We had a fantastic response to our last quiz and we thank everyone who entered. The winner was Lily Dale, of Lilydale. Well done Lily. For the record, the answers were as follows:
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False. Sir Ken Jones is not working as ‘The Human Cannonball’. Going on leave at very high speed is not the same thing as being launched as an actual projectile.
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False. The Victorian government will not commence all official occasions with an acknowledgement of The Half-Caste Act of 1886.
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False. OMG is not a gas company.
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False. Julia Gillard can’t do everything. That was Kevin’s job.
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False. Tony Windsor is not a member of the Royal family. He is a skills coach, team motivator, masseur and part-time dietician with the Australian Federal Government.
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True. Australia’s budget will return to surplus by the year [insert year here, allowing for daylight saving and strong wind warning for waters east of Cape Otway].
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False. A photograph of Pippa Middleton is not an indication that there is no news. It is a reflection of the global importance of drivel about bridesmaids.
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The Warrnambool Steeplechase will be held again next year at the Warrnambool track, the adjoining carpark, the road, the backyard of Mrs Polglase, out into the Primary School, across the tennis courts and into the Public Library. Stand well back.
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True. Barnaby Joyce says Cate Blanchett doesn’t understand real issues because she is too successful. Seats for Barnaby’s critique of Rupert Murdoch are selling briskly.
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The image shows Tony Abbott, Julie Bishop, Nick Minchin, Joe Hockey and Malcolm Turnbull all standing together in unity at a Photoshop conference.
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False. The FIFA Ethics Committee is not for sale.
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True. The fact that a glass broke during an interview with Wayne Swan occupied the media for nearly a week. It also effected the currency, the earth’s axis and the phases of the moon.
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False. Gambling is not yet compulsory in Australia.
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False. Robert Doyle is the Lord Mayor of Melbourne. Cushion airbags are a safety device in a car.
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True. A footballer who gets drunk and does stupid things is a ‘troubled star’ the first twelve times, before moving into the ‘fallen idol’ category. If there is phone footage of him urinating from a moving vehicle or vomiting into the Governor’s hat, he may be promoted to ‘developing other projects.’
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True. Australia was represented at the royal wedding by the Prime Minister. Lord Warne was unavailable. Thigh strain.
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False. The Duchess of Cambridge does not come from Middletonia.
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False. Bill Shorten was not a page boy at the royal wedding. He didn’t have the numbers.
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True. Ted Baillieu’s argument in favour of jumps racing is that he favours jumps racing.
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False the National Broadband Network was not bidding for Princess Beatrice’s hat. The network has its own system of antennae and is trying to bring the project in under budget.