TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

2019-03-09 - COMPILED BY: ROY O’REILLY

1. “Dynamo” is an anagram of which day?

3. Last year, Paul Keating said that Australians would need a “microscope” to find what which former Liberal prime minister truly believes in?

4. The sun is made up of about 73 per cent of which gas?

5. Did the Wallabies or All Blacks win the 2018 Bledisloe Cup?

6. A revised 2018 code of practice for which industry stated that dead people would not be charged fees for services?

7. The Spirit of Tasmania II ferry operates between which two Australian cities?

8. “Okay, so you’re Brad Pitt. That don’t impress me much. So you got the looks but have you got the touch?” are lyrics from which song?

9. Robert Redford starred as an elderly bank robber in which 2018 movie?

10. In 2007, which Australian became the first to hit 100 test match sixes?

11. On Thursday, which teams will play the first match of the NRL season?

12. Are the Canary Islands closer to Africa or Europe?

13. Is Australians’ participation in the My Health Record program an opt-in or opt-out choice?

14. How many times has Russell Crowe been nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor?

15. The tricuspid valve is part of the human (a) brain (b) heart (c) lungs?

16. In which TV quiz show do three teams represent different generations?

17. The Green Goblin is generally considered to be the arch-enemy of which superhero?

18. Matlock is in which Australian state/territory?

19. In which country were the archaeological remains Mungo Man and Mungo Woman discovered?

20. Who were the two co-winners of the 2018 Newcombe Medal?

21. The axis of which planet has a tilt of 97.77 degrees?

22. Which song was the theme for the little-known 1955 prison film Unchained?

23. Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot is the alter ego of which Batman character?

24. In 1978, as part of a sovereignty claim, which country arranged for a baby to be born on Antarctica?

25. The Gleiwitz incident was reputedly the pretext for Germany’s invasion of which country in 1939?