6 April 2022

UPDATED: Show off your pub trivia skills in our weekly Ken Behrens Quiz

| Jeremy Jones
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Nick Kyrgios at the ACT Labor announcement of a proposed community tennis facility at Gungahlin. Photo: Tennis ACT.

Nick Kyrgios was at his crowd-entertaining best at the Indian Wells Masters earlier this week. Do you know who he clashed with in the crowd? Photo: Tennis ACT.

From Australians on the world stage to classic pub trivia questions, try your luck at a particularly tough Ken Behren’s Quiz.

  1. What is the shortest English word containing the letters A, B, C, D, E and F?
  2. Nick Kyrgios asked which Hollywood celebrity, “Do I tell him how to act? No.” at the Indian Wells Masters last week?
  3. Urban Pantry, Patissez Cafe and TYPICA are cafes in which Canberra suburb?
  4. In which two movies does Matt Damon appear on a planet other than Earth?
  5. “When you wish upon a star” is a song from which film?
  6. Floriade favourites Jess and Lisa Origlasso are better known by what name?
  7. Shane Warne’s state funeral will be held at which Australian landmark?
  8. Which famous Australian hosted the BAFTA Awards last week?
  9. What is the square root of one quarter?
  10. Purple Day is this Saturday. What does Purple Day raise awareness for?
  11. What instrument was Dizzy Gillespie famous for playing?
  12. Which New Zealand celebrity, born in 1974, is the comedic partner of Brett McKenzie?
  13. What are the three primary colours?
  14. What’s the common name for a form of arthritis caused by too much uric acid in the bloodstream?
  15. Which country produces Absolute vodka?
  16. Snowy, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, and Thomson and Thompson are characters from what comics?
  17. What is the pluperfect tense of “I write”?

    Van Gogh Alive has been extended. Do you know where the famous artist was born? Photo: File.

  18. Where was Vincent Van Gough born?
  19. The Canberra Comedy Festival has kicked off this week. Which comedian performs his Hope You Get Rich Tour at the festival and features in Crazy Rich Asians?
  20. How many wind turbines are at the Capital Wind Farm on the way into Canberra? 42, 67 or 102.

Answers:

  1. Feedback
  2. Ben Stiller
  3. Manuka
  4. Interstellar, The Martian
  5. Pinocchio
  6. Veronicas
  7. The Melbourne Cricket Ground
  8. Rebel Wilson
  9. One Half
  10. Epilepsy Awareness
  11. Trumpet
  12. Jermaine Clement
  13. Red, yellow and blue
  14. Gout
  15. Sweden
  16. The Adventures of Tintin
  17. I had written
  18. Netherlands
  19. Ronny Chen
  20. 67

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