Questions asked at Mujss Trivia Night 2004

Round 1 – Sport: Australian
1. Which Australian cricketer notoriously said to Herschelle Gibbs, “you have just dropped the World Cup” during the 1999 competition?
2. Which three players won the AFL Brownlow Medal in 2003?
3. Which Wallaby scored his first drop goal in extra time against South Africa to take Australia through to the 1999 Rugby Union World Cup Final?
4. Only once has the Australian Soccer Team qualified for the World Cup Finals. In what year was this?
5. Who is the captain of the Australian Rugby League team, the Kangaroos?
6. Which team won the most recent National Basketball Association Championship?
7. Ian Thorpe currently holds three individual 50-metre long course world records in the pool. In which events does he hold these records?
8. Which Olympian was chosen as the Australian flag-bearer for the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympics?
9. Only four 2004 AFL All-Australians are heading over to Ireland for the International Rules series, due to the unavailability of the rest of the All-Australian team. Name two of those four players.
10. Last year Australia defeated Spain in the Davis Cup Final in Melbourne. How many Davis Cup titles have Australia won?

Round 2 – Quotes: Who said the following?
1. Well may he say, God save the Queen, because nothing will save the Governor General
2. I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.
3. I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
4. I don't know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
5. Women might be able to fake orgasms, but men can fake whole relationships.
6. God gave us a penis and a brain, but only enough blood to run one at a time.
7. Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
8. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
9. I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.
10. Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Round 3 – Music: In what year was this song FIRST number 1 in Australia?
1. Say My Name – Destiny’s Child.
2. Mmm Bop – Hanson.
3. The Ketchup Song – Las Ketchup.
4. Wannabe – Spice Girls.
5. Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) – Offspring.
6. Who Let The Dogs Out – Baha Men.
7. Macarena – Los Del Rio.
8. All The Things She Said – t.A.T.u.
9. Can We Fix It? – Bob The Builder.
10. Barbie Girl – Aqua.

Round 4 – Israel: General knowledge
1. Following the Israel’s Declaration of Independence in 1948, 5 Arab countries invaded Israel. Name these countries.
2. Following which war did Moshe Dayan submit his resignation as Defense Minister?
3. On which date did the Israeli-Arab Six-Day War start?
4. In 1979 Israel and Egypt made peace, witnessed by the United States. Who were the three leaders who signed the peace treaty?
5. In 1976 the Israeli Defense Forces flew thousands of miles in order to rescue Israeli and Jewish hostages, who were being held by terrorists at the Entebbe Airport. What was the name of the Ugandan dictator who allowed the terrorists to hold the hostages in Uganda?
6. In which year’s elections did the Likud party first participate?
7. Unlike other countries, Israel does not have a constitution. What is its substitute?
8. Known as Israel’s greatest spy, whom did the Syrians hang on the 18th of May 1965?
9. Who is the current speaker of the Israeli Knesset?
10. Who assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin?

Round 5 – President’s Round
1. Which company produces the Intuition brand of razors?
2. Who is the current Governor-General of Australia?
3. What does the W stand for in George W. Bush?
4. Name the four main characters in Sex and the City.
5. What type of animal is a rhebok?
6. Who is the world’s most famous male Jewish porn star?
7. What do you put on the end of a hair dryer to add more volume to your hair?
8. What is the name of the coffee shop in Friends?
9. Which small principality lies between Austria and Switzerland?
How often is Women’s Weekly published?

Round 6 – SUPER Round
1. Who was Australia’s first Prime Minister?
2. The Australian Men’s 4 by 400 metre athletics team put in a fantastic effort and won a silver medal at the Athens Olympics. Name 2 of the athletes who ran in the final.
3. Which film grossed the most money from the box office worldwide?
4. On the classic cartoon show The Simpsons, what’s the address of the Simpson family (number and street name)?
5. Which National Rugby League player won the Dally M Medal, the NRL’s Best and Fairest award, for season 2004?
6. Following whose death did Golda Meir become the first female Israeli Prime Minister?
7. In the Disney Pixar hit Finding Nemo, which actress is the voice of Dory?
8. Two females signed the 1948 Declaration of Independence. One was Golda Myerson. Who was the other?
9. Who said the following: “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.”
10. How many Emmy Awards did the Sopranos win this year?

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