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Weekly QuizCurrent Events February 25th 2019
06/03/17
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Who did Scott Morrison say was behind the
February 8 hacking of the Liberal, Labor and
National party computers?
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• a. a terrorist group
• b. a foreign government
• c. an Australian group of radicals

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Woolworths has announced it will no longer sell
milk for 1 per litre. How much will it charge
for milk?
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• a. 80 cents a litre
• b. 1.10 a litre
• c. 2 a litre

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A British teenager who fled London when she was
15-yrs-old to join a terrorist group, is not
being allowed to return to Britain. Which
terrorist group did she join?
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• a. Al- Qaeda
• b. ISIS
• c. Taliban

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Dozens of ships have been stalled off the coast
of China due to import restrictions in the
country. What Australian goods are being carried
on these vessels?
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• a. coal
• b. wool
• c. meat

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Last week Donald Trump confirmed his plans to
declare what?
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• a. a state of emergency
• b. a snap election
• c. martial law

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True or false, a recent dental report has found
that 70 per cent of Australians brush their teeth
twice a day?
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Which bands bass player, known as Flea,
performed impressive handstands to entertain a
Hobart crowd during a 20 minute power cut last
week?
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• a. Rolling Stones
• b. Red Hot Chili Peppers
• c. AC/DC

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What is NSW doing to help young people struggling
with bullying and stress?
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• a. they are introducing a new anti-bullying
  campaign
• b. they are making art compulsory at each year
  level at school
• c. they will be introducing two mental health
  staff to every public high school

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The European Union are making moves to protect
the names Feta, Edam and Parmesan. What are they
all types of?
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• a. ham
• b. crackers
• c. cheese

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Personalised Plates Queensland have announced
from next month drivers will be able to ?
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• a. add photos to their license plates
• b. add emojis to their license plates
• c. purchase fluorescent license plates

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What is the main language spoken in the city of
Hamburg?
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Why was Perths Quinns Beach in the news last
week?
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• a. a man suffered a fatal stingray attack
• b. a shark was spotted on the wrong side of the
  beachs protective shark net
• c. a pod of 20 whales stranded on the beach

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Which company released a two-in-one smartphone
tablet that folds in the middle?
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• a. Samsung
• b. Apple
• c. Huawei

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Qantas has announced that by 2021 the airline
wants to become the first airline in the world to
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• a. use only biofuel
• b. have robotic cabin crew
• c. reuse, recycle and compost at least 75 per
  cent of its waste

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Why have authorities in the remote Russian Novaya
Zemlya islands, declared a state of emergency?
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• a. a chunk of iceberg broke off and created a
  tsunami
• b. temperatures dropped so much that hundreds of
  windows broke causing injuries
• c. there has been an influx of polar bears and
  they have started entering homes

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Who did Scott Morrison say was behind the
February 8 hacking of the Liberal, Labor and
National party computers?a. a terrorist groupb.
a foreign governmentc. an Australian group of
radicals
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• b. a foreign government - The Prime Minister said
  intelligence points towards a foreign government
  being responsible for the hacking but he didnt
  say who. He also said investigations into the
  recent hack were yet to find any evidence of
  electoral interference.

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Woolworths has announced it will no longer sell
milk for 1 per litre. How much will it charge
for milk?a. 80 cents a litreb. 1.10 a litrec.
2 a litre
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• b. 1.10 a litre - The price will increase by 10
  cents per litre which will go directly to drought
  stricken dairy farmers. Woolworths have not ruled
  out future price rises to help farmers. The NSW
  Farmers Association is calling for other
  retailers to follow suit.

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A British teenager who fled London when she was
15-yrs-old to join a terrorist group, is not
being allowed to return to Britain. Which
terrorist group did she join?a. Al- Qaedab.
ISISc. Taliban
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• b. ISIS - The school girl who fled four years ago
  to join ISIS in Syria, now says she wants to go
  back to Britain to raise her son. Her family has
  just been sent papers saying her British
  citizenship has been cancelled.

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• Captain Cook - New Zealand has organised
  activities to mark the 250th anniversary of
  Captain Cook first landing in that country. He
  sailed three voyages to the South Pacific ocean,
  mapping the east coast of Australia, New Zealand
  and several Pacific islands.

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Dozens of ships have been stalled off the coast
of China due to import restrictions in the
country. What Australian goods are being carried
on these vessels?a. coalb. woolc. meat
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• a. coal - Beijing have imposed import
  restrictions to boost their domestic coal prices,
  with no indication of when they might be lifted.
  Australia's biggest exports to China are iron ore
  and coal, worth 120b (or 30pc of goods sold
  overseas).

