We had a fantastic response to our last quiz and we thank everyone who entered. The winner was Frank Stonnorth of Frankston North. For the record, the answers were as follows:
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Malcolm Turnbull. Everyone else in Australia should resign. Their behaviour is a disgrace. They should be ashamed of themselves. Their performance has been abysmal. They have let themselves down. They have let the country down. Worse still they have let themselves down.
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John Elliott. The picture on the right features the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
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False. Marjorie Jackson was never a member of The Jackson Five. She was an Olympic champion sprinter who later became Governor of South Australia.
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False. ‘Open Slather’ is not the Victorian government’s plan for development. We would have accepted ‘Sustainable Slather,’ ‘Eco-slather’ or ‘First Homebuyer Slather.’
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True. In order to receive planning permission in Victoria it is necessary to put in an application. Ideally beforehand.
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False. The umpires are not members of the English cricket side and they are certainly not paid for sex. They are nice old chaps and their job is to hold people’s pullovers and have a wild guess about what just happened.
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False. Swine Flu is not one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. It is a flu virus. The Four Horsemen are Pestilence, War, Famine and Death. If one of them is unavailable, off the reserves bench will come the fifth Horseman, Media.
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False. The Titanic was a ship. It was insured and the owners received money following the tragedy. Timbercorp was an Australian listed company and the executives received money before the tragedy.
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True. The Miles Franklin Award is a prize for a work of fiction. It has never been won by a federal budget, a political memoir or a giraffe.
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True. The average person has 12,684 passwords. One for the bank, one on each card, membership or affiliation, one with two letters and eight numbers, one with six numbers and two lower case punctuation marks, one for each computer, type of software, server, account, company, lock, mobile, department, utility, supplier, door, appliance or tin of baked beans. They are all in an email somewhere, which seems to have been wiped.
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True. Roger Federer has won more Grand Slam tennis titles than anyone else in history. The correct order is Federer with 15, Pete Sampras 14, Margaret Court 62, Martina Navratilova 59, Billie Jean King 37, Roy Emerson 28 and Steffi Graf 23.
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Incorrect. The world’s biggest problem is not the Geelong Football Club. The term ‘GFC’ refers to the global financial crisis, which is not the world’s biggest problem either.
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False. ‘Sit,’ ‘Beg,’ ‘Stay,’ and ‘Roll over’ are canine commands. The contractual arrangement between the government and the casino is completely different and miles more complicated.
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Barry Hall. He was cautioned in the third round for playing football.
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White male, 50ish, Higgins area, some public speaking experience, seeks work, anything considered, has own transport.
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False. Godwin Grech is not a Dickens character. He is a real person in a real job. He also has a part-time position in the Australian Treasury.
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The Stawell Gift. The Ballarat Town Hall, the Ballarat Post Office and the Mayor of Ballarat are all in Ballarat.
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False. Ute-gate is not an agrarian portal through which a certain class of vehicle must pass. It was a scandal in which the resignations of the Prime Minister and Treasurer were demanded on the basis of a forged email indicating that a car dealer who received no government money was unreasonably advantaged. Would Mr Gilbert please call Mr Sullivan.
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Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey. The Broadcasting Act provides that they must be on television (rostered on alternate days) unless there is some actual news.
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False. A waffle iron is a cooking appliance used to give a shape to a batter or dough-based cake. If Kevin Rudd turns up to give an address and finds his notes are all crumpled, he flattens them with his hands and just does the best he can.
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Correct. The Victorian Government ultimatum to Grand Prix organisers read ‘Be warned. If the most expensive cars don’t come to Melbourne, we refuse to lose $50 million’.
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False. A cartel emerges when oligopolists agree to control supply and arrange prices. Australia’s four major banks are in fierce competition. Just not with each other.
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True. The Desal Plant will be run by a private company. There was some smart money this week for Ferrari but don’t rule out Pokies Akimbo or a company registered in the Brimbank area.
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False. It is still very much a ‘bear’ market. The bull run in Pamplona had nothing to do with equities and far fewer people were gored.
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Peter Garrett. Those whom the gods would mock they first make Environment Minister in a Labor Government.
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Bill Heffernan. Cro-Magnon Man was broader in the face.
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Amanda Vanstone. Les Patterson is not an actual Australian ambassador.
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Television is a medium which has the power to take people out of their everyday lives. The highest rating show in Australia this month was one which shows people cooking dinner. It is very exciting.
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Senator Fielding. Ricky Batting, Lee Bowling and Haddin Keeping are all cricketers. Senator Fielding is also the only flat-earther in the group.
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The Moon Landing. The second most boring event in history was the development of the lettuce.