TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Was the 2007 autobiography Humble Pie about Jamie Oliver or Gordon Ramsay?

2. In which year did Queen Elizabeth II pass Queen Victoria as the longest reigning English/British monarch (a) 2005 (b) 2015 (c) 2018?

3. Which country won the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 tournament?

4. Last year, privacy advocates branded which social media site as like a “sleazy deadbeat boyfriend”?

5. Supermodel Elle Macpherson will celebrate which birthday on Friday (a) 45th (b) 50th (c) 55th?

6. Which ill-fated 19th century Dutch artist usually signed his paintings “Vincent”?

7. What was the term for the 1813 “doughnut-style” Australian coin created by stamping the centre out of 40,000 Spanish coins known as “pieces of eight”?

8. Last year, which Western Australian became the first player to kick 50 goals in the US National Women’s Soccer League?

9. Woodenbong is in which Australian state/territory?

10. The Mack truck symbol is a (a) bulldog (b) chihuahua (c) corgi?

11. Last year, which Cronulla Sharks star walked out on a $5 million contract to trial for the US NFL?

12. Name the two prime numbers between 50 and 60.

13. Was pioneer aviator Bert Hinkler born in Queensland or Western Australia?

14. Apron, bunker and putter are terms used in which sport?

15. The meat traditionally used in Irish stew is (a) mutton (b) pork (c) veal?

16. The title of which 2018 Michael Moore documentary references the date Donald Trump was elected US president?

17. Last year, a 1976 Ford Escort GL, once owned by which pope, was sold for $168,000?

18. How old was Boris Becker when he won his first Wimbledon singles title in 1985?

19. What is the name of the Commonwealth leaders’ agreement about British throne succession amendments made at CHOGM in Perth in 2011? 20. Who wrote the novels Hollywood

Husbands and Poor Little Bitch Girl?

21. What is the term for the eye-like markings on some animals?

22. Which fictional character fell to an apparently certain death over the Reichenbach Falls?

23. At the age of 14, which Western Australian parliamentary pioneer became an orphan when her father was hanged for the murder of her stepmother?

24. Located in the Mariana Trench, what is the name of the deepest known point in the world’s oceans?

25. Which name is inscribed on the pendant of Mary Gilmore on the most recently circulated Australian $10 banknote?

ANSWERS

1. Gordon Ramsay. 2. (b) 2015. 3. Australia. 4. Facebook. 5. (c) 55th. 6. Vincent van Gogh. 7. Holey dollar. 8. Sam Kerr. 9. New South Wales. 10. (a) bulldog. 11. Valentine Holmes. 12. 53, 59. 13. Queensland (Bundaberg). 14. Golf. 15. (a) mutton. 16. Fahrenheit 11/9. 17. Pope John Paul II. 18. Seventeen. 19. Perth Agreement. 20. Jackie Collins. 21. Eyespot. 22. Sherlock Holmes. 23. Edith Cowan. 24. Challenger Deep. 25. Jeanie.