NQ 48
Xanadu, chilli and starfish
UFOs
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Do you believe?
1 The term UAP is often used today instead of UFO by the U.S. government. What does it stand for?
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2 Which U.S. city hosts the largest annual UFO festival?
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3 Betty and Barney Hill became famous in 1961 due to what UFO linked story?
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4 What is the name of the UFO movie starring Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey, based on the novel by Carl Sagan?
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5 What U.S. government project was set up in 1952 to study UFO sightings?
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Xanadu
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Now we are here ....
6 What Mongol ruler built the original city of Shangdu, known as "Xanadu"?
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7 In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem, what does Kublai Khan decree to be built in Xanadu?
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8 Who stars as Kira, the main character in the 1980 Xanadu movie?
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9 What band collaborated with Olivia Newton-John for the film's hit soundtrack?
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10 What legendary dancer appears in the film alongside Newton-John?
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Happy 100th
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This week saw legendary performer Dick Van Dyke turn 100. What do we know about those 100 years?
11 What actress played Dick Van Dyke's wife Laura on The Dick Van Dyke Show?
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12 Which Disney movie featured Dick Van Dyke as Bert, the chimney sweep?
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13 What 1990s TV series featured Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan?
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14 In what year was Dick Van Dyke born?
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15 Dick Van Dyke plays widower and eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts in which film?
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Chilli
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How hot is too hot?
16 Chilli con carne, translates to "Chilli with ...." what?
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17 The Red Hot Chilli Peppers are based in which US city?
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18 What is the name of the scale that chilli peppers are rated for their hotness?
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19 Which chilli pepper surpassed the Carolina Reaper for the hottest measurement of 2.69 million SHU?
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20 Name either of the two movies that feature John Travolta as the slick gangster Chili Palmer.
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Starfish
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What do you have with your coffee? A side order of ham?
21 Who released the song "Starfish and Coffee" on their 1987 album "Sign o' the Times"?
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22 In which Drew Barrymore movie is her character nicknamed "Starfish" by "The Chad"?
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23 What is the name of SpongeBob's best friend who is a starfish?
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24 What do ocean starfish mainly eat?
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25 What is the name of the starfish that is wrecking the great barrier reef?
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WI-FI
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Here at Nomad HQ we often rely on WIFI, this quiz is being written in a beach front cafe! What do we know about WI-FI?
26 True or false? Wi-Fi stands for wireless fidelity.
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27 What does "SSID" stand for?
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28 What everyday kitchen appliance is notorious for causing 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi interference?
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29 True or false? Wi-Fi's core technology came from some Australian researchers' failed black hole detection project.
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30 Which small country has the fastest Wi-Fi speed?
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The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
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These flowers feature in Holly Ringland's moving book. Can you name them given the description from the book and their flower description?
31 Have courage, take heart - long red flowers with a black centre.
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32 Wound I heal - spherical heads of fluffy bright yellow flowers,
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33 A cure for heartache - red flowering deciduous tree with bat-winged shaped leaves
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34 Foresight - yellowish, orange spikey flowers with long deeply divided dark green leaves.
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35 Flame, I burn - white to pale pink flowers, often with orange/red spots.
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Bed time stories
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Given the books can you name the Australian children's book author?
36 Possum Magic, Where is the Green Sheep
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37 The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, Gumnut Babies
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38 Diary of a Wombat, Pete the Sheep
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39 Ruby Red Shoes, It's not always balck and white
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40 Magic Beach, Noni the Pony
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