GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 1. A ship which travels below the surface of the sea 2. A hundred years 3.

What are the steps of a ladder called? 4. Another name for daybreak 5. A doctor who p erforms operations 6. A person who by desire lives alone 7. The men who work on a ship 8. A fertile place in a desert 9. Fish with the bones taken out 10.Name 2 shellfish 11.Name the five human senses 12.Goods carried out of a country 13.Na me the colours of the rainbow 14.Name for smuggled goods 15.Which month contains the shortest day? 16.Which insect carries malaria fever? 17.What is the yellow part of an egg called? 18.From what tree would you expect acorns to fall? 19.Wha t is the capital of New Zealand? 20.Who is our current Prime Minister?

21.What does a chronometer measure? 22.Which ocean washes the east coast of Aust ralia? 23.How many demerit points result in a learner losing his/her driving lic ence(NSW)? 24.What month hosts the Fishers Ghost Festival? 25.Who is the mayor of Campbelltown?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 1. What is the white of an egg called? 2. What do you call a scientist who studi es plants? 3. What was the name of the King of the Greek gods? 4. What is the na me of the annual prize for portraiture offered by the Art Gallery of NSW? 5. Which former pearling port is the most westerly town in Western Australia? 6. A gryphon is comprised of which animals? 7. Who is said to have a face that launched a thousand ships? 8. Whose face is on the Australian $50 note? 9. Which river forms most of the border between NSW and Victoria? 10.What is the name of the 16 year old girl currently sailing solo ar ound the world? 11.What was the Hindenburg? 12.Name of the elephant which recent ly gave birth to a calf that was thought to be dead? 13.Which one is an actual l andmass The Arctic or Antarctica? 14.What does U.N.E.S.C.O. Stand for? 15.If I a m at the Moomba Festival, which city am I in? 16.When talking horses, to what do es palomino refer? 17.Who wrote the original Frankenstein? 18.In which country are the ruins of Machu Pichu?

