TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. In railway transportation, the letters VFT stand for what?

2. In which place did Australia finish on the medal tally at the Sydney 2000 Olympics (a) fourth (b) eighth (c) tenth?

3. Is a red or green light displayed on the starboard side of a boat?

4. In Britain, which fast food giant recently angered customers by axing its 80-piece popcorn chicken bucket due to its “huge popularity”?

5. According to the Bible, how many wise men visited the baby Jesus?

6. Which Western Australian “principality” declared its independence from Australia in 1970?

7. During the 1979 Ashes test at the WACA, who used an aluminium bat?

8. “I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth,” are lyrics from which song?

9. Which English writer created Peter Rabbit?

10. Australian Survivor: All Stars was filmed in which Pacific country?

11. Which Souths Rabbitohs star was recently draped in the Aboriginal flag in the Simply the Best advertising campaign?

12. Hobbes, in the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, is a (a) crocodile (b) elephant (c) tiger?

13. What is the fewest number of points needed to win a tennis set?

14. A person who avoids military conscription is colloquially known by which two-word term?

15. St Bernard is the patron saint of (a) brewers (b) dogs (c) mountaineers?

16. What is the term for being prosecuted twice for the same offence?

17. How many cards are dealt to each player in a game of Texas hold ‘em?

18. Wishbone is in which Australian state/ territory?

19. Which New York parade was recently scrapped for the first time in its 258-year history?

20. “The surface is fine and powdery,” said astronaut Neil Armstrong about what?

21. What is the traditional cry made by huntsmen to alert others that the quarry has been sighted?

22. How many of the nine Rugby World Cup tournaments have been won by a northern hemisphere country?

23. Name the only tropical garden listed as a UN World Heritage Site.

24. Denis Napthine was premier of which Australian state this century?

25. Which medical condition is featured in the 2017 movie Wonder, starring Julia Roberts?