TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Times Square is an intersection in which New York borough?

2. Australia’s Jan Stephenson won how many golf majors (a) three (b) five (c) seven?

3. Was Mata Hari, exotic dancer and World War I spy, Dutch or English?

4. The name of Bruce Springsteen’s 2016 autobiography was (a) Born to Run (b) Born to Sing (c) Born to Walk?

5. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put which nursery rhyme character together again?

6. The name of which Asian capital is an anagram for the name of its country’s former capital?

7. Who is the coach of the Australian Diamonds?

8. Comedian Mel Buttle was the first to withdraw from which recent TV reality show after being overcome by her fear of snakes?

9. The letters ATAR, the criterion for entry to Australian universities, stand for what?

10. Which English mariner and explorer wrote the 1814 book A Voyage to Terra Australis?

11. Which Broncos NRLW star recently married her same-sex partner Kate Daly?

12. Was the King Charles spaniel named after King Charles I or King Charles II?

13. How many teams are competing in this season’s A-League competition (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 14?

14. A flautist plays which musical instrument?

15. Which is the correct spelling (a) embarass (b) embarras (c) embarrass?

16. “It’s not time to make a change. Just relax, take it easy,” are lyrics from which song?

17. Which former Brisbane and Sydney V/AFL larrikin was recently rushed to hospital with a burst appendix?

18. Which US daytime soapie, running since 1963, was originally set on the seventh floor of a hospital?

19. Who recently sang the national anthem at the US presidential inauguration?

20. Which British monarch died in 1936?

21. The father of which star of the TV show Cheers received a life sentence for the 1979 murder of a federal judge?

22. Kieren Perkins held the men’s freestyle world record over which three distances?

23. Which Greek god is commonly depicted wearing a winged helmet and sandals?

24. Two unrelated women with which same surname won five Best Actress Oscars between them?

25. The first eight letters in the name of which country are consonants?