TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. The term for a baby oyster is (a) spat (b) spit (c) spot?

2. Does Kenya have a coastline on the Indian or Pacific Ocean?

3. The mythical creature, the sphinx, has the head of a human and the body of a (a) crocodile (b) giraffe (c) lion?

4. What is the translation of the French word “oui”?

5. The Raptors, the National Basketball Association team are based in (a) Chicago (b) Dallas (c) Toronto?

6. Last year, which Australian became the first female singer to top the British charts over five consecutive decades?

7. Dying in prison recently after refusing treatment for COVID-19 was notorious serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, widely known by which nickname?

8. The Overland train runs between which two Australian state capitals?

9. What is the term for the 2017 statement calling for recognition of indigenous people in the Australian Constitution?

10. Which horse won the 2020 Melbourne Cup?

11. Last year, Queensland’s victorious team in State of Origin 1 had how many debutants (a) six (b) eight (c) ten?

12. Which is the correct spelling (a) definately (b) definitely (c) definitly?

13. The combatants in the 1314 Battle of Bannockburn were (a) England and France (b) England and Scotland (c) France and Scotland?

14. What is the two-word term for sentences such as, “I wish to wash my Irish wrist watch” and “Tom threw Tim three thumbtacks.”?

15. The only hotel in the outback Queensland town of Normanton is the (a) Pink Pub (b) Puce Pub (c) Purple Pub?

16. Which 2020 film told of the popularity and poor safety record of an amusement park in a New Jersey township?

17. Wallumbilla is in which Australian state/ territory?

18. The names of which three countries have five letters and begin with “N”?

19. “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. You know you’ve got me dancing,” are lyrics from which song?

20. What was the popular term for the dumping of four players from the Australian cricket team for not completing a written assignment on their performance in 2013?

21. Name the narrowest part of the English Channel.

22. What was TV character Carol Brady’s surname from her first marriage?

23. Which 1985 international number one hit song was about the popularity and debts of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

24. Beginning with “m”, what is the term for the fibrocartilage semi-circular band which separates the femur and tibia?

25. What was the term for the seven-month period of political liberalisation and mass protest in Czechoslovakia in 1968?

ANSWERS

1. (a) spat. 2. Indian Ocean. 3. (c) lion. 4. Yes. 5. (c) Toronto. 6. Kylie Minogue. 7. “Yorkshire Ripper”.

8. Adelaide, Melbourne. 9. Uluru Statement from the Heart. 10. Twilight Payment. 11. (b) eight. 12. (b) definitely. 13. (b) England and Scotland. 14. Tongue twister. 15. (c) Purple Pub. 16. Class Action Park. 17. Queensland. 18. Nauru, Nepal, Niger. Muhammad Ali. 20. Homeworkgate.

21. Dover Strait. 22. Martin. 23. Rock Me Amadeus. 24. Meniscus. 25. Prague Spring.