TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. The name of which human joint begins with “k”?

2. Which unit of time comprises 1440 minutes?

3. In netball, the letters WA stand for what?

4. What is the term for a court, with no official status, formed to settle disputes (a) emu (b) kangaroo (c) platypus?

5. In which track event did Australia’s Rick Martin win a silver medal at the Moscow 1980 Olympics (a) 100m (b) 200m (c) 400m?

6. The flag of which South American country is a vertical triband with red outer bands and a middle white band?

7. In which TV show did Australia’s Rose Byrne play 1980s’ San Diego housewife Sheila Rubin on a journey of discovery via aerobics?

8. At this year’s Australian championships, who broke the world record for the women’s 100m backstroke?

9. The US TV show Match Game, is based on which show hosted by Graham Kennedy?

10. Bodalla is in which Australian state/ territory?

11. Which former test rugby league forward was recently defeated by Justis Huni in an Australian heavyweight boxing title bout?

12. The name of which type of dog means “dwarf dog” (a) chihuahua (b) corgi (c) great dane?

13. Janet, La Toya and Randy are members of which US entertainment family?

14. In 2012, Canada’s Ian Millar set which record for most appearances at the Olympics (a) six (b) eight (c) ten?

15. Which is the correct spelling (a) parapharnalia (b) paraphernalia (c) parraphernalia?

16. Which is the nearest South American country to Trinidad and Tobago?

17. Who played Kramer in the TV show Seinfeld?

18. Scientists from Cambridge University recently announced they had made a cricket bat from which plant?

19. The opening sequence of the recent movie The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It re-enacted which procedure on 11-year-old David Glatzel about four decades previously?

20. Which colony’s (state) first convict settlement was established at Redcliffe Point in 1824?

21. Three tuning forks appear on the logo of which Japanese multinational corporate giant?

22. Name the four official capitals of the European Union.

23. What is the term for the NASA-led program to return humans to the moon by the middle of this decade?

24. What is the term for July 31, 1970, the last day on which the British Royal Navy issued sailors with a daily rum ration?

25. The first Wimbledon tennis tournament, held in 1877, was a money-raiser to fund repairs to what?