Which are larger, alpacas or llamas?
Llamas are significantly larger than alpacas.
The stapes (or stirrup) is the smallest bone in the human body. Where is it located?
The middle ear.
Which car manufacturer produces the Tucson, Elantra and Alcazar models?
Hyundai.
What was the original name of the board game Catan?
The Settlers of Catan.
In which sport might one compete in an individual medley?
Swimming.
Which David Bowie music video was filmed in the outback town of Carinda, NSW, in 1983?
Let’s Dance.
Which iconic Australian biscuit is named after the horse that won the 1958 Kentucky Derby?
Tim Tam.
A gerontocracy is a state or society governed by … who?
Old people.
Which of these Best Actress Oscar-winners didn’t win for playing a real person: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone or Meryl Streep?
Emma Stone (Olivia Colman won for playing Queen Anne and Meryl Streep won for playing for Margaret Thatcher).
What four-letter Italian word is used when meeting or parting?
Ciao.
In which sport do teams consist of four blockers and one scoring “jammer”?
Roller derby.
Which country was last month named the world’s happiest for the ninth year in a row?
Finland (according to the World Happiness Report).
The sleepwalking scene in Shakespeare’s Macbeth is performed by which character?
Lady Macbeth.
What is the vast majority of nitric acid used to make: explosives, fertiliser or synthetic polymers?
Fertiliser.
What rhyme for “cuff” means a fit of petulance?
Huff.
Which country was officially known as the Dutch East Indies from 1800 to 1945?
Indonesia.
Which is a word for the sound made when a cork is drawn from a bottle: cloop, ploog or skeup?
Cloop.
Just Kids is a 2010 memoir by which US singer and poet?
Patti Smith.
Which sea mammal has the densest fur of any animal?
The sea otter (it has up to 160,000 hairs per square centimetre).
Which model SUV shares its name with a bestselling series of historical fantasy novels?
Outlander (the SUV is by Mitsubishi; the series is by Diana Gabaldon).
What is the currency of Türkiye: the euro, lari or lira?
Lira.
Music producer Rick Beato hosts the YouTube series What Makes This Song … what?
Great?
What is the literal meaning of the Irish Gaelic word sláinte, often used as a drinking toast?
Health.
In Roman numerals, what number is represented by the letter “M”?
1000.
When Tim Horan was voted Player of the Tournament at the 1999 Rugby World Cup, he was awarded a year’s supply of which beverage?
Guinness. Reader question by Mark-Murray Legh of Clovelly, NSW.
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