We had a fantastic response to our last quiz and we thank everyone who entered. The winner was Ivan Hoeeast, of Ivanhoe East. For the record, the answers were as follows:
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True. Julia Gillard is announcing tax offsets that compensate for the impost that goes to pay the carbon price that satisfies the ETS that lives in the house that Jack built.
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False. The royal visitor was not called Prince RM Williams.
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True. The Baillieu government will get around to doing things at some point. For heavens sake. They’ve only been in office since December.
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False. There is no suggestion that the indigenous communities of Queensland and the Northern Territory intend to intervene in the running of the Liberal Party.
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True. The name of the person who voted Labor in the NSW election will be known once the final figures are in.
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False. Robert Doyle is not confused. He is deeply committed to a number of mutually exclusive positions on a wide of issues, reflecting Melbourne’s diversity.
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False. The Federal Government will not be meeting with Mitre 10 in order to outline the carbon price and then see if they can beat it by 10%.
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True. The state government has asked Melbourne University to lend authority to the important ‘trial’ to determine whether the destruction of alpine parkland by cattle reduces the risk of fire. If the University accepts the proposal, this research will be conducted by the School of Accounts Receivable.
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Barrier Draw is a system of arranging starting positions in a sporting event, Barrier Cream is a facial preparation. Barrier Farrell is the odd one out. He is the NSW Premier.
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False. Bob Brown does not tell the government what to do, from the magic faraway tree, using pixies.
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True. Prince Andrew will be having a run in the reserves for a couple of weeks until the knee clears up.
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False. Bookings for the Baillieu government’s new hotel development at Wilson’s Prom cannot be made by calling VCAT.
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The remark was made by b) Wayne Swan. John Maynard Keynes was an economist and Ben Franklin was a nation builder and statesman.
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True. Gun control in the middle east is somewhat behind schedule.
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False. Q and A was not set up to provide Malcolm Turnbull with a venue for marketing federal government policy. He is opposed to government policy. He just expresses it better then they do. The views of his own party can be found on its website.
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True. President Obama announced a program to deliver high-speed wireless broadband to 98% of America at a cost of $24 billion. Silly man. They could have had a desal plant in Kilcunda for that money.
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True. It is now compulsory for every dish produced in any restaurant in Melbourne to contain chorizo.
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True. ‘Nude St Kilda Schoolgirl Footie Sex Romp Nixon Drug Rehab Shock’ was not the story. It was the headline. The story was shorter.
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False. A popularity poll is not an electoral ballot. On the basis of popularity polls, the federal government front bench would currently consist of James Hird, Black Caviar and the new iPhone.
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Christmas Island is a natural wonderland with nesting turtles, red crab migrations, rich bird and marine life, riots and the slowest visa processing in the world.