The Wednesday Quiz: Quiz #4
Released Wednesday 21 October 2026. 20 hand-written trivia questions, including a Herd Mentality question.
A 2023 survey by Bucket List Travels asked over 2,000 British travellers to name the trips and experiences at the top of their bucket list. Number one was "See the Northern Lights". Name three of the other nine experiences in the top 10. They can be a place to visit (like a landmark) or something to do there.
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Three of: An American road trip, A safari in Africa, The Great Barrier Reef, Cruising Norway's fjords, Niagara Falls, The Eiffel Tower & the Louvre, The Pyramids of Giza / a Nile cruise, The Great Wall of China, Whale watching
Brisbane is Brizzy or Brisvegas, Melbourne is Smellbourne or Melbs. What is the colloquial nickname for Adelaide, according to an ANU article?
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Radelaide
Who successfully defended his grand slam singles title at Wimbledon this year?
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Jannik Sinner
Hackers caused chaos at hundreds of supermarkets across France earlier this month, starting fires and forcing staff to throw out food, by turning up the temperature of something. What did they hack into?
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Fridges and freezers Through internet-connected refrigeration controls, fridges in over 200 stores were reportedly heated to 50°C for around six hours overnight.
They are starting to take over the world. In which country did Lime bikes originate?
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The USA
There are 16 world capital cities that begin with the letter A. Name three of them.
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Three of: Abu Dhabi (UAE), Abuja (Nigeria), Accra (Ghana), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Algiers (Algeria), Amman (Jordan), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Andorra la Vella (Andorra), Ankara (Turkey), Antananarivo (Madagascar), Apia (Samoa), Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), Asmara (Eritrea), Astana (Kazakhstan), Asunción (Paraguay), Athens (Greece)
What is the name of the number system used by almost all modern computers, which uses only the symbols 1 and 0?
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Binary
In which cuisine would you find moussaka, an oven-baked dish of eggplant, minced meat and tomatoes, topped with a thick béchamel sauce?
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Greek
To the nearest 50kg, what is the current world record for the heaviest deadlift?
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500kg Mexican strongman Raúl Flores lifted 511kg at the 2026 World Deadlift Championships, beating Hafþór Björnsson's 510kg from 2025.
Which famous Australian landmark received this one-star Google review?
“In real life it’s a very underwhelming sight, much smaller than you would imagine, rusty in colouring and unimpressive. A realistic symbol of just how little new or interesting this city can offer to anyone from the northern western hemisphere. The more time I spend here and in NZ the more I realise what a waste of cash this trip was.”Show answer
The Sydney Opera House
Which of these is NOT a way people have been caught smuggling cocaine into Australia in 2026? Concealed inside a commercial quantity of frozen berry boxes, welded inside a tractor, or injected into the pouches of toy kangaroos.
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Injected into the pouches of toy kangaroos
YouGov asked Americans about famous figures from history and ranked them by the percentage who have a positive view of them. Most of the top 10 are American. Name two of the people in the top 10.
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Two of: Albert Einstein (82%), Martin Luther King Jr. (82%), Abraham Lincoln (77%), Anne Frank (77%), Rosa Parks (76%), John F. Kennedy (75%), Benjamin Franklin (74%), Jesus Christ (74%), Isaac Newton (74%), George Washington (72%)
Former White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia started in the role on Monday 12 October, held her first and only press briefing on the Tuesday, and was 'transitioned out of her role' how many days after that briefing?
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3 days She finished her five-day stint on the Friday.
What did Edward Hammond Hargraves discover near Bathurst on 12 February 1851?
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Gold It marked the start of the Australian gold rush.
Name two of the 10 most common street names in Australia, according to realestate.com.au.
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Two of: George Street, William Street, Church Street, High Street, King Street, Short Street, Elizabeth Street, John Street, Victoria Street, Queen Street
These three links are all one click away from a single Wikipedia page: Collective unconscious, Implicit memory, French. What is the page about?
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Déjà vu
In 2021, Rolling Stone overhauled its "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list for the first time in 17 years. Which band appears the most, with 12 entries?
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The Beatles
What do the flags of Papua New Guinea, Dominica and Uganda have in common?
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They all feature a bird
Which AFL team has won the most premierships in the 21st century?
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The Brisbane Lions Six: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2024, 2025 and 2026.
Herd Mentality: Name a type of cheese.
No right answer: match the most popular answer from other players.
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