19.In which country is Mount Everest? 20.Which animal kills the most humans ever y year? 21.In what year did Airds High School open? 22.Which planets in our Sola r System have moons? 23.How many stars are on the USA flag? 24.What are the even ts in a Pentathlon? 25.What is the opposite of zenith? (zenith means the highest p oint) GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 Answers 1. Albumen or glaive 2. Botanist 3.Zeus 4. Archibald 5. Broome 6.Eagle & lion 7.Helen of Troy 8. The $50 note features Aboriginal writer and inventor Da vid Unaipon (1872 1967), and Australias first female parliamentarian, Edith Cowan (18611932). 9. Murray 10. Jessica Watson 11. Large passenger carrying airship whi ch exploded 1937 killing many people. Caused the end of the use of airships. 12. Porn Tip 13. Antarctica 14. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation 15. Melbourne 16. Coat colour / breed 17. Mary Shelley 18. Peru 19. Its summit separates Nepal & Tibet 20. Mosquito 21. 1974 22. Earth, Mars, Jupit er, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 3 1. What star is closest to our sun? 2. Where will the next Olympic Games be held ? 3. What is the name of the large submarine fault line off the coast of Califor nia which causes numerous earthquakes? 4. The Andes Mountains are on which conti nent? 5. What is the proper name for a camel with one hump? 6. What was Tasmania called before it was called Tasmania? 7. Parramatta is an Aboriginal word meani ng what? 8. What is the common name for the human clavicle? 9. Name the 7 dwarve s in the Snow White fairy tale? 10.What is the line of adhesive between bricks i n buildings called? 11.What is kumara more commonly called? 12.What apparatus is used to raise a car so a tyre can be change? 13.What is a cicatrix? 14.What bea n is the main constituent of chocolate? 15.Name the NSW Premier. 16.What is the hardest natural occurring substance? 17.What does girt mean; as in girt by sea? 18.W hat is Lady Gagas real name? 19.Name the 3 presenters of Top Gear 20.Why were the kangaroo and emu specifically chosen for the Australian Coat of Arms? 21.What i s the highest mountain in Australia? 22.Which two major urban centres one on the east coast and one on the4 west were ravaged by severe storms in the last week? 23.What does an altimeter measure? 24.What is the name of the large man-made la ke in Canberra? 25.Name three Australian inventions which have been taken up wor ld wide.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 3 Answers 1. Proxima Centauri 2. 2. Beijing 3. 3.San Andreas Fault 4. 4. South Ame rica 5. 5. Dromedary 6. 6. Van Diemans Land 7. 7. Place where eels lie down; plac e of many eels; head of waters. 8. 8. Collar bone 9. 9. Sleepy, Grumpy, Dopey, H appy, Doc, Sneezy, Bashful. 10. 10. Mortar 11. 11. Sweet potato 12. 12 Jack 13. 13. Scar 14. 14. Cacao 15. 15 Kristina Keneally 16. 16. Diamond 17. 17. Surround ed 18. 18, Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. 19.19 James May, Richard Hammond, and Jeremy Clarkson 20. 20 Neither animal can go backwards? 21. 21 Mt Kosziosko 22. 22. Mackay QLD, Perth WA 23. 23 altitude 24.24 Lake Burley Griffin 25. 25. Rotary drying line; bionic ear, lawn mower, ute, refrigerated transport, esky et c.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 4 1. In which country is the volcano that erupted on April 17th 2010 and resulted in European airports being closed for nearly a week? 2. Which country carried ou t nuclear tests at Woomera in South Australia in the 1950s? 3. The most venomous marine creature known to mankind lives in Northern Australian waters. What is i t? 4. What is the name given to a fear of small or confined spaces? 5. Of what s ubstance is the core of a normal writing pencil made? 6. What does NASA stand fo r? 7. What name is given to the mass of water which separates Tasmania from main land Australia? 8. How many court cards are in a normal deck of cards? 9. Name thr ee famous Australian bushrangers. 10.The longest fence in the world was built in the 1880s. What is it called and where is it? 11.Which Federal Minister recentl y had his portfolio reduced as a result of problems with the free home insulatio n scheme? 12.If I have renal failure, which body organ is affected? 13.What is a Jewish place of worship called? 14.What is the main ingredient of spaghetti bol ognaise sauce? 15.What does the Australian expression as the crow flies mean? 16.W hich globally famous band that originated in Australia, had a sell-out tour in A ustralia in February? 17.Name these two music 18.Name the 16 current NRL teams 1 9.Who was the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize? 20.What is the name of Ca mpbelltown Citys central Library? symbols and

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 4 Answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Iceland England Australian box jellyfish Claustrophob ia Graphite National Aeronautics and Space Administration Bass Strait 12 Ned Kel ly, Mad Dan Morgan, Jack Donahue, Captain Moonlite, Captain Thunderbolt, Ben Hal l, 10.The dingo fence. Australia. 11.Peter Garrett 12.Kidney 13.Synagogue 14.Tom atoes 15.In a direct line 16.AC/DC 17.Treble clef and Sharp 1. Brisbane Broncos 2. Canberra Raiders 3. Canterbury Bulldogs 4. Cronulla - Sharks 5. Gold Coast Ti tans 6. Manly Eagles 7. Melbourne Storm 8. New Zealand Warriors 9. Newcastle Kni ghts 10. North Queensland Cowboys 11. Parramatta - Eels 12. Penrith Panthers 13. South Sydney - Rabbits 14. St George/Illawarra Dragons 15. Sydney City Roosters 16. West - Tigers 19. Barack Obama- extraordinary efforts to strengthen interna tional diplomacy and cooperation between peoples 20. H. J. Daley Central Library

