TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Beginning with “a”, what is the term for a word formed from the rearranged letters of another word?

2. Australia’s first federal election with compulsory voting took place in (a) 1925 (b) 1945 (c) 1965?

3. The length of the ill-fated Titanic was nearest to (a) 200m (b) 300m (c) 400m?

4. How many Summer Olympics have been held in the 2000s? 5. Whistler’s Mother, a noted US painting regarded as an American icon, is on display in (a) Beijing (b) London (c) Paris?

6. Name the only Chinese star sign with feathers. 7. Former Married at First Sight villain Dean Wells was recently the first contestant dumped from which TV dance show?

8. Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear was an 1889

painting by which artist?

9. Which 79-year-old Brazilian soccer legend was recently reported to be depressed and reluctant to leave his home unaided with his walking frame? 10. Honolulu is on which Hawaiian island? 11. Each half in the NRL Nines competition lasts for how many minutes?

12. The annual Crufts show in England is a competition for (a) birds (c) cats (c) dogs?

13. To be in the box seat is said to be in the best or worst position?

14. Buzz Lightyear was a character in which movie franchise?

15. Dying recently in a helicopter crash in California was which former US basketball star?

16. In the recent movie Birds of Prey, which Australian played a former psychiatrist who recovers from an abusive relationship by cutting her hair, adopting a spotted hyena, taking up roller derby and blowing up the Ace Chemicals plant?

17. Which British rock band recently performed in Australia as part of its global Rhapsody Tour?

18. In 1922, which Australian state became the first to abolish the death penalty?

19. Who has made the fourth, eighth, ninth and tenth-highest score by an Australian in test cricket?

20. Bogie is in which Australian state/territory? 21. In 2014, which country reverted to 11 time zones after removing two of them in 2011?

22. In 1971, while serving as premier of New South Wales, who changed his first name by deed poll?

23. Last year, the armoured glass windows of a new pickup truck, made by which electric vehicle company, cracked during an onstage presentation by Elon Musk?

24. What was the first name of the title character in the TV show Dr Quinn Medicine Woman?

25. The constitution of which Pacific country prohibits its national flag from ever being altered?