Squiz Quiz – 16 June 2023
1. Former US prez Donald Trump appeared in court this week over what new charges?
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Legal experts say it’s a serious legal threat to Trump and his plan to get back in the White House.
2. Which world leader turned 70yo this week?
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This year, he received a big match between Socceroos and Argentina in Beijing...
3. Which late Aussie entertainer was posthumously awarded the top nod as a Companion of the Order of Australia on the King’s Birthday public holiday?
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The honour roll is full of some seriously impressive Aussie medicos, professors, performers, and leaders.
4. The United Nations Development Programme’s latest Gender Social Norms Index found what movement has been made on gender equality over the past decade?
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Researchers say it shows the world isn't on track to reach the UN's goal of gender parity by 2030.
5. Canadian researchers found that Aussies spend less time doing what than the global average?
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Aussies also sleep slightly less than the global average.
6. Which team won a rare Treble after taking out the FA Cup, the Premier League and the European Champions League?
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It saw them score a big congrats from Hollywood superstar/self-professed ‘soccer mom’ Julia Roberts…
7. A University of Nottingham researcher disguised himself as what as part of a study into driverless cars?
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He’s studying how pedestrians responded to driverless cars, or at the very least cars that appear to be driverless…
8. Which notable figure is soon to release a new unisex perfume that captures “the scent of the weeping silver lime tree”?
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He’s partnered with English perfumery Penhaligon on a unisex perfume that retails for $320 a pop.
9. Which bestselling author pulled their upcoming novel after receiving backlash for being set in Russia?
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The ‘Eat Pray Love’ author apologised and said now is “not the time for this book to be published”.
10. Famed US author Cormac McCarthy died at 89yo. Which of his novels won him the Pulitzer Prize?
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Fellow author Stephen King called him "maybe the greatest American novelist of my time".
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