News Quiz 17/9

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C4 news quiz
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Question 1

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A vote was taken this week to determine whether or not Tony Abbott should remain leader of the Liberal Party. He lost, to now-PM Malcolm Turnbull. What was the voting margin?
Answer
  • 54-44
  • 45-53
  • 56-42
  • 50-48

Question 2

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When Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in as PM this week, he became Australia's PM number what?
Answer
  • 21
  • 25
  • 29
  • 33

Question 3

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A powerful earthquake struck just off the coast of which South American country this morning?
Answer
  • Chile
  • Peru
  • Argentina
  • Uruguay

Question 4

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Where is that country on the map?
Answer
  • 6
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12

Question 5

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A new species closely related to humans, Homo naledi, was found in underground graveyard in the Cradle of Humankind in which country?
Answer
  • Syria
  • Israel
  • Turkey
  • South Africa

Question 6

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What is a spelunker?
Answer
  • Someone who measured the intensity of an earthquake
  • A water diviner
  • A cave explorer
  • The person who counts votes in a political ballot

Question 7

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Who wrote the novel "Lolita"?
Answer
  • Christopher Hitchens
  • Vladimir Nabokov
  • Leo Tolstoy
  • Jane Austen

Question 8

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Who painted "Guernica", the 1937 painting that has become a symbol of the futility and devastation of war?
Answer
  • Salvador Dali
  • Brett Whiteley
  • Jackson Pollock
  • Pablo Picasso

Question 9

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Mixed Martial Arts star Ronda Rousey called the testing for which substance an "invasion of privacy"?
Answer
  • Alcohol
  • Marijuana
  • Steroids
  • All of the above

Question 10

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Which fictional character inspired the new Boeing aircraft just produced for Japanese airline ANA?
Answer
  • Pokemon
  • R2-D2
  • Hello Kitty
  • Dragon Ball Z
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