Trivia

TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Upon accepting her Nobel Peace Prize, what teen said, “I am also the first recipient who still fights with her younger brothers”? 2 points

2. Which type of dog has breeds called Scottish, Welsh and Irish? 1 point

3. What name has been adopted by the most popes? 1 point

4. Which Spanish city is the setting for Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro and Bizet’s opera Carmen? 2 points

5. What singer’s biography says she didn’t find anyone, let alone “Someone Like You”, when she joined a dating site? 1 point

6. Although he hunted old Nazis in The Boys From Brazil, who played an old Nazi in Marathon Man? 1 point

7. What form of radiation, emitted from cesium and cobalt, is used for processing and preserving food? 2 points

8. James Bond and Hercule Poirot were among the fictional passengers of what real-life train? 1 point

9. In Australia, whose signature turns a bill into the law? 1 point

10. What US agency joined Twitter with, “We can neither confirm nor deny this is our first tweet”? 1 point

11. What Mexican state shares a name with a hot sauce? 1 point

12. What British actor took a plunge in a lake in both Love Actually and Pride and Prejudice? 1 point

13. What is the most famous building painted with a colour called Whisper White? 1 point

14. Explorer Ferdinand Magellan reached the shores of the Philippines in 1521 with how many ships? 2 points 15. Which reptile, closely resembling a lizard, is found only on New Zealand’s offshore islands? 2 points