1. Who was the US vice-president under Barack Obama?
2. Which country claims sovereignty over Western Sahara?
3. Lorelai and Rory are mother and daughter in which television series?
4. What type of bullet kills a werewolf?
5. Which whale is known as the unicorn of the sea?
6. What name is given to fossilised wood that's turned into stone?
7. Who starred with Clint Eastwood in the films Unforgiven (1992) and Absolute Power (1997)?
8. Which Russian revolutionary founded the Red Army?
9. Which singer, born in 1946, is known as the Goddess of Pop?
10. What is the name given to both preserved pork and to Noah's son?
11. Who invented the lightning rod around 1760?
12. Who wrote the 2016 book Commonwealth?
13. What type of animal is a dugite?
14. Which country was named after a king of Spain?
15. Cricket bats are traditionally made from what wood?
16. Who scored his first Test century at the SCG in January?
17. Name one of two films in 2016 to star Ryan Gosling.
18. Who had a hit album in 2016 with Lemonade?
19. Which wife of Henry VIII was married four times?
20. Which AFL player handed back his Brownlow Medal in 2016?
21. Which two African nations have only one land border?
22. What is the comic-strip alter ego of Dr Bruce Banner?
23. On which river is the Aswan Dam?
24. In 1965, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov was the first man to do what?
25. Convectional, frontal and relief are what types of atmospheric phenomena?
ANSWERS
1 Joe Biden.
2 Morocco.
3 Gilmore Girls.
4 Silver bullet.
5 Narwhal.
6 Petrified.
7 Gene Hackman.
8 Leon Trotsky.
9 Cher.
10 Ham.
11 Benjamin Franklin.
12 Ann Patchett.
13 A snake (from WA).
14 The Philippines (King Philip II).
15 Willow.
16 Matt Renshaw.
17 The Nice Guys or La La Land.
18 Beyoncé.
19 Catherine Parr.
20 Jobe Watson.
21 The Gambia (with Senegal) and Lesotho (with South Africa).
22 The Incredible Hulk.
23 The Nile.
24 Walk in space.
25 Rainfall.