TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Which iconic Australian train was named after Afghan camel drivers?

2. A month containing Friday the 13th starts on which day?

3. Did John Lennon or Elvis Presley die first?

4. How many times did Lance Armstrong finish first in the Tour de France (a) five (b) seven

(c) nine?

5. How many faces of US presidents are carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (a) four (b) six (c) eight?

6. The name of which national capital is in the term for a substance used by doctors for the repair of broken limbs?

7. “There’s a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbour. Tomorrow for old England she sails,” are lyrics from which song?

8. The X-Type was a car model made by which company?

9. Which team won the 2020 English Premier League?

10. Dee Why is in which Australian state/territory?

11. Who was recently sacked as coach of the New Zealand Warriors?

12. Is Christchurch or Wellington the capital of New Zealand?

13. The name of Ned Kelly’s grey mare ridden at the 1880 siege at Glenrowan was (a) Actor

(b) Dancer (c) Music?

14. Was Chrissy Amphlett the lead singer of the Divinyls or Seekers?

15. Jack Nicklaus won the 1986 US Masters at the age of (a) 46 (b) 56 (c) 66?

16. Which Airbus aircraft is the world’s largest passenger airliner?

17. What was the term for the series of postWorld War II military tribunals to prosecute Nazi leaders?

18. Which annual Californian music festival is held at the Empire Polo Club?

19. The National Motor Racing Museum is located next to which racetrack?

20. The hundred folds in a chef’s toque (hat) reputedly represent what?

21. “What hath God wrought,” were the first words, sent in code by which inventor, at the official opening of a telegraph line from Washington to Baltimore in 1844?

22. Which English pop star had a cameo role as a young Lannister soldier in the TV show Game of Thrones?

23. Which cattle station in South Australia is the world’s largest?

24. “Go to heaven for the climate, hell for the company,” is a quote attributed to which US novelist?

25. Who was the first Australian prime minister to win three successive general elections?

ANSWERS

1. The Ghan. 2. Sunday. 3. Elvis Presley.

4. b) seven. 5. (a) four. 6. Paris. (Plaster of Paris).

7. The Last Farewell. 8. Jaguar. 9. Liverpool.

10. NSW. 11. Stephen Kearney. 12. Wellington.

13. (c) Music. 14. Divinyls. 15. (a) 46. 16. A380800. 17. Nuremberg Trials. 18. Coachella.

19. Mount Panorama Circuit. 20. Ways to cook an egg. 21. Samuel Morse. 22. Ed Sheeran. 23. Anna Creek. 24. Mark Twain. 25. Joe Lyons.