Library End of Year Staff Trivia 2023

How many women’s Netball World Cup titles have the Australian team won?

February - Which artist won the award for Best Album at the 65th Grammy Awards?

Which of these Dan Brown novels has NOT been adapted into a movie?

Which book won the Stella Prize for 2023?

June - The 2023 Tony Awards were notable for what reason?

What is the name of the magical kingdom in Disney's Frozen?

Cain’s Jawbone is a mystery-novel puzzle published in 1934. How many people have solved it?

In the Star Wars Holiday Special, what was the name of Chewbacca's child?

Rounded to the nearest whole number, what’s the average number of syllables in a line of a haiku?

Who did the Australian Men’s team beat in the semi-final of the cricket world cup?

October - Pop superstar Britney Spears released her memoir. What is it called?

In Barbie, what is Ken's job?

Where are the first two games of the men’s NRL season to be played in 2024?

Which author wrote Norwegian Wood?

According to Amazon UK, which of the following books has had the most purchases of 2023?

January - January saw a funeral hosted for a pope. Which pope?

Which game was voted as the TGA 2023 Game of the Year?

March - Actor Brendan Fraser won the Oscar for Best Actor for which film?

Which of these is NOT a Marvel TV Series?

True or False: A dodecahedron has twelve pentagonal sides

Which of these classic TV series was not rebooted in the 2020s?

September - Which famous artist had their previously stolen art returned to detectives in an Ikea bag?

December - Who was named the 2023 TIME Magazine Person of the Year?

The recent Lord of the Rings TV series, The Rings of Power, was based on which Tolkien book?

Who was the highest-paid athlete of 2023?

T/F: Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down were both adapted from the same book, Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn.

True or False: Orson Welles' final film role was in Transformers: The Movie

In which region of the world will the 2026 men’s soccer world cup be hosted?

What is the name of this character from the TV adaptation of The Last of Us?

Who is captain of the Australian women’s test cricket team?

Which novel is the film Die Hard adapted from?

Källström

July - Worimi man, Kelvin Kong, was named the 2023 NADOC Person of the Year. What is his occupation?

True or False: Friends aired a total of 236 episodes

November - What animal was classified as an invasive species in Colombia after escaping Escobar’s private zoo?

True or False: The wavelength of red light is shorter than that of blue light.

Liedholm

Djungelskog

Which of the following is not a sport at the 2024 Paris Olympics?

Dovin

In Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves, what traditional D&D class is Chris Pine's character?

May - 2023 Eurovision Winner Loreen represented which country?

In which Australian city was Liane Moriarty born?

Valevåg

Which team won Super Bowl LVII in Feb 2023?

August - Greta Gerwig's Barbie was released to great acclaim. Which Nolan film opened on the same weekend?

April - The European Space Agency launched an explorer to the Jovain system. What was its name?

Alefjäll

What was the name of the powerful medallion in The NeverEnding Story?

Prophet Song won the Booker Prize in 2023. Who was the author?

As of yesterday, what were the Australian men’s (M) and women’s (W) world soccer rankings?

Which state famously lost grand finals across multiple men’s and women’s sports in 2023?

Which author famously wrote The Doors of Perception: a book of his experience on Mescaline?

On the Period Table of Elements, Elements 104-118 are known collectively as what?