Australia news This article is more than 2 months oldFavourite questions from three of Australia’s top trivia hosts
This article is more than 2 months oldIf you have good knowledge of Tim Tams, turtle doves and teeth, this should be a snack. In fact, there’s one about a snack too
- Banter, dress-ups and the perfect quiz question: the colourful world of Australia’s pub trivia hosts
Guardian Australia asked three of the nation’s top trivia hosts – Melbourne’s Planet Janet and Sydney’s James Breko and Neil Lithgow – to nominate their favourite questions.
Here are the top 15 – no free jugs for prizes, just the glory. Answers are below.
Questions
1 What geometric shape is a BBQ Shape?
2 Do echidnas have teeth?
3 If your captain yells out “Watch out! Pirates to starboard!” which side of the boat should you run to (assuming you are feeling brave)?
4 Which was invented first, writing or beer?
5 Is a zebra black with white stripes or white with black stripes?
6 If Alanis Morrisette has one hand in her pocket, what five things is she doing with her other hand?
7 What time in the morning can you finally order McDonald’s Hotcakes in New South Wales:
a) 12am b) 1am c) 4am d) 6am?
8 On the third day of Christmas, how many turtle doves has my true love sent to me?
9 The first Eurovision Song Contest was held in which European country in 1956?
10 Approximately how many float entries marched up Sydney’s Oxford Street for the 2023 World Pride and Mardi Gras parade:
a) 50 b) 100 c) 150 d) 200?
11 In which hand does the Statue of Liberty hold her torch?
12 From where did Tim Tams – Australia’s unofficial national chocolate biscuit – get their name?
13 How many teeth should an adult human normally have, including wisdom teeth?
14 In what year was the famous/infamous “wardrobe malfunction” at the US Superbowl halftime show involving Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake?
15 Which are the only two countries to have won both the men’s and women’s Fifa World Cup?
Answers
1 Hexagon.
2 No, but they can give you a nasty suck.
3 Right side.
4 Beer – nice priorities, humanity.
5 Black with white stripes – if you were to shave a zebra (you weirdo) it would be an all black animal.
6 Giving a high five; flicking a cigarette; giving a peace sign; playing the piano; hailing a taxi cab.
7 c) 4am.
8 Four – two on day two and another two on day three. (You also have three partridges in a pear tree by day three.)
9 Switzerland.
10 d) 200.
11 Right hand.
12 A racehorse – the winner of the 1958 Kentucky Derby.
13 32.
14 2004.
15 Germany and Spain.
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