We had a fantastic response to our last quiz and we thank everyone who entered. The winner was Thomas Town, of Thomastown. Excellent work Thomas. For the record, the answers were as follows:
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The picture shows Marius Kloppers, the CEO of BHP, pointing out that wages are too high, while simultaneously announcing the biggest profit in Australian corporate history. The men standing next to him are Lewis Carroll and George Orwell.
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Incorrect. ‘The Block’ was not a show about Chris Bowen trying to renovate The High Court of Australia and sell it at auction.
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False. It was not Lord Malthouse who spoke against Climate Change. It was Lord Monckton. Lord Malthouse is not a Lord. Neither is Lord Monckton.
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False. Ricky Nixon has never been the President of the United States.
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False. Qantas is not a foreign airline. Its name stands for ‘Queensland and Northern Territory Air Services’. There is no airline whose name stands for ‘Queues And Not Terribly Adequate Service’.
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The image shows the NSW/ACT border. It was here that hundreds of trucks were recently stopped by police and many thousands of people were thereby prevented from exercising their democratic right to inform Alan Jones that they didn’t exist.
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False. Alan Jones is not the Speaker of the House. He just happened to be in the area.
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True. The US government is believed to be in talks with Apple about the possibility of becoming an App.
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False. The picture shows Kevin Rudd in shorts. Jack Vidgen is a singer.
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False. Ted Baillieu did not win the Tour de France (Ted has a job that keeps him in Victoria). It was the man standing next to Ted in the photo; the one waving. (No hang on, they’re both waving). The one in yellow. (No wait a minute, they’re both in yellow) The one who looks slightly embarrassed. Cadel, yes. He’s the one who actually won the international sports event.
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Correct. It was Channel Ten which broadcast Master (insert series of advertisements here and perhaps some other programmes and anything else you like) chef.
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False. The London riots established not only that most people prefer to get their shoes from Foot Locker. They have also established that sentencing is still a useful way for English judges to let off steam.
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False. The figure given was not the distance between The Earth and Jupiter. It was an AFL score in which one of the top four sides was having a canter over one of the less well-heeled outfits.
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False. ‘The Malaysian Solution’ is not a Stephen King novel. It is an actual policy of the Australian government in 2011.
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False. ‘O tempora O mores’ does not refer to the popularity of deep-fried Japanese food. It is a rhetorical remark made by the late Cicero: ‘Oh what times, Oh what customs.’
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False. Al Jazeera is not a saxophonist. He is an international news service.
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Incorrect. A radio announcement stating ‘That was Beethoven’s fifth’ is not an indication that Beethoven had previously kicked four goals. This would be absurd. Beethoven was a fullback.
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False. Archimedes was not an Australian. He was Greek. And when he discovered that bodies displace their own weight in water, it was ‘Eureka!’ he shouted, not ‘Euripper!’
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True. The following headlines were also available: c Hurley b Warne. Warnie Bowls a Maiden Over, Warniegate, Nice Body, Shane About The Face.
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False. Tony Abbott has denied that he said he would do anything except sell his arse to get into power. There is no list available of the other things he would not sell his arse for. The clear impression given was that Mr Abbott’s arse is not for sale under any circumstances, assuming that a buyer could be found.