10 quiz questions to kick off your week – Scroll to the bottom for the answers
  1. Monosodium glutamate is more typically known by what acronym?
  2. What unit of power measures an engine’s output and is equivalent to 746 watts?
  3. Brine shrimp were marketed as novelty ‘pets’ under what name?
  4. Brisbane will host the Summer Olympics in what year – 2032, 2036 or 2040?
  5. What fermented cabbage dish is a staple in Korean cuisine?
  6. According to legend, what British noblewoman rode through the streets of Coventry naked?
  7. What fruit comes in Navel, Valencia and Blood varieties?
  8. In the nursery rhyme, whose wife “could eat no lean”?
  9. How many points is a drop goal worth in Rugby Union?
  10. Dealey Plaza in Dallas is infamous for what event in 1963?

Answers:

  1. MSG
  2. Horsepower
  3. Sea-Monkeys
  4. 2032
  5. Kimchi
  6. Lady Godiva
  7. Oranges
  8. Jack Sprat
  9. 3 points
  10. The J.F.K. assassination