Squiz Quiz – 23 December 2023
1. A huge legal case against publisher Jimmy Lai has started in Hong Kong. What's he accused of?
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Pundits say it’s likely he will be convicted and will spend the rest of his life in prison.
2. The Red Sea is a critical global trade route. Why has it been in the news this week?
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Australia was asked to send a warship to help keep the route open - the Albanese Government said no.
3. Which US state banned Donald Trump from being on their presidental ballot?
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This week, Colorado’s Supreme Court barred Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot under the US Constitution’s insurrection clause. It’s a whole thing…
4. Why did Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Flyes resign this week?
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The shares she owns are in a mining company that does business in the Top End.
5. A new poll found that Aussies are keen to see the Albanese Government focus on what issue next year?
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The poll by the Financial Review/Freshwater Strategy found that 71% of us rate it as the #1 concern.
6. A neighbour (of the political sort) popped over the Sydney this week. Name them...
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The pair caught up from their aviation days but also got into loftier things, including the AUKUS partnership and Indo-Pacific policy.
7. Aussie spin bowler Nathan Lyon became the eighth bowler in cricket’s history to take how many Test wickets?
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He said he was going to celebrate his record “in Warnie fashion”...
8. Other than chimpanzees, what non-human species knows how to use tools in the wild?
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They are known to pick and sequence tools to undertake a task, and have now been spotted dipping a rusk in water. Pretty clever...
9. Weather wise... which Aussie city is expected to have pretty good conditions for Chrissy day?
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It's heading towards a 32C day with a low of 21C. The rest of the country is expecting cloudy/rainy.
10. The Oz Lotto jackpot will be drawn on Boxing Day... how much cash is on the table?
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But a teeny tiny reality check - the odds of winning are about 1 in 62 million. May the odds be ever in your favour.
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