TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Which part of the human body is affected by gingivitis (a) eyes (b) gums (c) liver?

2. “What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming,” is the second line of which country’s anthem?

3. Are there more on-field players in a rugby or rugby league team?

4. King Edward, Pink Eye and Red Pontiac are varieties of (a) apple (b) grape (c) potato?

5. In the 1963 movie The Great Escape, how many prisoners escaped (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 23?

6. In which country did more than 1800 people die after dykes collapsed during a windstorm over the North Sea in 1953?

7. In the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk, what did

Jack use to buy magic beans?

8. Which drivers won the 2019 Bathurst 1000? 9. Which Paris nightclub is noted for the cancan dance?

10. Which is the only US state with its name beginning with “R”?

11. Last year, which country won the inaugural rugby league World Cup Nines tournament? 12. Is Baghdad on the Euphrates or Tigris River? 13. How many times is the capacity of a pipe increased if its diameter is doubled (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 20?

14. A montera is a hat traditionally worn by participants in (a) bullfighting (b) equestrian

(c) water polo?

15. The Suez Canal opened in (a) 1869 (b) 1879 (c) 1889?

16. San Pedro prison, renowned for being a society within itself, is in which South American country?

17. In which 2019 movie did a group of strippers systematically drug the clientele of an elite men’s club?

18. Gymnastics star Nadia Comaneci represented which country?

19. What is the term for the aura of plasma surrounding the sun and other stars? 20. Mohair is obtained from which breed of goat? 21. What is the term for the business model in which an item is sold cheaper in order to increase sales of a complementary product?

22. In the 1999 movie Fight Club, which rock star played Robert Paulson who is killed by the police during a botched sabotage operation? 23. Galena is an ore of which metal?

24. What were the real given names of Hollywood star Bette Davis?

25. Which federal MP won the slalom event at the 1999 World Ski Championships?