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King Sized, Ice Ice Baby, One Out of Three Ain’t It, YA Fiction, and Spell That Capital!

King Sized

It’s been three years but “King’s Birthday Long Weekend” still sounds weird.

1

Since 2015, the King’s Birthday AFL match has been preceded by a charitable event raising funds for research into what disease?

2

In what classic board game would you tell your opponent “king me”?

3

Which of the following is a variety of potato: King George, King Edward or King William?

4

What colour is the head of a male Australian King-Parrot?

5

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the second of only two sequel films to have won the Oscar for Best Picture. What was the first?

King Sized

Ice Ice Baby

Stay frosty!

6

Which side of the Titanic did the fateful iceberg hit: port or starboard?

7

Within two degrees, what is the temperature at which pure water freezes in Fahrenheit?

8

Thought to have been born in modern-day Iceland, which legendary Norse explorer was the first European to reach North America around the year 1000?

9

Which rock band performed the 1977 hit single “Cold As Ice”: Foreigner, Journey, or Starship?

10

Made popular by NBA star D’Angelo Russell, what gesture is involved in the “ice in my veins” celebration?

Ice Ice Baby

One Out of Three Ain’t It

Tell us which one of the three options do not belong.

11

Colours of Teletubbies: red, green, blue.

12

Animals belonging to Panthera genus: Tiger, Cheetah, Jaguar.

13

Members of Australian girl group Bardot:
Katie Underwood, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Sophie Monk.

14

Countries sharing a land border with Vietnam: Cambodia, Thailand, Laos.

15

Australian Rhodes Scholars: Paul Keating, Howard Florey, Richard Flanagan.

One Out of Three Ain’t It

YA Fiction

Be honest – you still love it.

16

A group of teenaged friends choose a remote area known locally as “Hell” as their campsite at the start of which classic Australian novel?

17

Philip Pullman’s trilogy of novels Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass are collectively known by what official title?

18

Which Studio Ghibli film is based on a Diana Wynne Jones novel of the same name: Ponyo, Spirited Away, or Howl’s Moving Castle?

19

Ralph, Jack, Simon and Piggy are characters in which 1954 novel?

20

Alice Oseman is the creator of which British teen romance webcomic turned graphic novel turned Netflix series?

YA Fiction

Spell That Capital!

You might know these world capital cities, but can you spell them?

Spell each capital as it’s spelled in English (e.g. “Vienna”, not “Wien”).

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Ukraine

Based on current official spelling.

22

Argentina

23

Kenya

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Malaysia

25

Iceland

Spell That Capital!

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