NQ 44
John Laws, AC/DC and Banjo
Bruce
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Hello, my name is Bruce. It has been three weeks since my last fish ...
1 In Monty Python's "Bruces" sketch, which fictional Australian university's philosophy department is supposedly staffed entirely by men named Bruce?
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2 Which Australian airline once used a kangaroo called "Bruce" as an unofficial mascot in several ads?
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3 What 1990s Australian kids' TV program featured a talking dog named Bruce?
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4 In Finding Nemo the friendly-but-menacing shark named Bruce got his name as a reference to what famous movie shark?
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5 Stanley Bruce was Australia's eighth prime minister from 1923 to 1929. HIs middle name is a State capital, which capital.
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Warm
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Last week we were 'cool', so this week let's get a bit warmer!
6 Who's famous quote is "Even more important than the warmth and affection we receive, is the warmth and affection we give"?
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7 Which 2013 Zombie romantic comedy movie has the sub-title "He's still dead but he's getting warmer"?
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8 Which well known bed time story features a Turtle who goes on an adventure and meets new friends. He gets lost and when he finds his Mum he goes home to a cold supper and a warm hug. What's the name of the Turtle?
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9 What do we call a sports player who is rarely, if ever selected to play?
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10 In the title of the 1937 song by Irving Berlin he's got his "what" to keep him warm? "I've got my ..... to keep me warm". Hope, Peace or Love?
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AC / DC
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earthquake / bagpipes
11 What Guiness Book of World Records record was broken the day of the concert in Melbourne's Fed Square?
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12 What 'weather event' was recorded during the concert?
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13 Where was the first leg af AC/DC's Australian tour?
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14 Which song will AC/DC singer Brian Johnson never perform live out of respect for late singer Bon Scott?
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15 Who is the only continuous member still performing with AC/DC?
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Aussie Collective nouns
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What are these groups of animals called?
16 Wombat
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17 Kookaburra
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18 Platypus
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19 Echidnas
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20 Crocodiles
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John Laws
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This week we lost the long standing radio host.
21 What nickname is John Laws best known by in Australian media?
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22 John Laws is famous for hosting what long-running Australian talkback radio program?
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23 What nickname did John Laws call his wife to his listeners?
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24 In which decade did John Laws first begin his radio career?
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25 How old was John Laws when he died?
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Copy Cat towns
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These are towns that have the same name in two different states of Australia. Can you name the two States?
26 Ban Ban Springs
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27 Portland
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28 Maryborough
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29 Cambridge
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30 Woodside
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Banjo
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Given the first line, do you know which Banjo Patterson poem it is?
31 I had written him a letter which I had, for want of better....
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32 'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze ....
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33 There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around...
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34 It was somewhere up the country, in a land of rock and scrub ....
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35 Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong ....
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Strings
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Get out the violins!
36 What is the largest instrument in the violin family?
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37 How many strings does a standard modern guitar have?
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38 Which string instrument is held between the knees and played with a bow?
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39 What plucked string instrument has a long neck, a gourd body, and is used in Indian classical music?
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40 What is a violin's bow strung with?
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