Shine Magazine, Issue 3, April 2010 - Department of Education and ...
Shine Magazine, Issue 3, April 2010 - Department of Education and ...
Shine Magazine, Issue 3, April 2010 - Department of Education and ...
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Take a BReak<br />
Staffroom Quiz<br />
Put your general knowledge to the<br />
test with this month’s 20 questions.<br />
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Are Melbourne’s famous gardens called<br />
the Royal Botanic Gardens or the Royal<br />
Botanical Gardens?<br />
The Rio Gr<strong>and</strong>e River runs between<br />
which two countries?<br />
To avoid suggestions <strong>of</strong> nepotism,<br />
Nicolas Cage changed his surname from<br />
what early in his acting career?<br />
Who won the Australian Women’s Open<br />
golf competition in March?<br />
Julius Caesar was assassinated on the<br />
ides <strong>of</strong> March. What date is that?<br />
For which invention is the Australian<br />
Mervyn Victor Richardson famous?<br />
Marlee Matlin became the youngest ever<br />
recipient <strong>of</strong> the Best Actress Oscar in<br />
1986. What physical disability does she<br />
have?<br />
And for which film did she win her<br />
Oscar?<br />
Who wrote Alice in Wonderl<strong>and</strong>?<br />
What was his real name?<br />
How many hearts does a squid have?<br />
Which is the world’s second smallest<br />
independent state?<br />
In what year did the Swans become the<br />
Sydney Swans?<br />
Which 1957 stage musical was based on<br />
Shakespeare’s Romeo <strong>and</strong> Juliet?<br />
Which computer operating system was<br />
developed by a college student named<br />
Linus Torvalds?<br />
Which was the first city to be levelled by<br />
a plutonium-based atomic bomb?<br />
Where in the body would you find the<br />
parietal bone?<br />
What is a dulcimer?<br />
Does sound travel faster in air or water?<br />
What are the 6 tastes detectable by the<br />
mouth?<br />
Sudoku<br />
Difficulty level: hard<br />
Cartoon by Simon Schneider<br />
Questions compiled by Melbourne Trivia<br />
Company www.melbournetrivia.com.au<br />
See page 87 for answers<br />
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<strong>Shine</strong> APRIL <strong>2010</strong>
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