Quizzes

Volume 50, No. 12, July 12, 2007
 
 
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. He’s better known as O.J. Simpson, but what are the given names of the former American football star?
2. What is the highest mountain in Britain and Wales?
3. When was the movie Top Gun released?
4. Who has replaced Tony Blair as Prime Minister of Great Britain?
5. Pure gold has how many carats?
6. Ivor Hele held what positions during World War II and the Korean War?
7. Harper Lee has written only one book; what is its title?
8. More than 350 men from HMAS Perth died in action. What happened to the survivors?
9. What is the average distance from Earth to the Sun?
10. What was Australia’s first low-cost airline?






ANSWERS

1. Orenthal James
2. Mount Snowdon
3. 1986
4. Gordon Brown
5. 24
6. Official war artist.
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
8. They were taken captive by the Japanese – over 100 died in captivity
9. 150 million kms
10. Compass Airlines (1990)