TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Pop star Guy Sebastian was born in (a) Malawi (b) Malaysia (c) Malta?

2. Next month, which Australian city will host the first Formula One Grand Prix of 2019?

3. Which anniversary of Armistice Day was commemorated last year?

4. Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Fraser’s first given name was (a) James (b) John (c) Joseph?

5. Last year, a British-built spacecraft began a seven-year, 8.5 billion km journey to (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Neptune?

6. In which ocean are the Galapagos Islands?

7. Last year, Usain Bolt trialled with which A-League club?

8. Which two Australian state capital cities are farthest apart?

9. Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of which Japanese auto giant?

10. Last year, a referendum to remove the offence of blasphemy from its constitution was passed in which country?

11. Who played in the 2018 NRL grand final with a broken shoulder blade?

12. Beginning with “s”, which alcoholic drink is referred to as Japanese rice wine?

13. Last year, the Everest horse race was controversially promoted on the roof of which iconic Sydney building?

14. On a standard keyboard, which is the only vowel not on the top row of letters?

15. Queensland party members branded which former prime minister as the “Judas of the Liberal Party” after the 2018 Wentworth by-election defeat?

16. Which George Orwell novel envisions a totalitarian future where life is under the constant surveillance of Big Brother?

17. Dying last year at the age of 89 was which sports commentator noted for his on-air punch-up with Normie Rowe in 1991?

18. Struck Oil is in which Australian state/territory?

19. After 30 years, which character was recently dumped from The Simpsons after a race row?

20. In which 2018 movie did Jon Hamm play an FBI agent masquerading as a vacuum cleaner salesman?

21. Which 1865 Walt Whitman poem was about the death of Abraham Lincoln?

22. “All the perfumes in Arabia will not sweeten this little hand,” said which Shakespeare character?

23. Which 1912 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle told of an expedition to the Amazon basin where prehistoric animals such as dinosaurs were still living?

24. Name the only three-letter chemical element.

25. Who plays Jay Pritchett’s ex-wife in the TV show Modern Family?