The Saturday Paper Quiz
No.581.
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Luxury goods conglomerate LVMH is headquartered in which city?
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Who preceded Sam Mostyn as Australia’s governor-general?
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By population, what is New Zealand’s third largest city?
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Who plays the title role in the John Wick film franchise?
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Which character in the board game Cluedo shares their name with a type of fruit?
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What beginning with ‘R’ is the last book of the New Testament?
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There has been just one merger of AFL teams. Name the two teams involved.
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Which singer links the albums Invincible Summer, Drag, Angel with a Lariat and Ingénue?
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What do mycologists study?
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Who, despite being “no more than two”, bravely questions the Grinch as he steals her family’s Christmas tree in Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!?
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What 12-letter ‘m’-word refers to a cricket delivery that stays very low to the pitch and hardly bounces?
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Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal star in what upcoming film based on a Maggie O’Farrell novel of the same name?
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What is the closest living relative to a whale: (a) dugong; (b) a hippopotamus; or (c) a rhinoceros?
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American Jean-Michel Basquiat is associated with which field of the arts?
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The Famous Grouse is a brand of what alcoholic spirit?
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Botanically speaking, is an olive a fruit or a vegetable?
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How many vertices does a cube have: six, eight or 12?
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Best known for the novels The Harp in the South and Playing Beatie Bow and the children’s radio serial The Muddle-Headed Wombat is the New Zealand–Australian writer Ruth [who]?
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The southern hairy-nosed wombat is the faunal emblem of which state or territory?
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In a song first released in 1958, what was Brenda Lee “Rockin’ Around…”?
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Also known as the DDC, what is the most widely used library classification system in the world?
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Which company released the Wii home video game console in 2006?
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According to the nursery rhyme, what did Jack and Jill go up the hill for?
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Which world leader adopted a name based on the Russian word for “steel”?
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Which soccer player, who has scored 143 goals for his national team, has announced he will retire from professional matches after the 2026 FIFA World Cup?
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Which film by Paul Thomas Anderson scored nine Golden Globe nominations this year?
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What is the IATA code of Hamad International Airport, the home of Qatar Airways?
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What is the median of 3, 2, 7, 5, 4?
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What name links The Beach Boys and a famous movie volleyball?
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Which country has adopted a modern tradition of families gathering on Christmas Day to feast on KFC?
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What beginning with ‘a’ is the medical term for hair loss?
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Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
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In The Canterbury Tales, what sort of animal is Chanticleer?
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What name is given to a circular chart divided into slices to illustrate proportions?
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What is the first name of Norris, the winner of this year’s F1 drivers’ championship?
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Who, according to Guinness World Records, was the first actor to be paid more than a $1 million for a single role?
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What is the name of the plush Pop Mart toys, known for their toothy grins, created by Hong Kong-born artist Kasing Lung?
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Which Australian celebrity recently won season 34 of America’s Dancing with the Stars, following on from his sister’s season 21 win?
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In the Paul Kelly song “How To Make Gravy”, to whom is Joe writing a letter?
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On what date does Joe write it?
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