Kangaroo Valley Voice

May 2022 Trivia for The Voice.

1) Who assassinated Robert Kennedy?

SIRHAN SIRHAN.

2) What country has Baffin Bay to its west coast and Denmark Strait to its south-east?

 Greenland

3) While he was Australian foreign minister Kevin Rudd complained when something was confiscated from his luggage on entering the USA in 2011 what was it? 

Vegemite

4) Which American comedienne said ‘Housework can’t kill you, but why take a chance?’

 Phyllis Diller

5) Japanese haiku poems comprise how many syllables

17- A haiku must be exactly 3 lines.

The lines must follow the 5-7-5 format:

The first line must have 5 syllables.

The second line must have 7 syllables.

The third line must have 5 syllables.

6) What is a Gilbert Virtuo

Rugby Ball

7) In 2011 the US National Research Council suggested a clean-up of what exponentially increasing debris problem, using magnets, nets, and giant umbrellas:

Junk in Space.

8) The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn are respectively how many degrees north and south of the Equator? Within ½ of a degree.

23 ½

9)  How many books are in the Bible’s New Testament?

27

10) What is the only number that equals twice the sum of its digits (digit means numerical symbol)? 

18 (1 + 8 = 9; 2 x 9 = 18)

11) The diameter of a standard 45rpm gramophone record is how many inches?

7”

12) Who is the fictional character, Alfred Pennyworth?

Bruce Wayne’s (Batman’s) butler.

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