TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

QUESTIONS

1. Wednesday Island, Thursday Island and Friday Island are in which strait?

2. The patron saint of Wales is (a) St Andrew (b) St David (c) St Patrick?

3. Is an analgesic taken for pain relief or to control cholesterol?

4. A tradesman riding a child’s pink bicycle was recently featured on a TV ad to promote ways of beating traffic congestion during which Gold Coast international sports event?

5. Which Australian state is the third smallest by area?

6. Which pioneering South African heart transplant surgeon twice married women younger than his daughter Deirdre?

7. Nullarbor National Park is in which Australian state/territory?

8. Beginning with “c”, what is the term for a document that amends a will?

9. Which Brownlow Medallist was recently released after serving 10 months in a Perth jail?

10. Which US daredevil’s name was inspired by a fellow prisoner called “Awful” Knofel?

11. Which North Queensland Cowboys star was awarded the 2017 Human Rights Commission medal for championing indigenous education?

12. The most recent major eruption of Mount Vesuvius occurred in (a) 1744 (b) 1844 (c) 1944?

13. The Spanish word for “no” is (a) no (b) non (c) nyet?

14. In imperial measurement, a furlong was how many yards (a) 220 (b) 440 (c) 880?

15. Princess Ibini plays for which W-League team (a) Perth Glory (b) Queensland Roar (c) Sydney FC?

16. Which One Direction star played a private in the 2017 movie Dunkirk?

17. “Richard of York gave battle in vain” is a mnemonic for remembering what?

18. Which region of China has English as an official language?

19. Ebony Starr are the middle names of which US tennis star?

20. Which building toy takes its name from the Danish phrase “leg godt” meaning “play well”?

21. Which symbol is sometimes referred to as the 27th letter of the English alphabet?

22. In 1976, which Hollywood star offered herself as a hostage replacement for more than 100 Air France hijack victims at Entebbe Airport, Uganda?

23. Which mountain was previously known as Peak XV?

24. Judi Dench and Kate Winslet were nominated for Oscars for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively for playing the same character in which 2001 movie?

25. Until 1938, the Australian Capital Territory was known by which name?

ANSWERS

1. Torres Strait, 2. (b) St David, 3. Pain relief, 4. Commonwealth Games, 5. New South Wales, 6. Christiaan Barnard, 7. South Australia, 8. Codicil, 9. Ben Cousins,

10. Evel Knievel, 11. Johnathan Thurston, 12. (c) 1944, 13. (a) no, 14. (a) 220 yards, 15. (c) Sydney FC, 16. Harry Styles, 17. Sequence of colours in the rainbow, 18. Hong Kong, 19. Venus Williams, 20. Lego, 21. Ampersand (&), 22. Elizabeth Taylor, 23. Mount Everest, 24. Iris, 25. Federal Capital Territory.