We had a fantastic response to our last quiz and we thank everyone who entered. The winner was Bonnie Doon, of Bonnie Doon. For the record, the answers were as follows:
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True. Each year in Melbourne on the final Saturday in September, there is a huge event known as Possibly the Grand Final. Two football teams meet at the MCG and play their hearts out for two hours. The following week they do it again until someone wins. This pattern has been broken only three times; once between 1902 and 1947, once between 1949 and 1976, and once between 1978 and 2009.
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True. The atmosphere at a grand final is unbeloyable.
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False. The AFL does not have a GDP greater than that of Belgium.
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True. When it is completed, the desal plant will produce rain quality water using only a billion mega-nargs of electricity per day. Construction is behind schedule and somewhat over budget because of flooding due to almost continuous heavy rain. This could not have been predicted since it has never happened previously throughout the winter in the Kilcunda area.
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True. The desal plant will cost Mr and Mrs T Payer $18billion. This is $16billion over budget. It will then be owned by someone else. This deal was negotiated by Mr and Mrs Payer’s carefully selected representative, Mr J Brumby, a 57 year old male Caucasian, of Melbourne
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False. The plant cannot be converted into a luxury facility for changing the names of women called Sally. This can already be done by Deed Poll and would in any event, not be a cost-effective use of governmental hubris.
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Steve Fielding. A nation mourns.
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False. The answer is not to call the show ‘Australia’s Two Next Top Models’. The answer is to get the result organized before announcing it.
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False. Oprah Winfrey does not receive more government funding than Opera Australia.
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The Grand Prix. The DJs claim was only $37m. And only once.
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False. At no stage did Mary MacKillop play a few games in the back pocket for Collingwood.
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It sounds like a fan-belt problem although check the radio. It could be that Christopher Pyne is being interviewed.
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Max Markson. Excema is a skin condition.
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False. The purpose of the Commonwealth Games was to highlight the sport, not the seating.
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True. Valium is a benzodiazepine. (‘The Bill’ is a television programme).
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False. Andrew Robb’s challenge for the deputy leadership was not a scratching. It was withdrawn at the barrier on the vet’s advice, due to bleeding in the off foreleg.
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Correct. Channel 7 regularly purchases the right to broadcast live international rugby union. Nobody knows why.
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False. The 2010 Australian Swimming Championships were not held in Delhi.
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The mine was in Chile. It doesn’t matter where Chile is and it is not known whether it was a coal mine, a tin mine, a gold mine or a diamond mine. It was a mine for goodness sake and we had pictures of it.
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True. Jeff Kennett claims he was shot at. Four and a half million people are believed to be assisting police with their enquiries.