Test your knowledge

1 True or false: Istanbul is the capital of Turkey?

2 In what year was the dismissal of Gough Whitlam?

3 In which European country is the Turia river?

4 What was founded first: the CIA or the FBI?

5 Who was actor Elizabeth Taylor’s first husband?

6 What is a diadem?

7 Who is the prime minister of New Zealand?

8 Who wrote the 1929 detective novel The Maltese Falcon?

9 Where was Napoleon I exiled to after his defeat at Waterloo?

10 What is the title of Adele’s third album?

11 What is the capital of the Philippines?

12 What is the dot over the letter i and j called?

13 Ornithophobia is the fear of what animal?

14 In which Australian state are Granite Island and the Blue Lake?

15 Which supermodel appeared in the film Sirens with Hugh Grant?

16 True or false: a cutlass is a type of telescope.

17 In which US city was the fortune cookie invented?

18 The Crucible was written by which playwright?

19 A blob and a death roll are terms used in what sport?

20 What is the capital city of Croatia?

21 In orchestral music, what does tutti mean?

22 Mother and Child, Divided is a 1993 sculpture by which artist?

23 What two animals are the only herbivorous marine mammals? 24 Who wrote the opera The Pirates of Penzance?

25 The flag of South Africa is comprised of how many colours?

26 “Call me Ishmael” is the opening line from which classic novel?

27 What Beatles song did jazz singer Nina Simone release in 1971?

28 What hymn was played by the band as the Titanic sunk?

29 Who was the first woman prime minister of India?

30 What is the name of the Transformers homeworld?