TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

QUESTIONS

1. Queen Elizabeth II’s Christmas broadcast was first shown on television in (a) 1957 (b) 1967 (c) 1977?

2. In 1979, what did Ayatollah Khomeni ban because it’s “no different from opium” (a) magazines (b) university education for women (c) music on radio and TV?

3. Who recently wore a black burqa into the Australian Senate?

4. Did the Wallabies or All Blacks win the 2017 Bledisloe Cup?

5. Who are banned from the Japanese island of Okinoshima, recently listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (a) foreigners (b) men (c) women?

6. What is the name of the Christian season of preparation for Christmas?

7. Which Australian will play Queen Elizabeth I in the forthcoming movie Mary, Queen of Scots?

8. The sight of which 71-year-old English murderer of 13 women was recently saved by laser surgery?

9. Dying recently aged 79 was which Australian, four-time, Olympic athletics gold medallist?

10. “When you walk through a storm, hold your head up high and don’t be afraid of the dark,” are lyrics from which song?

11. Last season, who was sacked as coach of the Gold Coast Titans?

12. Which iconic London bell will be silent for the next four years for maintenance?

13. Mount Kilimanjaro is in (a) Kenya (b) Tanzania (c) Uganda?

14. Future US president John F. Kennedy was wounded during which war (a) Korean (b) Vietnam (c) World War II?

15. Which Australian hurdles star coaches herself ?

16. Byron Bay marriage celebrant Jacqui Patterson recently broke an arm while participating in a challenge in Samoa on which reality TV show?

17. Which adventurer and businessman founded Australian Geographic magazine in 1986?

18. Dying recently at the age of 91 was which US comedian noted for his role in the movies The Nutty Professor and The Bellboy? 19. Which four countries contested the 2017 netball Quad Series?

20. Which union recently became the first in Australia to accumulate $10 million in fines?

21. In 1914, on the first Christmas Day of World War I, what unofficial action was taken by British and German troops on the Western Front?

22. Who holds the record for highest individual Ashes score?

23. The 1932 book The Camels Are Coming was the first collection of stories about which pilot?

24. Beginning with “d”, what is the colloquial term for a tennis clay court specialist?

25. “I have spent 29 of my 36 years living in domestic violence,” said which New South Wales federal MP in a parliamentary speech in 2016?

ANSWERS

1. (a) 1957. 2. (c) music on radio and TV.

3. Senator Pauline Hanson. 4. All Blacks.

5. (c) women. 6. Advent. 7. Margot Robbie.

8. Peter Sutcliffe. (The Yorkshire Ripper).

9. Betty Cuthbert. 10. You’ll Never Walk Alone. 11. Neil Henry. 12. Big Ben. 13. (b) Tanzania. 14. (c) World War II. 15. Sally Pearson. 16. Australian Survivor. 17. Dick Smith. 18. Jerry Lewis. 19. Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa.

20. CFMEU. 21. Observed an unofficial truce – exchanged gifts and played football in “no man’s land”. 22. Len Hutton. (364 in 1938). 23. Biggles. (James Bigglesworth).

24. Dirtballer. 25. Emma Husar.