TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Who will become husband and wife at this weekend’s royal wedding?

2. A text erroneously warning of an impending attack by a ballistic missile recently caused widespread panic in (a) Alaska (b) Hawaii (c) New York?

3. The top-selling type of vehicle sold in Australia last year was (a) passenger car (b) SUV (c) utility?

4. President Trump reportedly made how many false or misleading claims in his first 347 days in office (a) 95 (b) 950 (c) 1950?

5. Australia’s Kyle Chalmers won the 2016 Olympic 100m freestyle gold medal after being in which place at the turn (a) third (b) fifth (c) seventh?

6. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was recently granted citizenship of what country?

7. In his recent book, former British diplomatic chief Sir Patrick White claimed that which prime minister loathed Germans, wanted to push Vietnamese boat people into the sea and believed South Africa should be a whites-only state?

8. The Mungana Affair was a 1920s scandal involving two premiers of which state?

9. Which US multiple Olympic gold medallist recently revealed that his battle with anxiety and depression almost drove him to suicide after the London 2012 Olympics?

10. “Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation. Darkness wakes and stirs imagination,” are lyrics from which song?

11. In 2017, who was sacked as NSW State of Origin coach reputedly because of extravagant bar bills in pre-game camps?

12. A former police officer recently claimed that there was a government cover-up over a teenager firing a shot at Queen Elizabeth II during her 1981 tour of (a) Canada (b) New Zealand (c) South Africa?

13. Which two writers are depicted on the Australian $10 banknote?

14. The largest known prime number, labelled M77232917, recently discovered by a FedEx employee, has over how many digits (a) 3 million (b) 13 million (c) 23 million?

15. The prime minister of which Asian country recently demanded that reporters ask questions to a life-size cut-out of himself (a) India (b) Spain (c) Thailand?

16. What is the meaning of the Australian colloquial term “hooroo”?

17. The son of which former Australian prime minister played Rick Jones in the recent movie Swinging Safari?

18. Which prime minister recently announced she is pregnant?

19. Middle Island is the southernmost land point of which country?

20. Who won the 2018 Australian Open women’s singles tennis title?

21. Which country was effectively split in two by the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?

22. Restoration on which Greek World Heritage Site began in 1975 and is expected to finish in 2020?

23. The Golden Gumboot is in which Queensland town?