TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Which continent, other than Australia, was previously known as Australia? (a) Africa

(b) Antarctica (c) North America

2. Amber fluid is a colloquial term for which drink?

3. Typewriter and whiskey drinker are species of Australian (a) cicadas (b) kangaroos (c) frogs?

4. The modern pizza was invented in (a) Florence (b) Naples (c) Venice?

5. John Cuneo, who recently died at the age of 91, was a 1972 Australian Olympic gold medallist in (a) athletics (b) sailing (c) swimming?

6. A statue of which Australian rock star overlooks the harbour where he once worked as a teenage crayfisherman?

7. In which 2002 movie did James Bond’s car have adaptive camouflage which rendered the vehicle virtually invisible?

8. Whiteside is in which Australian state/territory?

9. All Things Must Pass and Somewhere in England were solo albums by which ex-Beatle?

10. Which English car racing star recently labelled ex-F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone as “ignorant and uneducated” for his claim that “black people are sometimes more racist than white”?

11. In 2000, did Australia or New Zealand win the first Women’s Rugby League World Cup?

12. Snuff is a powdered form of (a) ginger

(b) marijuana (c) tobacco?

13. The Australian-created Cherry Ripe chocolate bar first went on sale in (a) 1924 (b) 1954 (c) 1984?

14. Acorns grow on (a) acorn trees (b) oak trees (c) palm trees?

15. South Australia’s Big Lobster is locally known as (a) Barry (b) Harry (c) Larry?

16. The Fountains of Bellagio, a choreographed water feature, is performed in which US city?

17. Which iconic English band recently planned a lawsuit if their song You Can’t Always Get What You Want continues to be played without a licence at Donald Trump rallies?

18. Which type of dog is a character in the comic strip Footrot Flats?

19. Name the two Australians to win the Miss Universe title.

20. How many times has Brazil won the men’s Olympic football gold medal?

21. The names of how many African countries begin with the letter “N”?

22. In 1997, who became the first living person, apart from the monarch, to appear on an Australian postage stamp?

23. Stevie Wonder’s 1980 song Happy Birthday was used to popularise the campaign to have whose birthday declared a national holiday?

24. Which Australians were the 1999 men’s and women’s world surfing champions?

25. Name mainland Australia’s most northerly town.

ANSWERS: 1. (b) Antarctica. 2. Beer. 3. (a) cicadas. 4. (b) Naples. 5. (b) Sailing. 6. Bon Scott (Fremantle). 7. Die Another Day. 8. Queensland.

9. George Harrison. 10. Lewis Hamilton. 11. New Zealand. 12. (c) Tobacco. 13. (a) 1924. 14. (b) Oak trees. 15. (c) Larry. 16. Las Vegas. 17. The Rolling Stones. 18. Border collie. 19. Kerry Anne Wells, Jennifer Hawkins. 20. Once. (Rio de Janeiro 2016). 21. Three. (Namibia, Niger, Nigeria). 22. Sir Donald Bradman. 23. Martin Luther King Jr.

24. Mark Occhilupo, Layne Beachley. 25. Bamaga.