We had an excellent response to last month’s quiz and we congratulate everyone who entered. The winner was Robin Vale of Robinvale. For the record the correct answers were:
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Climate Change. (We’d also accept Global Warming), John Howard. Eleven Years. Nothing.
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Punt Road. With a huge international effort and determination on all sides, there is some prospect of a solution in the middle east.
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‘To be or not to be’ (Shakespeare), ‘I have a dream’ (Martin Luther King), ‘This was their finest hour’ (Churchill), ‘The budget’s buggered’ (Wayne Swan).
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Stage three and half water restrictions. Peter Pan and the unicorn are imaginary figures for children.
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Brendan Nelson. He was CEO until Malcolm Turnbull made a successful cash offer for the party in late 2008.
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Kevin Rudd. More work is required on the voice, the rhythm and the content but otherwise the Obama impression is coming along nicely.
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There were two deliberate mistakes in the announcement: ‘Bailout’ and ‘Property Developers’.
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False. There were only seven wonders of the ancient world and Rex Hunt was not one of them.
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False. It is not an inventory of Scottish vegetation. He played The Joker in ‘Batman’.
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False. It is not because he can’t get another job. It is due to a selfless obsession with representing the good folk of Higgins.
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False. George W Bush had no second language. His first language will be known when the CIA files are opened.
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False. Hussein is the name of the Jordanian royal family. Usain Bolt is a rapid pedestrian.
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True. When Jelena Dokic appeared at the 2002 Australian Open she was booed. When she appeared at the 2009 Australian Open she was photographed wearing a flag and her opponent was booed. The media were present on both occasions.
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False. Melbourne’s Public Transport system is not a raffle. A raffle doesn’t get cancelled twice a week, catch fire, bend, buckle, break, melt, or require a billion dollars worth of infrastructure.
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True. Work stopped on the desalination plant in winter because the site was underwater (This only happens every year).
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False. John Brumby is not an acknowledged international expert on water management.
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Ron Walker. The Grand Prix. $45million a year.
Q18. Andrew Symonds. All the others are boofheads.
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No it does not sell toilets. A convenience store is so called because its prices are sufficiently high to make it convenient for the owners.
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The Liberal Party. The Brady Bunch fell apart when the ratings dropped.
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The Howard Years. Paradise Lost is a poem by John Milton.
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Peter Garrett. Everything Midas touched turned to gold.
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Phillip Ruddock. The others are all garden ornaments.
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Kevin Andrews. Dr Haneef will see you now.
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Jeff Kennett. Ivan the Terrible was called Ivan.
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Tony Abbott. The Victoria Cross is a bravery award.
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George Pell. The others are Darth Vader and Anna Wintour.
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Farnsie, Barnsie, Warnie, Tubby, Boonie, Buddy, Gillie and Punter. Ian Frazer is an immunologist, best known for his work on the development of a cervical cancer vaccine.
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False. There is an economy. It comes down the chimney once a year if you believe really hard. Perhaps if all the children join hands.
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Correct. Hedge-funds are monies collected in order to facilitate the purchase of herbaceous borders.