We had a huge response to last month’s quiz, and congratulations to all who entered. The winner was Leon Gatha, of Leongatha. For the record the answers were as follows:
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Kevin Rudd. Elmer Fudd is a figure of fun who does a lot of talking but consistently fails to shoot a wabbit.
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The North South Pipeline. It will carry water from the north of the state to the south. Anyone who can help transport water from the south of the state to the north in the week preceding the opening of the pipeline, should call John Brumby immediately.
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True. Pythagoras O'Toole was elected unopposed at the Brimbank Council meeting which is due to be held next Tuesday.
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The answer was d) Rugby League. A lost cause, a train wreck and a basket case are all metaphors for a hopeless shambles. Rugby League is a sport.
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This was a trick question. Both statements are false. The casino is not owned by the government and the government is not owned by the casino.
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Bank Loans to Small Businesses. The Unicorn, the Birth of the Blues and the Mask of Zorro actually exist.
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Julie Bishop. Peter Noone was the lead singer with Herman’s Hermits.
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Pacific Brands. There were no suspicious circumstances.
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Anna Bligh. Joan of Arc was French, rode a horse and heard voices.
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Clark Kent. Clark Rubber is a supplier of pool requisites, Christopher Pyne is eleven next birthday and there is no such thing as Supermalcolm.
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False. Robert Doyle is not a buffoon. He is the Mayor of Toytown. Grumpy, Dopey, Sneezy and Tinkerbell are respected councillors and Mrs Dumpty is filling in as Treasurer until her husband is well enough to return to work.
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True. The Pope says that condoms increase the incidence of AIDS. Supporting him in this are George Pell and Peter Jensen, neither of whom is an epidemiologist or has ever been a member of the Hitler Youth movement.
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Somalian pirates. They board the ships, take hostages and demand money. Wall Street deals in ‘equities’ and is given money by ‘investors.’
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True. January’s big story was why the current recession couldn’t happen, February’s was about the challenge Peter Costello wasn’t making, March’s was about photos that weren’t of Pauline Hanson. April’s was about a Scottish TV contestant and May’s was about the flu. And yet media stocks are falling.
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True. Alan Greenspan admits that the collapse of the global economy might have been a mistake. He is terribly sorry.
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Babcock and Brown. The Great Train Robbery involved a train.
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False. Cazaly was famous for his high marks although his Christian name was Roy, not Upthere.
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True. Standard and Poors is a rating agency which recently downgraded its assessment of the financial viability of Queensland. Last year they recommended you purchase a bag of borrowed goat droppings rather than invest in CBA stock. You will get better advice from a potted plant.
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The GST. Robert Mugabe will eventually go away.
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False. ‘Gitmo’ cannot possibly mean Guantanamo Bay. Does Bitmo mean Buantanamo Bay? Does Fitmo mean Fuantanamo Bay? Does git mean Guantana? Does mo mean mo Bay? And yet media stocks are falling.
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False. A protection racket develops a threat and then demands money from those who wish to avoid it. Microsoft is a legitimate business.
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False. The Liberals are unanimous (42-41) in their total support for the current leader.
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False. Disgraced, Former and Businessman are not his Christian names.
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False. Baz Luhrman did not direct ‘Australia – The Budget.’ This is a Rudd/Swan production and has opened to mixed reviews. The Opposition says it’s too much too early rather than their preferred position of too little too late. Kevin and Wayne love it and Julia has seen it six times.
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‘E = MC2’ (Albert Einstein), ‘Fame is fleeting, but obscurity is forever’ (Napoleon), ‘What I will say is that if you add one and one, you will get a number which is greater than either one or one; most people understand that, and whether or not the sum of those elements is two, doesn’t contravene the position I have outlined. It may be two. I’m not ruling that out. The important thing is to move forward with a policy embodying what is best for the country but we can’t do that if Malcolm Turnbull persists in saying that one and one are the same thing. He’s wrong about that. They aren’t. They may well be identical but they are not the same thing. There are two of them for goodness sake. This is the entire point’. (Penny Wong)
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Kilcunda. Hubris is not a beautiful section of the southern coast and Waterloo is in Belgium.
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John Brumby and James Packer. They were talking about fast cars and from the way Mr Brumby is laughing it looks as if Mr Packer might just have mentioned the weather.
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Stage 3a water restrictions. After that we’ll move to Stage 3b, Stage 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f etc. Please enjoy the music.
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H1, N1, means each side scored a goal. The result was therefore a draw.
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Susan Boyle. Leigh Matthews can’t sing.
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