... even if it is a cultivar named after a famous person. Can you match each of these cultivars (whose names start with A) with the country in which the person after whom it is named was born?
All of these works are set in Africa, and most written by a citizen of the country in which they are set. Can you match each title with the country in which it is primarily or completely set?
Ralph the Llama has found a family photo album in the back of a cupboard. The pictures he finds have raised some interesting questions - can you help him answer them?
In 2008 the IPL was established as an eight-team competition. Two teams were suspended for two years, so including their replacements with the original eight gives you ten to match with the city in which they were based.
Get ready to sing along as we recall one of the classics of the American stage. This quiz is based on the original Broadway production, not any of the many revivals, some of which differ significantly from the original.
Add a single word before each of the three words in each question to make three compound terms or phrases. Example: ___day, ___load, ___ up Answer: pay (payday,payload,and pay up).
In this quiz, the first word will start with the full ten letters. The word after will have one letter less, and so on. All the letters are scrambled to form a new word after a letter is taken out of the previous word.
While some of these events are quite well-known to modern-day Australians, others are more obscure - but some strategic internet research should give you the answers. The fun part is that they all have a whiff of scandal about them!
Henry Beard's "Latin For All Occasions", aka "Lingua Latina Occasionibus Omnibus" provides an inspiration for those of us who studied Latin in school, and refuse to admit that it's a dead language. See how relevant Latin aphorisms can be!
Here are some invitations designed to lure a selection of Australian celebrities (past and present) to grace my table with their presence. Can you guess who is being targeted in each case?
Painting, movie, book and song - these talented Spaniards are all primarily identified with one of these modes of self-expression. Can you match each one with the appropriate medium?
One of the joys of Christmas is preparing the special seasonal treats associated with the holiday. What that means depends on where you live, as we shall see.
If I tell you the date and location of a natural disaster that occurred during December, casting a pall over Christmas celebrations that year, can you identify the type of event involved?
Detective Dingo is investigating a murder that took place in the year 2008, but the suspects are behind nine time warp doors that lead to past decades. A security guard lies dead on the floor, killed by someone trying to escape from their decade.
These are three activities suggested by the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" (Faster, Higher, Stronger). Can you match each of these Olympic gold medallists with the sport in which they lorded it over their competitors?
Jaipur, in the Indian state of Rajasthan, is the home of the Jantar Mantar, a collection of constructions for making astronomical observations which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010.
The cuisines of many nations would not be what they are today were it not for the various ingredients that have circumnavigated the globe over the last millennium. Come along on a gastronomic journey.
The Great Wall of China is actually a complex system of barriers, built in stages over several thousand years. We will visit some of the main sections of the wall as constructed during and since the Ming Dynasty, traveling from west to east.
As a waiter who works at a range of different catered affairs, you need to know which utensils you must provide in a wide range of situations. Are you up to it?
The candy canes hanging on my Christmas tree reminded me of some memorable television characters who carried canes or similar accessories. Let's share some memories!
Animals have many adaptations to protect themselves from detection, either from predators or from prey. Identify each of these as primarily depending on their colouration or on their behaviour.
Let's reacquaint ourselves with the antics of Basil Fawlty, that misanthropic hotelier brought wonderfully to life by John Cleese in the twelve episodes of this classic British comedy originally broadcast in 1975 and 1979.
Like the Olympic Games, this multi-sport event is hosted in a different city every four years. Unlike the Olympic Games, all teams are from the Commonwealth of Nations. Match each of these host cities with the year in which they held the games.
Well, it may be in the General category, but there will not be any generals in the questions or answers, just plenty of other military ranks as seen through the filter of popular culture.
The islands of Sao Tome and Principe were named by Portuguese explorers (around 1470) for St Thomas and St Anthony, on whose feast days they were discovered; in 1502 Santo Antao was renamed Ilha do Principe in honor of the prince of Portugal. Interested?
Apparently, not a new title or plot for the producers of these movies, all of which are remakes of earlier films that had been successful in their own right.
Extreme sports usually involve more risk of physical injury than the average sport. Can you match each of these extreme sports with its brief description?
The Pony Express service revolutionized mail delivery in 19th century America. Well, maybe not quite as much as the stories might lead you to believe. But they were spectacularly fast for the time!
These memorable speeches, intended to stimulate hearers, both onscreen and in the audience, to produce of their best, have stood the test of time. All movies were first released before 1975.