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Extra Extra, It’s Lit, 50/50, The Analogue Age, and Tricolour Flags.
Extra Extra
Some questions about the very recent past – aka The News.
2026 Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg is the first person under the Australian flag to be a qualified what?
Live-streamed on Netflix, Alex Honnold successfully free climbed the tallest skyscraper in which city?
Which 2025 release became the first film in history to earn 16 Oscar nominations: One Battle After Another, Sinners or Marty Supreme?
Banned by France on 1 January, PFAS are a group of compounds informally known by what two-word term?
Cyclist Jay Vine won the 2026 Men's Tour Down Under with a broken wrist from being knocked off his bike in the final stages by what?
Extra Extra
It’s Lit
Here’s a category for the books.
Used in the book community, what does the abbreviation TBR stand for?
Sinister housekeeper Mrs. Danvers is a character from which Daphne du Maurier novel?
Which of the following is not a book in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series: A Dance with Dragons, Throne of Glass or A Clash of Kings?
What is the animal-themed nickname for folding over a page corner instead of using a bookmark?
Who published their memoir titled A Different Kind of Power in 2025?
It’s Lit
50/50
You told us last week’s quiz was a toughie, so you know the drill – time for a 50/50.
Based on data from Animal Medicines Australia, which is Australia’s most popular pet: dogs or cats?
As the crow flies, which capital city is closer to Canberra: Wellington or Port Moresby?
Who is older: Gary Oldman or Gary Numan?
Which planet in our solar system is further from the sun: Uranus or Neptune?
What is the traditional meat ingredient used in a vindaloo curry: pork or beef?
50/50
The Analogue Age
We’re here for waves, not 0s and 1s.
What does the letter M in AM and FM radio stand for?
Available in eight different variants including “Portofino Orange Glitter”, what was the best-selling vinyl record of 2025?
What is the name of the small knob on the side of a watch used to set the time and date: the crown, the jewel or the lug?
What instrument is used in a car to measure the total distance it has travelled?
In photography, the “exposure triangle” relates to three settings that control the brightness and creative look of a photo. Name two of them.
The Analogue Age
Tricolour Flags
We’ll give you the first two colours of a flag from top to bottom. You tell us the last colour.
For the purposes of this category, black and white are colours!
Germany:
Black, red, ___
Egypt:
Red, white, ___
Venezuela:
Yellow, blue, ___
Croatia:
Red, white, ___
India:
Saffron (orange), white, ___
Tricolour Flags
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