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 5 1. What ocean washes the west coast of Australia? 2. What is the only man-made s tructure that is visible from space? 3. What is the more common name given to the vegetable kumara? 4. The building now known as Campbelltown Theatre in Queen Street was originally built as a what? 5. The NAPLAN tests are causing controversy in schools. What d oes NAPLAN stand for? 6. What is the medical name for the breast bone? 7. What d o Americans call tomato sauce? 8. What is a south paw? 9. What three ways can a sn ake kill its victim? 10. Who won the 2010 gold logie? 11. What two famous Austra lian faces are on the $20 note? 12. Tickets for which internationally famous ban d go on sale on Friday? 13. Who is the current leader of the Federal opposition? 14. What is the smallest country in the world? 15. Name the 3 judges on Austral ias Got Talent. 16. What new ice cream did Streets release in April 2010? 17. Who started the Australian Flying Doctor Service? 18. When was Sydney Harbour Bridg e completed? 19. In relation to sleep, what does REM stand for? 20. What is the latest technology equipment released by Apple in April 2010?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 5 Answers 1. Indian Ocean 2. Great Wall of China 3. Sweet potato 4. Town Hall 5. N ational Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy 6. Sternum 7. Ketchup 8. Left-h anded person 9. Biting, spitting poison, constriction 10. Ray Meagher 11. Mary Reiby & John Flynn 12. Metallica 13. Tony Abbot 14. Vatican City 15. Br ian McFadden, Dannii Minogue, Kyle Sandilands 16. Magnum gold 17. Dr. John Flynn 18. 1932 19. Rapid eye movement 20. ipad

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 6 1. What is the correct name for a camel with one hump? 2. What is the call numbe r for Campbelltowns radio station? 3. Who wrote the book entitled Alice in Wonder land? 4. If amber lights are flashing at a pedestrian crossing, what should a dr iver do? 5. What is the only compulsory subject in the HSC? 6. The prestigious C annes Film Festival is on currently. In which country is it held? 7. Name the re cently released title track from Miley Cyrus forthcoming album? 8. At the World Music Awards held in Monaco this week (18th May), who garnered t he most awards? 9. What is meant by the expression bury the hatchet? 10. What does AN ZAC stand for? 11. Where in the body is the Achilles tendon? 12. Identify the 3 constituents of Einsteins famous formula E = mc2 13. Name the major circle of latitude that crosses Australia 14. What does one c all the disk which is hit with a hockey stick? 15. Which highly successful NASA program will be terminated in 2010? 16. What is vermicelli? 17. What does a host ler look after? 18. In which country is Gallipoli where many of our ANZACS peris hed? 19. What is special about a babushka doll? 20. What is referred to as the sp ort of kings? 21. There are many salt lakes in Australia. What is the largest one (in fact it is the largest in the world!)? 22. What massive 1950s project attrac ted large numbers of European workers to Australia? 23. What is the name of the last James Bond film made? 24. What does an odometer measure? 25. To what does a bag of fruit refer in Australian rhyming slang?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 6 ANSWERS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Dromedary C91.3 Lewis Carroll A driver can drive through if there are no people still crossing English France Cant be tamed Lady Gaga won five awards. Her awards include World s Best Selling Artist of America, World s Best Single, World s Best Rock/Pop Artist, World s Best New Artist, and World s Best Album. 9. To make peace or settle differences with an opponent. 10 .Australian and New Zealand Army Corps 11.Behind the ankle up to the mid calf 12 .E is energy, m is mass, and c is the speed of light in a vacuum 13.Tropic of Ca pricorn 14.Puck 15.Space Shuttle program 16.Thin pasta or noodles 17.Horses. 18. Turkey 19. A set of dolls of decreasing sizes placed one inside the other. 20. H orse racing 21. Lake Eyre 22. The Snowy Mountains Scheme 23. Quantum of solace 2 4. Distance travelled by a car or vehicle 25. A suit

