TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

QUESTIONS

1. In which year will February next have 29 days?

2. Does the vernal equinox occur in spring or winter?

3. The human hand has how many phalanges (a) 14 (b) 21 (c) 28?

4. Which alcoholic drink is mixed with orange juice to make a screwdriver cocktail (a) gin (b) rum (c) vodka?

5. Which former Australian Diamonds captain will make a comeback with the Queensland Firebirds this year?

6. In which 2017 movie did Ryan Gosling play K, a bioengineered human who works as a “blade runner” for the LAPD?

7. “Give a girl a pair of shoes and she can conquer the world,” said which Hollywood sex symbol?

8. Kevin Rudd recently claimed that Labor leader Mark Latham appointed who as shadow treasurer as “one giant joke”?

9. “I wanna be there when you open your eye-eyes. I want you to be the first thing that I see,” are lyrics from which song?

10. Which celebrity chef was fined $1000 for punching a 19-year-old Sydney FC football fan at the 2017 A-League grand final?

11. Which former police officer is the coach of the Gold Coast Titans?

12. An otoscope is used to examine (a) ears (b) eyes (c) skin?

13. A letter written by a passenger on which ill-fated ocean liner was sold at auction in England last year for $212,000?

14. How many stars are on New Zealand’s flag?

15. The Labor party was in power in which state for most the time from 1915 to 1957 (a) New South Wales (b) Queensland (c) Tasmania?

16. Which US president with the first given name James was known as Jimmy?

17. JRR Tolkien’s 1954 novel The Two Towers is part of which series?

18. Dr Henry Walton Jones Jr is better known as which movie character?

19. An Australian planetarium in a state capital is named after which 19th century New South Wales governor?

20. Last year, which batsman became the Big Bash League’s first million-dollar man when he signed a five-year deal with Brisbane Heat?

21. The flag of which country depicts the Bible, reputedly opened at St John’s Gospel showing the words, “And the truth shall make you free.”?

22. In a 2016 parliamentary speech, which Victorian federal MP revealed he has Tourette syndrome?

23. Crystal Harris is the widow of which US publisher?

24. Who was represented by the 14 waterholes woven into the Wallabies indigenous jersey for the third Bledisloe Cup match in 2017?

25. Who was Time magazine’s Man of the Year in 1939 and 1942?