Squiz Quiz – 17 September 2021
1. Rising Aussie tech startup Canva’s valuation reached $54.6 billion this week. What did co-founders Mel Perkins and Cliff Obrecht say they would do with their stake?
Canva
Reports say they own about 30% of the company, so their stake is worth approx $16.5 billion.
2. Which industry did government economists say is in for a record year in terms of the value of production?
Upsplash
It’s expected to produce/sell a record $73 billion in food and fibre this financial year.
3. What do officials believe is behind Victoria’s daily increase in COVID cases?
Upsplash
Cases are growing at about twice the rate of NSW at a similar stage of the outbreak.
4. Why has Haiti’s PM Ariel Henry been banned from leaving the country?
Getty
Phone records showed Henry received phone calls from a key suspect in Moïse’s killing soon after it happened.
5. An all-civilian crew have set off on a 3-day orbit of Earth in a spaceship from what billionaire’s company?
SpaceX
Their trip to space is significantly longer than the few minutes Bezos and Branson spent up there.
6. Rugby star Quade Cooper has represented Australia 71 times but was knocked back for citizenship 4 times. What rule will change to see him become an official Aussie?
Kicking a game-winning goal for the Wallabies last weekend could have helped…
7. Novak Djokovic fell short of a calendar-year-Grand-Slam after losing the US Open final to Daniil Medvedev. Who was the last male tennis player to do it?
US Open
The Aussie joined the exclusive club in 1969.
8. Aussie Dylan Alcott did make history at the US Open... Who did he beat to win a Golden Slam?
US Open
Slam. Dunk.
9. Adelaidean Daniel Scali broke the world record for holding what position for 9.5 hours and 1 second?
Guinness Book of Records
What a planker…
10. A comic book featuring the first mention of what superhero has become the world’s most expensive?
Upsplash
It sold for almost $4.9 million…
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