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Weekly QuizCurrent Events February 11th 2019
06/03/17
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Why were around 800,000 US government employees,
unpaid for over a month?
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• a. Hackers had shut down the computer system used
  to pay government employees
• b. They were striking over pay rates
• c. Donald Trump had shutdown the government

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True or false, despite all the talk of global
warming, 2018 was not in the top ten hottest
years on record?
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Chinese New Year was celebrated on Tuesday 5
February. This year 2019, is represented by which
animal?
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• a. snake
• b. rat
• c. pig

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Why were cricket fans advised to throw away
promotional wristbands handed out at matches last
month?
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• a. a child had swallowed a potentially deadly
  button battery contained in the wristband
• b. the material they were made from has been
  giving people rashes
• c. the batteries in them were leaking

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Who has been announced as the host for this
years Oscar film awards?
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• a. Ellen Degeneres
• b. Alec Baldwin
• c. There is no host

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A polar vortex has been in the news a lot
recently. What is a polar vortex?
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• a. a type of star
• b. very cold air that sits around the North and
  South poles
• c. a new type of military plane that is being
  built in Australia

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Who won the Australian Open mens singles title?
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• a. Novak Djokovic
• b. Rafael Nadal
• c. Stan Wawrinka

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Why has the far western NSW town of Menindee been
in the news recently?
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• a. the town is being overrun by a plague of mice
• b. millions of dead fish have been found in the
  towns river in the past few months
• c. the town has been struck by a measles epidemic

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During the holiday, which member of the royal
family rolled their car in a road accident?
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• a. The Queen
• b. Prince Philip
• c. Prince Harry

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Which team won the most watched sports game in
the U.S, the Super Bowl?
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• a. New England Patriots
• b. Los Angeles Rams
• c. Philadelphia Eagles

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Which Australian film has celebrated its 40th
anniversary with around 1,500 fans in central
Victoria?
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• a. Crocodile Dundee
• b. Muriels Wedding
• c. Mad Max

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In which city were approximately 40,000
properties left without power during a storm that
hit on Friday?
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• a. Brisbane
• b. Perth
• c. Sydney

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Why has Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir
been disqualified from racing for four years by
Racing Victoria?
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• a. he had been found guilty of injecting horses
  with performance enhancing drugs
• b. illegal electric-shock jiggers were found in
  his bedroom
• c. he was found guilty of trying bribe other
  jockeys to lose races

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What language is spoken in the Netherlands?
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• a. French
• b. German
• c. Dutch

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The Pacific island nation of Tonga has been in
the news recently after being left without ...?
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• a. petrol
• b. mobile and internet services
• c. clean water

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Why were around 800,000 US government employees,
unpaid for over a month?a. Hackers had shut down
the computer system used to pay government
employeesb. They were striking over pay ratesc.
Donald Trump had shutdown the government
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• c. Donald Trump had chosen to shutdown the
  government - Trump announced the shutdown which
  started on 22 December, after Democrats refused
  to support Trumps plan to spend 5.7 billion on
  constructing a wall on the Mexican border.

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True or false, despite all the talk of global
warming, 2018 was not in the top ten hottest
years on record?
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• False - 2018 was the fourth hottest year on
  record behind 2016, 2015 and 2017. Australia had
  a heat wave in January that saw four days
  recording temperatures in the top ten on record.

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Chinese New Year was celebrated on Tuesday 5
February. This year 2019, is represented by which
animal?a. snake b. rat c. pig
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• c. pig - Chinese New Year or 'Spring Festival' is
  China's most important festival and holiday time.
  The date of Chinese New Year varies between
  January 21 to February 20.

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• c. Great White - Footage emerged of divers
  getting up close and personal with what could be
  one of the biggest great white sharks on record.
  The divers assessed the pregnant shark was not
  feeding at the time and posed no threat.

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Why were cricket fans advised to throw away
promotional wristbands handed out at matches last
month?a. a child had swallowed a potentially
deadly button battery contained in the
wristbandb. the material they were made from has
been giving people rashesc. the batteries in
them were leaking
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• a. a child had swallowed a potentially deadly
  button battery contained in the wristband -
  Cricket fans were advised to throw away the 3000
  promotional wristbands that were handed out at
  matches after a child swallowed a potentially
  deadly button battery in Queensland. About 20
  children present to hospital emergency
  departments each week, due to button batteries.

