MHW SMSA trivia

What name is shared by a famous Australian singer, a retired AFL Brownlow Medalist, and Australia’s current acting CMO?

A favourite of Carrie Bradshaw, what classic cocktail is made from vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice and lime juice?

The Spanish Civil War took to place in which decade?

MHW BONUS QUESTION 9 : Which Consultant was hired professionally to sing at a midwife's wedding?

What Australian TV series was set in the fictional town of Pearl Bay?

Vitruvian Man, a famous drawing of a man with his arms & legs spread illustrating body proportions, is by which artist?

What is Victoria's tallest mountain?

In the Charles Dickens novella ‘A Christmas Carol’, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by how many ghosts?

In 1990, the first female premier in Australia took office in which state?

At the MCG in March, which country won the final of the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup cricket tournament?

MHW BONUS QUESTION 10: How many bones has Lenore Ellett broken?

MHW BONUS QUESTION 5: Neil Israelsohn played football in medical school. What was his nickname?

Which Indigenous Australian singer was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in November this year?

What is the boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit scale?

 According to the US Constitution, what is the minimum age that a US president can be?

The suburb of Heidelberg is in which federal electorate?

MHW BONUS QUESTION 4: As a 14yo Sam Mooney had her nose broken. How did this happen?

Which of these animals was NOT one of the three official mascots for the Sydney Olympics?

ELECTION BONUS QUESTION 3: The UK Law specifies that the Queen CANNOT vote in the UK election?

MHW BONUS QUESTION 1 : Razz married his first girlfriend?

In 2017, who became the first AFL player to win the Brownlow Medal, Norm Smith Medal & the premiership in the same year?

What is the official nickname of the Australian national netball team?

Jacinda Ardern became the second elected leader of a country to give birth in office, who was the first?

The oldest person ever, French woman Jeanne Calment died in 1997 at what age?

What country was previously known as Rhodesia?

Ridden by Jye McNeil, what horse won the 2020 Melbourne Cup?

In what year was John F. Kennedy assassinated?

Which of these Australian film directors is a qualified doctor?

What is the name of the dog that lives with Garfield the Cat?

Joe Biden served for 36 years as a US senator representing which state?

ELECTION BONUS QUESTION 5: Which of these US presidents did NOT have a dog?

Phobos and Deimos are the only two known moons of which planet?

Brae, the restaurant that is often rated as Australia’s best, is in which Victorian town?

Later turned into an ABC TV series, a popular novel by Australian author Elliot Perlman is titled ‘Seven Types of' what?

ELECTION BONUS QUESTION 1: What unique contribution has Australia made to political elections?

Which of these words is a synonym for "largesse"?

ELECTION BONUS QUESTION 2: What is the most popular day of the week for elections?

Suburbs of which Victorian City include Golden Point, Bakery Hill and Sebastopol?

Having been on air since 1961, what is the longest running TV show in Australia?

MHW BONUS QUESTION 2 : Charlotte was late for her induction of labour. Why?

In the Harry Potter books, what is the term for a person who has wizarding parents but no magical powers themselves?

MHW BONUS QUESTION 6 : Peter Grant competed in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal in which sport?

Medical journal ‘The Lancet’ was first published in which year?

As the crow flies, what two Australian state capitals are closest together?

MHW BONUS QUESTION 3 : Megan DeQuinzio was once a Ballerina?

Which of these chemical elements has the highest atomic number?

Rene Magritte's famous painting “The Son of Man” depicts a man in a bowler hat with his face obscured by what?

With an average length of around 9cm, the smallest primate in the world is the Madame Berthe’s Mouse… what?

MHW BONUS QUESTION 7 : Lisa Rasmussen built her own house, what was it made of?

MHW BONUS QUESTION 8: When Hayden Waterham was a registrar, Razz used to refer to him as...

Australian Robin Boyd (1919-1971) was a famous figure in what field?

Raising money for the Cancer Council, Daffodil Day is held annually in which month?

Edith Cowan, who in 1923 became the first woman elected to any Australian parliament, is depicted on which banknote?

Earlier this year, Renee Zellweger won the Best Actress Academy Award for playing which legendary performer in a biopic?

ELECTION BONUS QUESTION 4: Why is the donkey the symbol of the democratic party?

What film musical features the songs “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” and “Chim Chim Cher-ee”?

There are five countries that are permanent members of the UN Security Council – which of these is NOT one?

Which of these is the name of a small rural location in north-east Victoria, with a population of 46 people?

Which actress is mentioned in the both “Riptide” by Vance Joy and “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars?

What is the ABC comedy series based around new mothers that stars Alison Bell, Noni Hazlehurst and Celeste Barber?

A school teacher named Mrs Marsh featured in a long running series of TV ads for what company?

Which of these fruits is botanically a member of the rose family?

What Beatles song begins with: “Picture yourself in a boat on a river, with tangerine trees and marmalade skies"?

Until it was changed in 2011, the flag of Libya was entirely what colour?

Which British prime minister once worked as a teaching assistant at Geelong Grammar’s Timbertop campus?