TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. On which day next week will Anzac Day occur?

2. Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in (a) 1996 (b) 2006 (c) 2016?

3. What is the colour of the four triangles on the flag of Scotland?

4. Which former Queensland senator is Australia’s high commissioner to the UK? 5. Was Andy Murray or his brother Jamie the first to win a Wimbledon title? 6. Who wrote the 1871 nonsense poem The Owl and the Pussycat? 7. Which Robert Louis Stevenson novel was originally titled The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys?

8. About 97 per cent of which Asian country are Roman Catholic?

9. Waterfall is in which Australian state/territory?

10. Which English city will host the 2022 Commonwealth Games?

11. Which Dally M Medallist and “bad boy” said that he would be prepared to give up alcohol to secure a 2018 NRL contract?

12. The mass breakout of Japanese prisoners-of-war occurred at Cowra, NSW, in (a) 1940 (b) 1942 (c) 1944?

13. Did alcohol prohibition start in the US before or after World War I?

14. Is East Sepik a province of Papua New Guinea or South Africa?

15. Last year, which U2 star was accused of sexism after claiming that today’s music industry is “very girly”?

16. Kim Basinger won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in which 1997 movie?

17. Which French leader was nicknamed “the little corporal”?

18. What was the term for the locals who assisted Australian soldiers during the World War II New Guinea campaign?

19. “You know that it would be untrue. You know that I would be a liar,” are lyrics from which song?

20. Which European country did the United States defeat in the final of the 2017 Fed Cup?

21. In which country is the monarch elected for a five-year term?

22. The 1972 constitution of which country declared Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to be the “father of the nation”?

23. A charity version of which song was released to aid victims of the 1989 Hillsborough soccer stadium disaster?

24. Every coal miner (75) in which Queensland town was killed in a mine explosion in 1921?

25. Who is the only Australian prime minister not born in a Commonwealth country?