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 7 1. Name five big cats 2. Yuri Gagarin was the first man to .. 3. Who developed the Wo rld Wide Web? 4. Name all 7 dwarves 5. In the Australian version of Jingle Bells w hat mode of transport does Santa use instead of the one horse sleigh? 6. What do es girt mean in our National Anthem? 7. What is the name of the largest artery in the human body? 8. Australia has the world s longest straight stretch of railway track on the Sydney to Perth line. (Another biggest) and another long line from Adelaide to Darwin. Name the train identified with each route. 9. What telescope was launched by space shuttle in 1990? 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. What is a traditiona l Samoan house called? Who was the jazz musician, idol and mentor of Lisa Simpso n? What does Ictuate" mean? What is the hardest mineral in the world? In which town in Australia do most of the residents live in caves? Some extras for fun I can be quick and then I m deadly, I am a rock, shell and b one medley. If I was made into a man, I d make people dream, I gather in my mill ions by ocean, sea and stream Before I came, confusion abounded. I m late, I m l ate was frequently sounded. I m not average, but was based on a mean. My size, i n theory, is constant: fifteen. I m two dozen steps, again in theory. But walk m y length and you d get weary. I take half and quarter steps at times. In reality , I don t follow the lines. I shrink to nothing in two cold extremes. Over a tho usand miles wide in the betweens. What am I? My first is simply a vegetable, del icious, round and green. My second obviously refers to you. My third and fourth are sound asleep, as plainly can be seen. My fifth is fifty, clear enough for an y riddle-setter. My final makes no sound You see me now before your eyes; it s p lain for all to tell.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 7 ANSWERS: 1. Lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, cheetah, puma, lynx 2. Go into space 3 . Tim Bernes Lee 4. Sleepy, Grumpy, Happy, Dopey, Doc, Bashful, Sneezy 5. A rust y Holden ute 6. Surrounded 7. Aorta 8. The Indian-Pacific and The Ghan 9. Hubble Telescope 10. Fale 11. Bleeding Gums Murphy 12. Diamond 13. Cooper Pedy EXTRAS Sa nd Time zones Puzzle

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 8 1. What was Tasmania called before it was called Tasmania? 2. What is the line o f adhesive between bricks in a wall or building called? 3. What apparatus is usu ally used to raise a car so a tyre can be changed? 4. What NSW coastal town was hit by a waterspout / tornado early in June 2010? 5. Name four digital image file types. 6. How many permanent teeth does a human being develop? 7. Where is the worlds tallest building? 8. What is the formula for finding the volume of a cylinder? 9. In a manual vehi cle, what joins the drive from the engine to the gear box? 10.In Goldilocks and the three bears, what was too soft? 11. Which NSW State of Origin player walked out of the team as a protest against racism? 12.The human skull consists of two parts. What are they? 13. Which horses heart is on display at the National Museum of Australia? 14.A machine which rotates wood, metal to allow it to be shaped is called what? 15. A baby whale is called a calf; a baby shark is called a ..? 16. What is a Warr igal? 17. In Ice Age what kind of nut did Scrat bury? 18.If you added some dead horse to your food, what would you be adding? 22 19. What did Delilah do to remove Samsons strength? 20. What is the capital of Th ailand? 21. Who is the Secretary General (head) of the United Nations?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 8 ANSWERS 1. Van Diemans Land 2. Mortar 3. Jack 4. Lennox Head 5. JPEG/JPG, GIF, BM P, PNG, EXIF, TIFF, RAW, PPM/PGM/PBM/PNM 6. 32 7. The Burj Khalifa (828m) is in Dubai, United Arab Emirates 8. Pi x r2 x h 9. The clutch 10. Mother Bears bed 11. Timana Tahu 12. Cranium and mandible 13. Phar Lap 14. Lathe 15. Pup 16. Dingo 1 7. Acorn 18. (tomato) sauce 19. She cut his hair 20. Bangkok 21. Ban Ki Moon of the Republic of Korea

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 9 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. There are over 300 ty pes of apples. Name 6 types that can be purchased in Australia. Which organ is a ffected with a pulmonary infection? Which planets in our Solar System have no mo ons? Name 3 types of carnivorous plants According to the Australian folksong and Australian legend, where does the dog sit on the tuckerbox? Where was paper first made? What do BC and AD stand for when used with a year? The Prime Meridian (0o ) passes through Greenwich, England and time zones are measured from it. What is its opposite meridian (180o) called? Which Transformers star married in Hawaii in June? Which famous person said: Everything that can be counted does not necess arily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.? What did tunne l rats do in the Vietnam War? What mathematical name is given to a one-sided surf ace? Thousands of artisans and craftsmen were employed to build the Taj Mahal? H ow long did it take? Approximately 30 cars have been names after animals. Can yo u name 5? Which British group has sold more albums in the US than any other arti st? What does PBL stand for? Which Aboriginal people are the traditional custodi ans of land in the Macarthur area? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Potential 60 points Unassisted answers (double points) Second round (assisted) = = TOTAL: =

