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1
From which language does '
bon voyage
' come?
Spanish
Mandarin
Italian
French
2
What was the lifespan of a tyrannosaurus rex?
100 to 120 years
10 to 15 years
50 to 60 years
20 to 30 years
3
Which two countries are partly in Europe and partly in Asia?
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Russia and Turkey
Israel and Finland
Ukraine and Greece
4
Which more recently discovered dinosaur was named after an airline?
aeroflotosaurus
deltasaurus
qantassaurus
garudasaurus
5
How fast would Santa's sleigh travel to deliver presents to all the children in the world?
million km/h
10 million km/h
billion km/h
100 thousand km/h
6
What nationality is Santa Claus?
Greenlandish
Finnish
North Polish
East German
7
St. Nicholas is the patron saint of:
orphans
pirating
banking
all of the above
8
The Sydney suburb Parramatta comes from an Aboriginal word meaning:
the place where football is played
the place where the eels lie down
place of paramount importance
the place where sheep sleep
9
Who is visited by four ghosts in '
A Christmas Carol'?
Fagin
Joseph
Ebenezer Scrooge
Jacob Marley
10
The word '
balaclava
' comes from which language?
Italian
Dutch
Celtic
Russian
11
What do Swedish children leave for Santa Claus?
hand sanitiser
sweet pastry
coffee
1 euro
12
What letter comes next: O T T F F S S ?
E
O
S
?
13
The meteor that is believed to have killed the dinosaurs, struck in which country?
Australia
South Africa
Mexico
USA
14
How many horns did a triceratops have?
1
4
2
3
15
Which word comes from the Aboriginal Yuwaalaraay language group?
safari
tucker
bilby
dragon
16
What does the Japanese word '
karaoke
' mean?
empty orchestra
sing loudly
microphone
sing badly
17
Which two events are closest together in time?
the building of the pyramids in Egypt; Aborigines arriving in Australia
Shakespeare writing 'Julius Caesar'; Julius Caesar dying
today; Shakespeare writing 'Julius Caesar'
Julius Caesar dying; the building of the pyramids in Egypt
18
What is the skull and crossbones flags known as?
Silly Billy
Jolly Roger
Happy Daniel
Laughing Jack
19
Which word means '
empty hand'
in Japanese?
judo
kung fu
karate
taekwondo
20
What is the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time?
Home Alone
It's a Wonderful Life
Love Actually
The Grinch
21
What was the name of the Flintstone's pet dinosaur?
Fred
Bronto
Rex
Dino
22
From which language does '
prima donna
' come?
Greek
Japanese
German
Latin
23
What's Santa's favorite type of music?
country
jazz
yodelling
wrap
24
In what country were dinosaur fossils thought to be dragon bones (and used in medicine)?
New Zealand
China
England
Indonesia
25
What Christmas tradition began in Melbourne in 1938?
Christmas stockings
prawns for Christmas lunch
Christmas on the beach
Carols by Candlelight
26
Which word comes from Greek?
marathon
fiasco
orangutan
faux pas
27
Which dinosaur had the smallest brain for its body size (like walnut in a bus)?
tyrannosaurus rex
trumposaurus
stegosaurus
brontosaurus
28
Who named Australia?
Paul Hogan
Matthew Flinders
Edmond Barton
Captain James Cook
29
What is the Eastern root of the word '
typhoon
'?
Chinese
Dutch
Japanese
Arabic