Squiz Quiz – 17 February 2024

1. The Super Bowl is not only about football - it’s also about the ads. How much did a spot cost?

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CBS/Paramount has the broadcast rights and they'll rake in about $1 billion from the game.

2. Why are Australia's young people experiencing the highest rates of psychological distress?

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While the pandemic is partly to blame, the latest report found it's likely "connected to growth in smartphones and social media use".

3. The Albanese Government released the latest Closing the Gap report this week to coincide with what date?

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And it found Indigenous Aussies continue to go backwards on some key wellbeing measures.

4. What crisis unfolded across Victoria this week?

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On Tuesday, there were fires in the Grampians. And huge storms left more than 500,000 households and businesses without power.

5. Who won Valentines Day this year for successfully proposing to their partner?

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And if they follow through sooner rather than later, it could make him our first national leader to get married while in office.

6. Why did Jeremy Rockliff call an election for Tasmania this week?

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Voters will head to the polls on 23 March - one year early - because 2 Liberals-turned-independents have put the government into a minority position.

7. Former Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce didn't do what this week?

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The Nationals MP says he fell after having a mix of medication and alcohol, but says he's a-ok.

8. Which Aussie women’s team qualified for the Olympics last weekend?

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Our women's basketball team won 85-52 to Germany, and that put them into their 10th Olympics.

9. What is the latest invention that scientists reckon could future-proof food?

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Its porous grains are packed with beef muscle and fat cells, grown in the lab. Yum...

10. We're paying +10% more than we were 12 months ago for what sweet treat?

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Cocoa farmers say climate change and deforestation have caused several years of bad harvests.

Squiz Quiz - 17 February 2024

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