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 9 ANSWERS: 1. APPLES Delicious, Jonathan, Granny Smith, Fuji, Pink Lady, Braeburn, Gala, Golden Delicious, McIntosh, Jonagold, Sundowner 2. Lungs 3. Venus, Mercur y 4. Bladder / Bladderwort, Trap / Venus Fly Trap, Pitcher, Lobster pot / Corksc rew, Butterwort 5. 5 miles from Gundegai 6. China 2nd century AD 7. BC Before Ch rist; AD Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord) 8. International Date Line 9. Meg an Fox 10. Albert Einstein 11. Flush Viet Cong out of their tunnel system 12. Mo bius strip 13. 21 years 14.1. Barracuda (Plymouth) 2. Beetle (Volkswagen) 3. Bison (Chevrolet heavy-duty truck) 4. Blackhawk (Stutz) 5. Bluebird (Nissan/Datsun) 6. Bronco (Ford) 7. Cha rger (Dodge) 8. Cheetah (rare 1960s high-performance sports car) 9. Cobra (Shelb y, Shelby-Ford) 10. Cougar (Mercury) 11. Fox (Audi, Volkswagen) 12. Gazelle (Sin ger) 13. Honey Bee (Nissan/Datsun) 14. Impala (Chevrolet) 15. Jaguar (outgrowth of S.S. Cars, formerly Swallow Sidecars, Ltd.) 16. Lark (Studebaker) 17. Marlin (AMC) 18. Mustang (Ford) 19. Pinto (Ford) 20. Rabbit (Volkswagen) 21. Ram (Dodge ) 22. Road Runner (Plymouth) 23. Sable (Mercury) 24. Skylark (Buick) 25. Spider/ Spyder (Porsche) 26. Stag (Triumph) 27. Sting Ray/Stingray (Chevrolet Corvette) 28. Super Bee (Dodge) 29. Thunderbird (Ford) 30. Viper (Dodge) 31. Wasp (Hudson) 32. White Eagle (Kissel) 33. Wildcat (Buick) 15. The Beatles 16. Positive Behaviour for Learning 17. Dharawal people

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 10 1. Which is the only continent on Earth that is home to the animal known as the sloth? 2. Scandinavia, one of Europe s five regions, includes five countries. What are they? 3. Two conditions combine to make Antarctica the coldest place on Earth during t he winter. One of those conditions is high altitude. What is the other? 4. Dried by the sun, adobe bricks have been used as building materials for centuries. Of what are adobe bricks made? 5. Was the dinosaur called Apatosaurus a meat eater (carnivore) or a plant eater (herbivore)? 6. Which instrument in the orchestra produces the highest notes -- the flute or the piccolo? 7. J. K. Rowling patterned one character in the Harry Potter books after herself. Who was that character? 8. Aspirin is often used to lower fever and ease body pain. Toda y, aspirin is made in factories by combining chemicals. But many years ago aspir in was derived from nature. From what was it made back then? 9. In Greek mytholo gy, Argus was a monster with as many as 100 eyes. When Hermes killed Argus, Hera used his eyes on the tail feathers of her bird. What kind of bird received Argu s s eyes? 10. The first rock n roll record to become widely popular was a 1955 hit song by Bill Haley and the Comets. What was the name of that song? 11. Whic h ocean is found along much of Africa s eastern coast? 12. To what does trouble a nd strife refer in Australian rhyming slang? 13. What does a cooper make? 14. Goo gle has developed an operating system which is expected to provide serious compe tition for the iPhone. What is it named? 15. For what historical event (which only lasted for 30 mins), was this flag first designed? 16. Who makes the Australian banknotes? 17. What is the name of Australias real-l ife superhero (he is based in Sydney) 18. For each of the 8 states and territori es of Australia, provide its capital and, if it is on a river, the name of the river. (11)

