We had a fantastic response to our last quiz and we thank everyone who entered. The winner was Glen Waverley, of Glen Waverley. For the record, the answers were as follows:
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Correct. The pictures depict the French army at Waterloo, the German navy at Scapa Flow and the Australian Test Cricket side doing an advert for a phone company.
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True. The European Tennis Championships are held at the Tennis Centre in Melbourne at this time every year. They last a fortnight and Australians are permitted entry in order to encourage media interest.
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Oprah Winfrey. It was a great coup to bring her to Australia because she will attract many non-travelling Americans with no disposable income to holiday here.
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False. Alastair Cook does not broadcast ‘Letter from America’. That was Alastair Cooke (note the E). Alastair Cook is a batsman in the English cricket team. His current test average is a million.
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False. Justin Madden has not been re-zoned. He is simply working in a different job.
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False. Kerry O'Keefe has not retired. The presenter of the 7.30 Report was Kerry O'Brien.
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John Brumby. In conceding defeat he thanked all Victorians, saying it was a great honour to be Premier. This announcement was a day late and further delays are expected to continue on this line due to maintenance issues.
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True. After being elected premier, Ted Baillieu was so excited he swam for four days.
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True. Shane Warne’s comeback at an international level began in a day/night fixture in London in mid-December and seemed to be going well until he double-booked himself and was dropped for the rest of the series. Nevertheless still looks very sharp in the nets and could surprise.
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Correct. Myki is a highly sophisticated computerized system. If you put enough money into it, the government changes.
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False. Brad Haddin left the field to go to the toilet. Wikileaks is a slightly different concept.
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False. There is no law saying that if the government doesn’t want to build a rail link between the city and the airport, they have to leave us the truck and the keys to the shed so we can do it in the weekend.
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Correct. The English won the Ashes by a total of three innings and 44 runs.
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False. Not all illegal drug operations are conducted using Australian naval vessels. Some importing is done by air.
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False. The baggy green is not a bowler hat. Or a batting hat, it transpires
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Gerry Harvey, come and see me afterwards. You were asked to write about competition in business. Your essay about your dream job is fictional, does not fulfill the requirements and is not very good.
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Anna Bligh. Winston Churchill was English.
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Looters are bad; the lowest of the low. Property developers and planning officials who have filled low-lying floodplains with thousands of uninsurable dwellings, are businessmen.
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True. Tony Abbott was away. His condition was described as satisfactory.
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False. Tropical storms across Australia in January and record flooding over an area the size of France and Belgium are not an indication of global warming. I’ve had enough of this. I don’t have to stand here and listen to this tripe. Clear off the lot of you.