The Chronicle

TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

- COMPILED BY: ROY O’REILLY

1. Since 2013, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has been paid an annual salary of (a) $1 (b) $10 million (c) $100 million? 2. Which astrologic­al sign follows Leo? 3. Is Alice Springs or Tennant Creek closer to the Tropic of Capricorn?

4. Which Australian won the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix?

5. Is the sun informally referred as a blue, red or yellow dwarf ?

6. Which former FBI chief recently said that Donald Trump is “morally unfit” to be US president?

7. “Find a girl, settle down. If you want you can marry. Look at me, I am old but I’m happy,” are lyrics from which song?

8. Britain, France and the United States recently launched a 105-missile attack on which Middle Eastern country?

9. For the first time in its 23 years in Super Rugby, which Australian team recently failed to score a point?

10. Jerusalem Bay is in which Australian state/territory?

11. Which North Queensland Cowboys star recently rejected claims he had become complacent after clinching a 10-year, $10 million deal?

12. Is Earl Grey tea flavoured with orange or peach?

13. Which section of the Australian Constituti­on requires federal members of parliament to be exclusivel­y Australian citizens (a) 44 (b) 64 (c) 84?

14. Is Cape Verde an island country near the west coast of continenta­l Africa or South America?

15. Which golf major is being played this weekend?

16. In which recent movie did an author travel to one of the Channel Islands to research the experience­s of residents during World War II?

17. The recently opened museum at Villers-Bretonneux is named after which Australian military leader?

18. After being destroyed by fire in 2015, the Waltzing Matilda Centre was recently re-opened in which Queensland town?

19. Which club recently won the English Premier League title?

20. The banking royal commission was recently told that which company had lied 20 times to the corporate watchdog about its practice of charging customers fees for services not provided?

21. Scrambled Eggs was the working title of which 1965 Beatles hit?

22. Which two Australian­s were in Time magazine’s 2018 list of the world’s 100 most influentia­l people?

23. Which 13-year-old US country star released her hit album Blue in 1996? 24. Queen guitarist Brian May played God

Save the Queen on the roof of which iconic building during the Queen’s Golden Jubilee celebratio­ns?

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