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 10 ANSWERS: 1. South America; 2. Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway. 3. continuous darkness; 4. soil, clay, or clay and straw; 5. plant eater (herbivore ); 6. piccolo; 7. Hermione Granger; 8. bark from the willow tree; 9. a peacock; 10. "Rock Around the Clock"; 11. Indian Ocean; 12. wife 13. barrels 14. Android 15. The Eureka Stockade 16. Note Printing Australia Limited (a separately incorp orated, wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Australia). 17. Captain A ustralia 18 NSW Sydney Victoria South Australia Western Australia Northern T erritory Queensland Tasmania ACT [32 answers] Melbourne Yarra Adelaide Perth Swa n River Darwin Brisbane Brisbane River Hobart Derwent River Canberra

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 11 1. Into which ocean does the Amazon River flow? 2. The artist Michelangelos paint ings can be seen on the ceiling of which chapel at the Vatican in Rome? 3. What number is represented by the Roman numeral D? 4. How old does a person have to b e to run for the president of the United States? 5. If you are eating bouillabai sse, what are you eating? 6. In Australian rhyming slang, to what does the term m ystery bags refer? 7. In Greek mythology, with what was the god Apollo associated ? 8. A jumbuk features in the song Waltzing Matilda. What is a jumbuk? 9. What doe s the term pianissimo direst you to do in music? 10. What is the cloud of material stars are made of called? 11. King Island, famous for its superior cream and ch eeses, is part of which Australian state? 12. What is the largest organ of the h uman body? 13. Why is 2010 special for the Ford Falcon? 14. In what year did the first space walk occur? 15. When referring to a CD-ROM, for what do the letters ROM stand? 16. Microsoft Corporation is one of the larg est computer companies in the world. How old was Bill Gates when he started Micr osoft? 17. What is the main language spoken by the people of Zanzibar, an island off the east coast of Africa? 18. Ross Arnott named his extremely scrumptious Tim Tam biscuits after what? 19. An annual memorial service commemorating the 1816 massacre of Dharawal people in the Macarthur area is held at what location? 20. A man leaves home, tu rns left three times and meets a man in a mask. What is the first mans occupation ?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 11 ANSWERS: 1. Atlantic Ocean 2. The Sistine Chapel 3. 500 4. 35 years old 5. Fish stew 6. Snags 7. War 8. Sheep 9. Play very softly 10.Nebulae 11.Tasmania 12.Skin 13.It is Ford Falcon 50th anniversary 14.1965 - Russian cosmonaut 15.Read-only memory 16.19 years old 17.Swahili 18.The 1958 Kentucky Derby winner Tim Tam 19.C ataract Dam 20.Baseball / softball player

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 12 1. What is a hung parliament? 2. Where is your patella? 3. In what year was Airds High School opened? 4. In an email address section, what does cc stand for? 5. In which country has there been a 100+km traffic jam for at least 10 days this m onth (August 2010)? 6. Name the Green MP elected in the latest election 7. Name four countries that have the Union Jack on their flags 8. Name the tool used for raising a car so a tyre can be changed at the side of the road. 9. Name 8 berries that have berry at the end of their single word name 10.Which famous classical music composer kept writing and performing after he be came deaf? 11.If you eat escargot, what are you eating? 12.Before Yuri Gagan became the first human in space, spaceflight had been tested with fou r different types of animals. Which animals were they? 13.What is the correct name for brain cells?

