We had a fantastic response to last month’s quiz and we thank everyone who entered. The winner was Mari Brynong, of Maribrynong. Great work and well done. For the record, the answers were as follows:
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True. The term Ruddbull signifies the non-existent political party which would be swept into office if an election were held in a TV studio in Sydney at a time when there was nothing else on Twitter.
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True. The Great Ocean Road is a wild coastal environment connected by suburban development, supermarkets and home hardware outlets. All it needs now is more eco-tourism. Ted is confident he has this in hand.
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True. The Australian currency will remain the Dollar. The Robertdoyle will be legal tender only in Swanston St, only on Sundays, only in the morning and only for the hire of bicycle helmets.
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True. Aside from war, flooding and tempests, the story which has dominated the world’s media cycle is the astonishing news about Kurt Tippett moving to another club.
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False. An argument doesn’t make more sense simply because you’re wearing an enormous yellow hat and carrying a pole. Someone may have to have a word with George Pell.
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True. The picture shows Imran Tahir, the famous South African batsman.
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False. An occlusion is a blockage. The Domain Road/Punt Road corner is an attractive location in a much sought after area.
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False. The woman photographed on the bow of the Titanic is Kate Winslet. Julie Bishop is a highly successful politician.
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False. Lawn sprinklers are not yet compulsory everywhere in Victoria. Exemptions can be obtained by writing to the Dept. of Ostriches, Heads and Sand.
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False. The mistakes of Docklands will not be repeated at Fisherman’s Bend. Fresh mistakes are being prepared at withering expense.
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False. East Werribee is not mentioned in Dante’s ‘Inferno’ although there’s a new translation coming out in 2014.
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False. Adam Smith was a Scottish economist and Adam Ant was a pop singer. The answer was Adam Scott, by 4 strokes.
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True. A number of people voted for Mitt Romney in the recent US election. Nobody knows how this happened.
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False. Damian Oliver did not have a few grand on a suspension from racing for 10 months. That would have been inappropriate. It was done through a third party.
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False. At no stage did the Premier approach the ticket office at Flinders St Station and say ‘South Yarra Tennis Club please’.
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False. Hussey and Clarke are not an insurance company. They’re just very reliable.
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True. Julia Gillard said her exit interview at Slater and Gordon had been redacted. This means it had had its pants pulled down very swiftly a second time.
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False. Matthew Guy is not the Minister for Stamping Things. He’s the Planning Minister. A lot of things have already been stamped by the time they get to him.
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False. Clive Palmer has not put the Queensland Premier on ebay although it is believed he will raffle him on Tuesday.
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True. Victoria leads the world in preventing people from accumulating large gambling losses. Called MYKI, the system has recently come through successful trials at the Spring Racing Carnival, where it saved punters a fortune by ensuring they didn’t get to the track.
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