Test your knowledge

1 The fabric chintz is made from what fibre?

2 What are the prongs of a fork called? 3 FightClub is a novel by which author?

4 In video games, what are NPCs? 5 What New Year’s tradition began in 1907-1908?

6 How many men have walked on the moon?

7 What is the official language of Tanzania?

8 Who directed the 1979 film ApocalypseNow? 9 What is 80 in Roman numerals? 10 What type of dog was Scooby Doo? 11 What are dizygotic twins also referred to as?

12 Where in Australia is the Lamington National Park?

13 French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi designed which statue? 14 Who played Mrs Robinson in The Graduate? 15 What are the two native populations of Rwanda?

16 Who released the 1995 album JaggedLittlePill?

17 What profession did Mahatma Gandhi study in Britain?

18 How much did the US purchase Alaska from the Russian Empire for?

19 What is herpetology the study of? 20 What is the most abundant element in the earth’s crust? 21 Beginning with “c”, what is divination by tarot cards?

22 What is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species?

23 Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone wrote which 2011 musical?

24 What part of the world is the antipodes of Australia?

25 Which philosopher wrote the famous phrase “I think therefore I am”?

26 What is the main ingredient in the Greek dish moussaka?

27 Where is the world renowned Uffizi Gallery?

28 Who was the architect of the United Nations headquarters in New York City?

29 Where was the organisation Greenpeace founded in 1971?

30 True or false: the flags of The Netherlands and France contain the same three colours?