Test your knowledge of news, sport and pop culture in Brainwaves, the SA Weekend quiz

Which came first: Lake Geneva is in which two countries? What’s the capital of Slovakia? Test your skills in this week’s Brainwaves quiz, 50 news, pop culture and general knowledge questions.

How many crosses are combined on the Union Jack flag?

1 What is the legal term for telling lies under oath?

2 Who is the Chief Justice of South Australia?

3 Into which sea does the Volga River flow?

4 Who quit as senior coach of AFL club Richmond last week?

5 How many pecks are in a bushel?

6 Which country begins with the letters Jo?

7 Name the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, India.

8 What is the capital of Slovakia?

9 What kind of shells are mentioned in the nursery rhyme Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary?

10 Who directed the 1994 film Quiz Show?

Dennis Weaver, left, as the slow-witted deputy Chester and James Arness as Marshall Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke, 1956.

11 In which Australian capital city is the suburb of Fortitude Valley?

12 What colour is the cotton dress in the 1968 hit MacArthur Park by Irish actor Richard Harris?

13 The headquarters of Interpol (International Criminal Police Organisation) is in which country?

14 Which team did Adelaide defeat to win the 1998 AFL grand final?

15 Who composed the four-act opera La Boheme?

16 How many crosses are combined on the Union Jack flag?

17 What is nosophobia?

18 What was Chester’s surname in the US television western series Gunsmoke?

19 Multiply the number of inches in two feet by the number of feet in two yards.

20 Who wrote the 1940 book For Whom the Bell Tolls?

21 A cube has how many faces?

22 What are Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Jersey?

23 Of which two gases are stars mostly composed?

24 Which country beginning with A has a border with Libya?

25 What is the national airline of Spain?

26 What is the Italian word for the number three?

27 Which word means turnip-shaped?

28 What were the given names of English author H.G. Wells?

29 Butterfly is a stroke in which sport?

30 Who was the female star of the 1968 film Speedway?

31 In which organ of the human body is the mitral valve?

32 Who is the patron saint of Wales?

33 The tip of which peninsula is the northernmost point of mainland Australia?

34 Which Elvis Presley hit begins: “Can’t you see I love you”?

35 Who was the first Catholic president of the US?

36 What is mal de mer?

37 The lyrics “The corn is as high as an elephant’s eye” come from which song in the musical Oklahoma!?

38 Which country owns the Canary Islands?

39 How many days are in 44 fortnights?

Elvis Presley sings Edge of Reality, from the 1968 film Live a Little, Love a Little.

40 By area and population, which is Australia’s smallest state?

41 Nicolae Ceausescu was the dictator of which European country from 1965-89?

42 How old was Rolf Harris when he died on May 10?

43 Complete this old Australian advertising slogan: You can bank on the …

44 Suleiman the Magnificent was the ruler of which empire from 1520-66?

45 What kind of animal is the Disney cartoon character Clarabelle?

46 Which two planets are mentioned in the popular song Fly Me to the Moon?

47 What is polydipsia?

48 Which date marks the end of the Australian financial year?

49 What is one-sixth of 1656?

50 Lake Geneva is in which two countries?