TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Who is the second-oldest of the children of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip?

2. The Cactus Curtain separates a US naval base from territory controlled by which country

(a) Cuba (b) Iran (c) Mexico?

3. Last year, a parking space sold for $1.4 million at The Center skyscraper in (a) Auckland (b) Hong Kong (c) Perth?

4. The first Australian swam the English Channel in (a) 1965 (b) 1985 (c) 2005?

5. Last year, AirlineRatings.com listed which Australian airline as the world’s safest?

6. Which Australian savoury snack, invented in the early 1950s, was inspired by the Chinese spring roll?

7. Last year, while on $19.6 million bail, Carlos Ghosn, the former boss of which Japanese auto giant, fled from Japan by hiding in a double bass case on a private jet?

8. Which former US first lady wrote the bestselling book Becoming?

9. Katie Sowers recently became the first female to coach a team in which major US football match?

10. In January 2020, which Australian capital city recorded temperatures which made it “the hottest place on Earth”?

11. Allan Langer played most of his rugby league career with which club?

12. The part of the body affected by scoliosis is the (a) hand (b) foot (c) spine?

13. US language experts recently voted which pronoun as the word of the decade (a) I (b) she (c) they?

14. The King of Norway annually awards the prestigious Abel Prize for outstanding work in (a) architecture (b) environmental protection

(c) mathematics?

15. Which non-NSW/Queensland city was the most recent to host a rugby league State of Origin match?

16. Which Mental as Anything star was nicknamed “Greedy” after eating 25 pieces of fried chicken on stage one night?

17. Last year, scientists obtained the first-ever image of which space phenomenon, 55 million light years from Earth and 6.5 billion times heavier than the sun?

18. Pablo Picasso was a pioneer of which early 20th century art movement beginning with “C”?

19. Who won the 2020 Australian Open women’s tennis singles title?

20. Name the only US state with its name beginning with “D”.

21. Currently dry-docked in New Zealand is the Edwin Fox, the only surviving ship to have been involved in which activity?

22. Name the reigning royal house of both Denmark and Norway.

23. Which three-word phrase, commonly used at war remembrance services, comes from the 1897 poem Recessional by Rudyard Kipling?

24. Which Pacific island country recently banned the use of sunscreen?

25. The flag of which self-governing country (in free association with New Zealand) has a circle of 15 five-pointed stars?