14.Which Spanish surrealists best-known artworks often include limp objects (eg c lock faces) in landscapes? 15.Which heavy metal band coming to Sydney in September and November had tickets to their three November concerts sell out in less than an hour? 16. To what does the Australian expression glad rags refer?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 12 ANSWERS 1. When no political party has an absolute majority of seats sufficient to lead the country 2. Knee / knee cap 3. 1974 4. Carbon copy 5. China 6. Adam Bandt 7. Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Niue, Tuvalu. 8. Jack 9. Boysenberry, blackberry, cranberry raspberry cloudberry Juneberry elderberry loganberry mulberry salmonberry crowberry nannyberry serviceberry ollaliberry yo ungberry marionberry tayberry huckleberry strawberry gooseberry blueberry pokeberry barberry bearberry chokebe rry lingonberry juniperberry 10.Beeethoven 11.Snails 12.Dog, Mouse, Monkey, Fruit fly 13.Neurons 14.Salvador Dali

15.Metallica 16.Best clothes / party clothes Australian rhyming slang dogs eye = meat pie

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 13 1. 2. Which famous comic hero is known as the ghost who walks? What do these bodypart idioms mean? Knee-jerk reaction; Use some elbow grease; Have your nose outof-joint. On Average: Blue Moons occur once every 2.7 years. The next blue moon will occur in November 2010. What is a blue moon? It is possible to stand on Ame rican soil and see Russia with the naked eye. The place where those two countrie s are closest together, are two islands in the Bering Sea, which are about four kilometres apart. Between those two islands is the international date line. The Russian island in not inhabited, the American one hosts about 200 people. What a re these islands called? What was Supermans birth name given by his parents Jor-E l and Lara? What normally illegal gambling tradition is permitted on one day of the year (ANZAC Day) without fear of prosecution? What is the correct term for a baby swan? Australias 7th Prime Minister was in office for the greater period of World War I. Who was he? What do you do if (according to Australian rhyming sla ng) you put some dead horse on your dogs eye? 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. What is the more common term used for the animal called a Bactrian? 11. Wher e was the first flushing toilet installed in NSW? 12. What and where is this well-known landmark that has played a prominent role in many historical events? 13. What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters? 14. Which New Zealand city w as recently shattered by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake? 15. Ramadan is the 9th mont h in the Islamic calendar and is a month of fasting. What special celebration ma rks the end of this fasting period? 16. What name is given to the soft spot in a b abys cranium that usually closes after a few months?

17. What substance is added to dough to make bread and bakery products rise? 18. Name the Queensland and 2 NSW captains of the State of Origin 2010 series [23] GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 13 ANSWERS 1. The Phantom 2. Knee-jerk reaction react to something without thinking things through Use elbow grease rub or scrub vigorously Have your nose out-of-j oint 3. When a second full moon occurs within a one month time period. 4. Aleuti an Islands 5. Kal-el 6. Two-up 7. Cygnet 8. William Morris Hughes 9. Put tomato sauce on your meat pie 10. Camel 11. Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie installed i t in Government House Parramatta (early 1800s) 12. Rock of Gibraltar. Southern ti p of Spain, but actually belongs to the Kingdom of Great Britain. Northern entra nce to the Mediterranean Sea. 13. Queue 14. Christchurch 15. The Eid or Eid ul-F itr means the Festival of Breaking the Fast; a special celebration is made. 16. Fontanelle 17. Yeast 18. Queensland Darren Lockyer; NSW Kurt Gidley (games 1&2), Trent Barrett (game3) What is greater than god more evil than the devil rich people need it poor peopl e have it if you eat it you will die. Show / Hide Answer Nothing

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 14 1. Which country won the Miss Universe 2010 title? 2. In which city are the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 going to be held? 3. Who was the last man to win the Australian Open back-to-back? 4. Who is Oscar de la Renta? 5. Name the horse that won the Melbourne Cup in 2009? 6. What is Canadas federal police force called? 7. Hilary Clinton holds which position in the US government? 8. Who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe? 9. Which country won the 2010 Fifa World Cup? 10. In international politics, what does PLO stand for? 11. What town in Western Australia rimes with a household cleaning item? 12. Which NRL Player won the 2010 Dally M Award? 13. Name 4 teams in the English Premier League?

