TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Which animal is known as the “ship of the desert”?

2. Last year, which anniversary of the murder of John Lennon was commemorated (a) 20th

(b) 30th (c) 40th?

3. Cynophobia is the fear of (a) dogs (b) scientists (c) signs?

4. In 2010, Heathrow Airport was shut down because of (a) a kite flying contest (b) foxes on the tarmac (c) volcanic ash?

5. Which former Australian test cricket captain founded the Chappell Foundation which works with homeless youth?

6. Who is the 2021 Australian of the Year?

7. Which two planets are referred to as “gas giants”?

8. On April 17, 1911, a record one-day total of 11,745 immigrants arrived on which New

York island?

9. In which TV show were Vision, an android and Wanda, who has telekinetic abilities, a newlywed couple who move into the town of Westview in the 1950s?

10. Which English tennis star has a congenital condition which has left her with seven toes and missing a finger on each hand?

11. What is the term for the room where NRL decisions are reviewed?

12. US inventor Philo T. Farnsworth was a pioneer in the field of (a) psychology (b) oil tankers (c) television?

13. Noddy was a character created by which English writer?

14. Did Schapelle Corby spend time in jail in Indonesia or Thailand for drug smuggling?

15. Which is the correct spelling (a) recconaissance (b) reconnaissance (c) reconnaisance?

16. Who was the British monarch when Captain Cook discovered the east coast of Australia?

17. “Nothing you could say could tear me away from my guy. Nothing you could do ‘cause

I’m stuck like glue to my guy,” are lyrics from which song?

18. What is the term for freezing a corpse for the purpose of restoring life at a later date?

19. Reputedly, over a million people have had their eyesight restored because of the charitable work of which New Zealand-born, Australian of the Year?

20. Who coached the Socceroos in 48 matches from 1983 to 1989?

21. Which Hollywood star, as a 10-year-old, made her film debut playing Laura Nelson in the 1994 movie North, panned by some critics as “one of the worst films ever made”?

22. What was Buzz Aldrin’s religious act just prior to walking on the moon in 1969?

23. “Say hello to my little friend!” was a line spoken by Cuban refugee Tony Montana in which 1983 movie?

24. In 1954, the year before his death, Albert Einstein said that the great mistake of his life was his letter to President Franklin Roosevelt recommending that what be made?

ANSWERS

1. Camel. 2. (c) 40th. 3. (a) dogs. 4. (c) volcanic ash. 5. Greg Chappell. 6. Grace Tame. 7. Jupiter, Saturn. 8. Ellis Island. 9. WandaVision. 10. Francesca Jones. 11. Bunker. 12. (c) television. 13. Enid Blyton. 14. Indonesia. 15. (b) reconnaissance. 16. King George III. 17. My Guy. 18. Cryonics. 19. Fred Hollows. 20. Frank Arok. 21. Scarlett Johansson. 22. Took communion. 23. Scarface. 24. Atomic bombs.