We had a fantastic response to our last quiz and we thank everyone who entered. The winner was Craig E Burn, of Craigieburn. For the record, the answers were as follows:
-
False. The bible is not set in Victoria. There are plagues of locusts in both and it occasionally rains for forty days and forty nights but the Saints triumphed in the bible and Pontius Pilate did not authorise a huge development in behind the Windsor.
-
The flying kangaroo. The full finding from the European Commission wouldn’t fit on the tail.
-
False. It doesn’t matter how many mints he eats, he’ll still be Jeff Kennett.
-
Correct. The highest rating show is one in which children cook. Networks are in talks about programmes in which people do their washing.
-
John Howard. He spent nearly a month on TV, radio and in the press, explaining that the earth is flat, that Peter Costello is a dill, that Kevin Rudd should have held his nerve on the ETS, that Tony Abbott is doing a great job and that he personally no longer comments on politics.
-
Joe Hockey. Mrs Doubtfire was a movie.
-
False. Malcolm Turnbull is not hoping to play in the NBL next year although he is ‘looking very seriously’ at the NBN and has pronounced himself ‘as fit as I’ve ever been’.
-
True. Society would fall apart if the government legalised gay marriage. It is already in some trouble as a result of gayless marriages.
-
True. Electricity prices have tripled. If the SEC had been privatized and market forces allowed to operate, costs would have been reduced, the benefits passed on to customers and all this nonsense could have been avoided. (Sheryl, can you check this?)
-
The Aria Awards. No flowers please, by request.
-
The Pope. There may have been some guesswork involved.
-
Mohamed Haneef. Kevin Andrews is a Christian.
-
A Venus Flytrap is a carnivorous plant which feeds on flies and insects. A Desal is a non-operational plant which feeds on electricity and public money.
-
The Henry Review, by K Henry. It was ineligible for the Vogel Award for Fiction since it is clearly not the work of a single author and there have been suggestions not all of it was original.
-
Incorrect. Mr Abbott is not the messiah. He is just a very naughty boy. If he had not removed Malcolm Turnbull the Coalition would have been the beneficiary of the Rudd failure on ETS, would have shared the Green vote, would have been led by an adult and would currently be in government.
-
Mark Webber called. Running a bit late. Some sort of tyre problem.
-
The Australian dollar. Would the person who filled the exchange rate with helium please contact the Farmers' Federation. They have something for you.
-
The Victorian Election. It is today and the rules are clear: No running and it is not possible to vote for Bob Katter, Rebecca Gibney or the Wiggles.
-
False. None of the following is a headline. ‘Something Expected to Happen,’ ‘Something’s Happening Now. Reports,’ ‘Nothing Happened. Have Your Say.’
-
Correct. Although it did not begin ‘There were these three Irishman who ran a bank…….’ It began ‘There were these three banks who ran Ireland…….’
n