14. Who won the NFL 2009? 15. Who is the author of the Twilight Saga? 16. What are the first names of the three Kardashian sisters? 17. What was the Guinness world record length for hiccupping? 18. How many movies will be in the Harry Potter Movie Series? 19. Who wrote Taming of the Shrew? 20. What is the Modern Day version of Taming of the Shrew?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 15 1. Name four United States Presidents with the first name James. 2. Who is the executive producer of Two and a Half Men? 3. What is the name of the dog currently living in the White House with the Obamas? 4. What kind of motorcycle does Casey Stoner ride? 5. What is the name of Ushers upcoming Australian Tour? 6. Barney is a dinosaur... What is the next line? 7. Who is Australias first Saint? 8. Who was the first person to discover Australia? 9. What is the capital of Algeria? 10. Which vegetable is known as the eggplant? 11. What are the names of the two airports in New York? 12. What year did the Titanic sink?

13. How tall is the Eiffel Tower (in metres)? 14. How many seasons of Scrubs are there? 15. After whom is the area of Macarthur named? 16. In how many movies has Johnny Depp starred? 17. When were the scissors invented?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 16 Created by Elijah Lilomaiava 1. What was Ushers Birth Name? 2. What is the other name for a Japanese Rice ball? 3. If it is a flock of sheep then it is a ____ of gorillas? 4. Name the French sculptor who designed the Statue of Liberty? 5. What city is the Louvre located in? 6. Name 4 types of Martial Arts? 7. What is the name of the only mammal that is able to fly? 8. Who is the author of the book The Fall of the House of Usher? 9. Where on the human body will you find the Lacrimal Organ? 10. What is the name of the 3 scientists who discovered the double-helix structu re of DNA? 11. What does R&B stand for?

12. When is Saint Patricks Day celebrated? 13. What position in Basketball does Shaquille ONeal play? 14. Who is the main director of the anime Tsubasa Chronicles? 15. Who was the first person to win the Masterchef Australia? 16. Name the American Presidents who have been assassinated? 17. Name the moons of Mars? 18. How many Melbourne Cups has Makybe Dive won?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE How well do you retain info? 1. What does a chronometer measure? 2. What is the white of an egg called? 3. What is the name of the large submarine fault line of f the coast of California which causes numerous earthquakes? 4. Who was the reci pient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize? 5. What ocean washes the west coast of Aust ralia? 6. Identify the 3 constituents of Einsteins famous formula E = mc2 7. What is the hardest mineral in the world? 8. The human skull consists of two parts. What are they? 9. If you added some dead horse to your food, what would you be adding? 10. The Prime Meridian (0o) passes through Greenwich, England and time zones are measured from it. What is its opposite meridian (180o) called? 11 . Two conditions combine to make Antarctica the coldest place on Earth during th e winter. One of those conditions is high altitude. What is the other? 12. The a rtist Michelangelos paintings can be seen on the ceiling of which chapel at the V atican in Rome? 13. When referring to a CD-ROM, for what do the letters ROM stan d? 14. In an email address section, what does cc stand for? 15. Which Spanish surrealists best-known artworks often include limp objects (eg clock faces) in landscapes? 16. What and where is this well-known landmark that has played a prominent role in many historical events? 17. What English word ret ains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters? 18. Ramadan is the 9th month in the Islamic calendar and is a month of fasting. What special celebration marks the end of this fasting period? 19. What substance is added to dough to make bread and bakery products rise?

20. Who wrote Taming of the Shrew? 1. Time 21. 22. 23. Albumen or glaive San Andreas Fault H. J. Daley Central Libr ary 24. Barack Obama- extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy an d cooperation between peoples 25. 26. E Indian Ocean is energy, m is mass, and c is the speed of light in a vacuum Diamond (tomato) s auce International Date Line continuous darkness; The Sistine Chapel Read-only m emory Carbon copy Salvador Dali 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. Rock of Gibraltar. Southern tip of Spain, but actually belongs to the Kingdo m of Great Britain. Northern entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. 36. Queue 37. Ch ristchurch 38. The Eid or Eid ul-Fitr means the Festival of Breaking the Fast; a special celebration is made. 39. Fontanelle 40. William Shakespeare