General Knowledge Questions

Question 1

What is the name of Jane Eyre’s primary love interest in the novel of the same name?

Answer 1

Mr Rochester

Question 2

What is the more casual name of the cocktail officially called a Cuba Libre?

Answer 2

Rum & Coke

Question 3

Macbeth, Falstaff and Otello are a trio of operas based on Shakespeare plays. Who composed these operas?

Answer 3

Verdi

Question 4

What is the denomination of the smallest Euro banknote?

Answer 4

5 euro

Question 5

What male first name is given to Sonequa Martin-Green’s troubled female character in Star Trek: Discovery?

Answer 5

Michael

Question 6

Which mobile-phone provider was known as BT Cellnet until 2001?

Answer 6

O2

Question 7

Which UK city is covered by postcodes beginning with the letter S followed directly by numbers?

Answer 7

Sheffield

Question 8

Numbats feast almost exclusively on what?

Answer 8

Termites

Question 9

What is the name of the mystery cat in the musical Cats?

Answer 9

Macavity

Question 10

What is a perigee-syzygy moon commonly known as?

Answer 10

Supermoon

Question 11

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus was the final king of which ancient city?

Answer 11

Rome

Question 12

The song ‘Suddenly’ from the Xanadu soundtrack is a duet by Olivia Newton-John and who?

Answer 12

Cliff Richard

Question 13

Which scientist is credited with the discovery of the electron?

Answer 13

J. J. Thomson

Question 14

What is Australia’s highest official interest rate to date?

Answer 14

17.5%

Question 15

The name of what virus is derived from the idea that disease was due to astrological influences?

Answer 15

Influenza

Question 16

Which Brisbane pop duo was named after a phrase in Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles?

Answer 16

Savage Garden

Question 17

The name of which bite-sized French cakes means ‘little oven’ in English?

Answer 17

Petit Fours

Question 18

What was the second Norwegian city to host a Winter Olympics?

Answer 18

Lillehammer

Question 19

A famous etching by Walter Hogarth is Gin what?

Answer 19

Lane

Question 20

Maria Theresa was the only female ruler of which arch-duchy?

Answer 20

Austria

Question 21

What nationality is Jonas Vingegaard, winner of the 2022 Tour de France?

Answer 21

Danish

Question 22

What dye is made from the dried, pulverised bodies of insects?

Answer 22

Cochineal

Question 23

The former Formula One racing circuit Bremgarten is in which country?

Answer 23

Switzerland

Question 24

The Martuwarra Fitzroy River is in which Australian State or Territory?

Answer 24

Western Australia

Question 25

In David Mckee's childrens book series, who is the patchwork elephant?

Answer 25

Elmer

Question 26

Which affectionate portmanteau does Google use for its new recruits?

Answer 26

Nooglers

Question 27

Is New York City's European latitudinal twin Berlin, Madrid or Paris?

Answer 27

Madrid

Question 28

Which Swedish-born US artist, known for his giant soft sculptures of everyday objects, died in 2022?

Answer 28

Claes Oldenburg

Question 29

What Australian first did Harry Houdini achieve in 1910 at Diggers Rest, Victoria?

Answer 29

First controlled flight

Question 30

In French and Cajun cuisine, an andouille is a type of what?

Answer 30

Sausage

Question 31

At the opening of British parliament, the Monarch traditionally delivers an address known by what name?

Answer 31

Throne speech

Question 32

According to ancient Greek mythology, Atlas belonged to which category?

Answer 32

Titans

Question 33

In Italian cuisine, what is a brodo?

Answer 33

Broth

Question 34

What do the initials in the inter-governmental organisation PIF stand for?

Answer 34

Pacific Islands Forum

Question 35

What is the world's biggest and most powerful space telescope?

Answer 35

James Webb Space Telescope

Question 36

The Burgtheater is the national theatre of which country?

Answer 36

Austria

Question 37

Australian architect Glenn Murcutt is well known for his use of what building material?

Answer 37

Corrugated iron

Question 38

Taylor Swift's 'All Too Well' replaced which song as the longest track to reach Number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100?

Answer 38

American Pie

Question 39

What is Scotland's second-most populous city?

Answer 39

Edinburgh (#1 is Glasgow)