TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

QUESTIONS

1. Prince Louis’s rank in line of succession to the British throne is (a) third (b) fifth (c) seventh?

2. A Boeing 747 airliner is commonly known by which term?

3. Which Paris cathedral is on an island in the Seine River?

4. Which sport is contested in a velodrome?

5. Beginning with “c”, what is the term for a building which is a home for nuns?

6. In the TV show The Big Bang Theory,

Jim Parsons plays which character?

7. G’day G’day was a 1988 hit single for which Australian country singing star?

8. In which recent movie did Annette Bening play scandal-plagued, Oscar winner Gloria Grahame whose fourth marriage ended when she was caught in bed with her teenage stepson?

9. Epee, foil and sabre are items of equipment in which sport?

10. Which film won the Oscar for Best Picture this year?

11. Which Brisbane Broncos forward recently played for a month with a broken neck?

12. Does the Lachlan River flow directly into the Murray River?

13. Are hats or shoes the fashion items made by the Jimmy Choo brand?

14. The Middle Eastern Six-Day War took place in the (a) 1960s (b) 1970s (c) 1980s?

15. The grand final of which national women’s competition will be played this weekend?

16. Lindsay Buckingham was recently dumped from which band?

17. Which Australian feminist recently claimed that Meghan Markle would “bolt” from her marriage to Prince Harry?

18. “I could have been someone. Well so could anyone,” are lyrics from which song?

19. In a recent A-League semi-final, Riley McGree of the Newcastle Jets scored a goal with which type of kick?

20. Kin Kin is in which Australian state/territory?

21. Named after Miles Franklin and established in 2013, which annual $50,000 literary prize is awarded for the best book by an Australian woman?

22. Which 1988 controversial Salman Rushdie novel told the story of two Indian actors who survive a catastrophe?

23. The London commercial skyscraper, 20 Fenchurch St, has which nickname because of its shape?

24. The Arch of Victory on the Avenue of Honour is in which Victorian city?

25. Monday will mark the 110th anniversary of the birth of which legendary Australian test batsman?

ANSWERS

1. (b) fifth. 2. Jumbo. 3. Notre Dame. 4. Cycling. 5. Convent. 6. Sheldon Cooper. 7. Slim Dusty. 8. Film Stars Don’t Die in

Liverpool. 9. Fencing. 10. The Shape of

Water. 11. Matt Gillett. 12. No. 13. Shoes. 14. (a) 1960s (1967). 15. Super Netball. 16. Fleetwood Mac. 17. Germaine Greer. 18. Fairytale of New York. 19. Scorpion kick. 20. Queensland. 21. Stella Prize. 22. The

Satanic Verses. 23. The Walkie-Talkie. 24. Ballarat. 25. Sir Donald Bradman.