Proverbially speaking, a rising tide lifts all … what?
Boats.
The dish spaghetti alla puttanesca originated in which Italian city?
Naples.
What kind of marsupial was recently found among the plush toys in a Hobart Airport gift shop?
A possum.
Rank by on-the-field team size, largest to smallest: rugby league, AFL, rugby union.
AFL (18 players), rugby union (15), rugby league (13).
Hemophobia is an intense and persistent fear of ... what?
Blood.
The film KPop Demon Hunters won Oscars for Best Animated Feature and which other category?
Best Original Song (for Golden).
Is Australia’s largest desert the Great Sandy Desert, the Great Victoria Desert or the Tanami Desert?
Great Victoria Desert.
Fashion-wise, the power suit is synonymous with which decade?
The 1980s.
The name of which Catholic prayer is also a colloquialism for a “last-ditch” desperate effort?
Hail Mary.
The Crowded House song Don’t Dream It’s Over includes the lyric, “Try to catch the deluge in a … [what?]”
"…paper cup.”
Which word can precede fire, log and date to make new words?
Back.
Match the Communist-era car to the country: Lada, Škoda, Trabant; East Germany, Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia.
Lada (Soviet Union), Škoda (Czechoslovakia), Trabant (East Germany).
Medically speaking, what is “tundra tongue”?
The freezing of a person’s tongue to a cold metal object, such as a lamp post.
What is the name of Mario’s girlfriend in the original Donkey Kong game?
Pauline (aka “the Lady”).
An invasive species in Australia, fire ants are native to which continent?
South America.
Who, in 1991, said that the Gulf War would be “the mother of all battles”?
Then-Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
What is the chemical symbol for potassium?
K.
Which former athlete and politician was nicknamed “The Lithgow Flash”?
Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, née Marjorie Jackson.
Which is the longest river in south-west Asia: the Euphrates, the Jordan or the Tigris?
The Euphrates (about 2800km).
Which musical instrument is nicknamed “the Mississippi saxophone”?
Harmonica.
Who said it? “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”
Author Virginia Woolf.
Geologically speaking, what are the three main types of rock?
Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic.
In which state or territory would you find the mining town of Mount Magnet?
Western Australia.
Which band’s fans refer to themselves as “Blockheads”?
New Kids on the Block.
What does the “Moylan Arrow” on a car dashboard point to? Reader question by Thea Koutsoukis of Brisbane, Qld.
The side of the vehicle where the fuel filler cap (or charging port) is located.
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