandoor oven.

12

A bodyweight exercise that will leave your lats sore.

13

A principle or precept, from the Latin "to hold".

14

A musical note representing the duration of two crotchets, also known as a half-note.

15

A citizen of the world's smallest island nation.

Palindromes

Spaced Out

"We choose to ask questions about space, not because they are easy, but because space is awesome." – John F. Kennedy, probably

16

The adjective “Jovian” means of or relating to which planet?

17

In Star Wars a “parsec” is a unit of time – what is it used to measure in reality?

18

With a name referencing a mythological creature, what is the nearest star to Earth, other than our Sun?

19

In what decade will Halley’s Comet next be visible from Earth?

20

Which is not a recognised stage/colour of dwarf star: red, white, brown, or green?

Spaced Out

Sports Movies

Name the sport featured in each of these films.

21

White Men Can’t Jump (1992)

22

I, Tonya (2017)

23

Challengers (2024)

24

A League of Their Own (1992)

25

Crackerjack (2002)

Sports Movies

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