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Weekly Quiz: Down Under Mate!

Well at last I have managed to make a bit of time to post the quiz, which is incidently my 100th post! So the theme this week was chosen from Will's list of suggestions, and is all about the lands down under. Think you know your Australian celebrities? Think you know your animals? Do you think you are safe in Australia????

Well try the quiz and find out how much you do know.

Round 1: Movie Link

OK we start of as always with the movie link round, something links all of these films together but what. Give me the name of the main actor/actress, and the film please, and then if you can the link.

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Round 2: Fuzzy Celebs

All these celebrities are regarded as Australiasia's finest exports, just name them please, and for bonus marks there are a number of them that don't fit a point each for the names of those, and 2 points for telling me why they don't fit.

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Round 3: Waxing Lyrical Cobber

This shouldn't be too hard, songs by Aussie bands and singers, just give me the song and the singer.

1) We gotta make ends meet before we get much older
2) Where women glow and men plunder
3) At 57 mt. pleasant st.
4) So slide over here And give me a moment
5) Boy your lovin’ is all I think about
6) At what technology has found Is it what we need
7) Hello, I'm just a fool who's willing to sit around
8) Your arms are warm but they make me feel

9) If you're lookin' for satisfaction I'm satisfaction guaranteed
10) Don't you make me sad Our love could be deep as the ocean
11) I thought I saw a man brought to life
12) When superstars and cannonballs are running through your head

Round 4: Quzzicles - It's dangerous in Oz

The nice and easy quizzicles round now to finish with.

1) It can kill a child in minutes, and has caused more deaths in Australia than snakes, sharks and salt water crocodiles put together. But what is it?

2) It is only 1cm in length yet can kill a human, it is of the jellyfish family and is barely visible in the water, what is this smallest of killers called?

3) Another killer living in the water has beautiful blue rings on its body, but if grabbed will emit a poison strong enough to kill within a few hours, what is this creature?

4) A shell that can kill? This one will another blue spotted or zigzagged patterned creature what is its name?

5) Seems unsafe in Aussie waters doesn’t it? It’s also not safe amongst the coral, this killer fish looks friendly enough but the long spines on its dorsal are enough to kill related to the Lion fish and NOT the stone fish what fish is it?

6) Supposedly found in rest area toilets, this spider has a distinctive red mark and a killer bite, what is it?

7) How many of the worlds 10 most deadly snakes live in Australia?

8) It could kill 100 humans with one bite and is the most poisonous snake in the world but what is its name?

9) Unusually the male of this spider is the one with the dodgy bite but what is the name of the spider with around 40 toxins in its venom?

10) This is a picture of a rather ugly looking snail, now I want to know its name and if it is poisonous or not?