TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Which chocolate frog recently celebrated its 90th birthday?

2. Was William Shakespeare born in the 15th, 16th or 17th century?

3. Who was the subject of the recently launched book Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man?

4. Are frogs carnivorous?

5. The letters CA, the Australian national sporting body, stand for what?

6. Named after a 13th century Belgian merchant family, the stockmarket in Europe is commonly referred to by which term?

7. When was the next year after its victory in 1946 that the ALP won a federal general election?

8. “In my imagination there is no complication. I dream about you all the time,” are lyrics from which song?

9. Beginning with “J”, what is the term for the annual US day of observance of the emancipation of slaves?

10. In 2012, which Queensland billionaire founded the rebel soccer organisation Football Australia?

11. Billy, the son of State of Origin coach Kevin Walters, plays for which NRL team?

12. Which continent is surrounded by the Southern Ocean?

13. The word “quickly” is an (a) adverb (b) preposition (c) pronoun?

14. Triad, the transnational organised crime syndicate, uses which code number for a traitor (a) 25 (b) 55 (c) 555?

15. Has Senator Pauline Hanson been a member of the House of Representatives?

16. Popanyinning is in which Australian state/ territory?

17. A red kangaroo is depicted on the ensign of which Australian Defence Force flag?

18. In which 2018 movie was Rachel shocked to discover that the family of her boyfriend Nick is the richest, old-money clan in South-East Asia?

19. In 1984, who retired after serving two terms totalling over 15 years as prime minister of Canada?

20. In which sport did Nova Peris become Australia’s first Indigenous Olympic gold medallist in 1996?

21. Which Australian wrote the 1996 novel Zigzag Street?

22. In 1998, which Maori name was incorporated into the name of Mount Cook, New Zealand’s highest mountain?

23. In 1882, which US outlaw was shot dead while standing on a chair to clean a picture on his living room wall?

24. Swedish meteorologist Nils Gustaf Ekholm is credited with using which environmental term for the first time in 1901?

25. Name the only triple-landlocked US state.

ANSWERS

1. Freddo. 2. 16th century. (1564). 3. Donald Trump. 4. Yes. 5. Cricket Australia. 6. Bourse.

7. 1972. 8. I Should Be So Lucky. 9. Juneteenth.

10. Clive Palmer. 11. Wests Tigers. 12. Antarctica.

13. (a) adverb. 14. (a) 25. 15. Yes. (1996-98).

16. Western Australia. 17. Royal Australian Air Force. 18. Crazy Rich Asians. 19. Pierre Trudeau.

20. Hockey. 21. Nick Earls. 22. Aoraki. 23. Jesse James. 24. Greenhouse effect 25. Nebraska.