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Who has been announced as the host for this
years Oscar film awards?a. Ellen Degeneresb.
Alec Baldwinc. There is no host
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• c. There is no host - For the first time in 30
  years, there will be no host. It will instead
  highlight celebrities presenting individual
  trophies.

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A polar vortex has been in the news a lot
recently. What is a polar vortex?a. a type of
starb. very cold air that sits around the North
and South polesc. a new type of military plane
that is being built in Australia
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• b. very cold air that sits around the North and
  South poles - The US has recently been in the
  grip of a polar vortex which dropped temperatures
  to -46C and below. A polar vortex is a large
  pocket of very cold air, which sits over the
  polar region during the winter season. The
  freezing air can be pushed farther south,
  affecting parts of Canada and the US.

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• Osaka - Naomi Osaka performed a dramatic comeback
  against Petra Kvitová to claim her second Grand
  Slam title.

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Who won the Australian Open mens singles
title?a. Novak Djokovicb. Rafael Nadalc. Stan
Wawrinka
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• a. Novak Djokovic - Novak Djokovic beat Rafael
  Nadal to claim an unprecedented seventh
  Australian Open men's singles crown.

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Why has the far western NSW town of Menindee been
in the news recently?a. the town is being
overrun by a plague of miceb. millions of dead
fish have been found in the towns river in the
past few monthsc. the town has been struck by a
measles epidemic
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• b. millions of dead fish have been found in the
  towns river in the past few months - Thousands
  of fish were found dead in the Darling River in
  late January less than a month after about a
  million fish were killed in the same area. Native
  species are being decimated by algal bloom,
  resulting in oxygen being siphoned from the
  water.

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During the holiday, which member of the royal
family rolled their car in a road accident?a.
The Queenb. Prince Philipc. Prince Harry
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• b. Prince Philip - The Queens husband, was not
  injured in the accident, in which he pulled out
  of a driveway in front of a car. The 97 yr-old
  has since received criticism for driving without
  a seatbelt, just days after the accident.

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• Townsville - The North Queensland city has faced
  widespread flooding from torrential rain. The
  severe rainfall is thought to be a
  once-in-a-century event.

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Which team won the most watched sports game in
the U.S, the Super Bowl?a. New England
Patriotsb. Los Angeles Ramsc. Philadelphia
Eagles
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• a. New England Patriots - The Patriots won their
  sixth title (and third in five years), by
  defeating the Los Angeles Rams 133. One hundred
  and three million people watched this years
  Super Bowl.

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Which Australian film has celebrated its 40th
anniversary with around 1,500 fans in central
Victoria?a. Crocodile Dundeeb. Muriels
Weddingc. Mad Max
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• c. Mad Max - Actors, re-enactors and more than
  1,500 fans, many clad in leather and animal fur,
  gathered at the Maryborough Harness Racing Track
  to celebrate the blockbuster's 40th anniversary.
  The 1979 film starring Mel Gibson became a cult
  classic and made hundreds of millions world-wide.

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In which city were approximately 40,000
properties left without power during a storm that
hit on Friday?a. Brisbaneb. Perthc. Sydney
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• c. Sydney - Nine people were rescued from
  floodwaters and more than 40,000 properties were
  initially without power after the storms across
  Sydney, the Illawarra and the Hunter regions.
  Over 7,000 people were still without power the
  following day.

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• Greece

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Why has Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir
been disqualified from racing for four years by
Racing Victoria?a. he had been found guilty of
injecting horses with performance enhancing
drugsb. illegal electric-shock jiggers were
found in his bedroomc. he was found guilty of
trying bribe other jockeys to lose races
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• b. illegal electric-shock jiggers were found in
  his bedroom - Weir won 348 races in the 2015-16
  season, including training the 2015 Melbourne Cup
  winner Prince of Penzance. The charges were laid
  by Racing Victoria following joint raids with
  Victoria Police at several properties last week,
  including Weir's stables near Ballarat and
  Warrnambool.

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What language is spoken in the Netherlands? a.
French b. German c. Dutch
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• c. Dutch

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The Pacific island nation of Tonga has been in
the news recently after being left without
...?a. petrolb. mobile and internet servicesc.
clean water
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• b. mobile and internet services - Tongas 100,000
  residents experienced a two week blackout of
  mobile and internet services after the country's
  only undersea cable was damaged. It is unclear
  what caused the damage.

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• a. New South Wales - Gladys Berejiklian has been
  the Premier of NSW since January 2017. Daniel
  Andrews is the Premier of Victoria, while Will
  Hodgman is the Premier of New South Wales

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