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Last week Donald Trump confirmed his plans to
declare what?a. a state of emergencyb. a snap
electionc. martial law
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• a. a state of emergency - Trump has announced
  that he is declaring an emergency so he could get
  more money for his wall with Mexico than Congress
  had authorised.

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True or false, a recent dental report has found
that 70 per cent of Australians brush their teeth
twice a day?
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• False - Only 51 per cent of Australians brush
  their teeth twice a day. The Oral Health Tracker
  also found adults aged 18 to 35 and women were
  more likely to feature in the 51 per cent of
  adults who brush their teeth twice a day, with
  brushing habits dropping off as people aged.

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• Bishop - Julie Bishop has announced she will
  retire from federal parliament at the election.
  She was Australias first female foreign
  minister. In that role she travelled constantly
  and was a popular figure on the international
  stage.

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Which bands bass player, known as Flea,
performed impressive handstands to entertain a
Hobart crowd during a 20 minute power cut last
week?a. Rolling Stonesb. Red Hot Chili
Peppersc. AC/DC
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• b. Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Californian group
  Red Hot Chili Peppers were halfway through their
  second song of the evening in Hobart, when the
  power was cut to their sound system. The 56
  yr-old bassist Flea (who was actually born in
  Melbourne), found a way of entertaining the crowd.

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What is NSW doing to help young people struggling
with bullying and stress?a. they are introducing
a new anti-bullying campaignb. they are making
art compulsory at each year level at schoolc.
they will be introducing two mental health staff
to every public high school
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• c. they will be introducing two mental health
  staff to every public high school - NSW is
  introducing a multi-million dollar package for a
  reported 350 student support officers and 100
  additional full-time counsellors or qualified
  psychologists in high schools.

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The European Union are making moves to protect
the names Feta, Edam and Parmesan. What are they
all types of?a. hamb. crackersc. cheese
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• c. cheese - The European Union (EU) are
  considering a ban on labelling cheese Feta, Edam
  or Parmesan. The EU believes that like Champagne,
  certain foods are special and unique to the
  region they come from.

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• True - The lead organiser for the Paris 2024
  Games said introducing breaking - along with
  surfing, climbing and skateboarding - would make
  the Olympics "more urban".

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Personalised Plates Queensland have announced
from next month drivers will be able to ?a. add
photos to their license platesb. add emojis to
their license platesc. purchase fluorescent
license plates
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• b. add emojis to their license plates - The
  smartphone symbols wont be included in
  registration numbers and are simply decorative.
  To begin with, there will be a choice of just
  five standard symbols available. They include the
  laugh out loud, a winking face emoji, a cool
  sunglasses emoji, heart eyes and the standard
  smiling face emoji.

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What is the main language spoken in the city of
Hamburg?
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• German

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Why was Perths Quinns Beach in the news last
week?a. a man suffered a fatal stingray
attackb. a shark was spotted on the wrong side
of the beachs protective shark netc. a pod of
20 whales stranded on the beach
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• b. a shark was spotted on the wrong side of the
  beachs protective shark net - The net was
  installed in January 2017, by Global Marine
  Enclosures. Just four months ago Middleton Beach
  on Western Australia's south coast, was closed
  when a shark was spotted inside netting installed
  by the same company.

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• Spain

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Which company released a two-in-one smartphone
tablet that folds in the middle?a. Samsungb.
Applec. Huawei
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• a. Samsung - When its folded it has a 4.6 inch
  display but when the devices opens up it has a
  large 7.3 inch display that essentially
  transforms the phone into a tablet.

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Qantas has announced that by 2021 the airline
wants to become the first airline in the world to
?a. use only biofuelb. have robotic cabin
crewc. reuse, recycle and compost at least 75
per cent of its waste
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• c. reuse, recycle and compost at least 75 per
  cent of its waste - Single-use plastics will be
  replaced with alternative packaging, old crew
  uniforms will be recycled, more food will be
  composted or donated and boarding passes will go
  digital as part of the changes.

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Why have authorities in the remote Russian Novaya
Zemlya islands, declared a state of emergency?a.
a chunk of iceberg broke off and created a
tsunamib. temperatures dropped so much that
hundreds of windows broke causing injuriesc.
there has been an influx of polar bears and they
have started entering homes
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• c. there has been an influx of polar bears and
  they have started entering homes - Authorities in
  the remote Russian Arctic islands, have declared
  a state of emergency after dozens of polar bears
  began entering homes and buildings, and attacking
  people. Climate change has been blamed for the
  frequency and large number of the bears in the
  area.

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• c. A Fashion Designer - The fashion world along
  with celebrities have shared tributes for
  Chanel's iconic designer, Karl Lagerfeld, whose
  work has dominated high fashion for the last 50
  years. He was around 85 years old.

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