TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. The Blue Helmets is the nickname of peacekeepers from which organisation?

2. In which country did Steve Smith and David Warner recently compete in the T20 Global League?

3. What is the term for the table explaining the meaning of symbols on a map?

4. London’s Tower Bridge spans which river?

5. Caledonia was the name given by the Romans to (a) Scotland (b) Spain (c) Wales?

6. Which Hollywood star did President Trump recently say is “a very low IQ individual – has received too many shots to the head by real boxers in movies”?

7. Which England player scored a hat-trick of goals against Panama at this year’s FIFA World Cup?

8. Beginning with “c”, what is the term for multiple dwellings with the same design in a residential area?

9. Dying recently in Greece at the age of 67 was which multiple Walkley Award winner noted for her work on Four Corners and Media Watch?

10. Since 2017, more than 50,000 files relating to the assassination of which US president have been released?

11. Which father and daughter have played State of Origin for Queensland?

12. Fairy and emperor are the smallest and largest breed of (a) butterfly (b) lion (c) penguin?

13. Brandon, the brother of Test bowler Mitchell Starc, won gold for which event at the Commonwealth Games this year (a) high jump (b) javelin (c) pole vault?

14. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London recently reported they have developed a material that will regrow (a) eyes (b) fingers (c) tooth enamel?

15. Who Dares Wins is the motto of which Australian elite army unit?

16. Which desert covers parts of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa?

17. Moffitt was the original name of which 12-time grand slam tennis singles winner?

18. Movie character Princess Fiona was born in which kingdom?

19. In 1836, what name did explorer Thomas Mitchell give to the area of lush pasture in western Victoria?

20. “Wherever I may die, I know to what brown country my homing thoughts will fly,” are the final words of which iconic Australian poem?

21. When an analogue clock is showing 2:50, what time is shown if turned upside down and reversed by mirror image?

22. Beginning with “l”, what is the term for the cloud of acid, steam and glass formed when lava meets cool seawater?

23. In an Ashes test at the WACA in 2013, which Australian equalled the world record by hitting 28 runs off one over?

24. Abu Dhabi reportedly paid $690 million to use which name for its art and civilisation museum?