The Squiz Quiz, 4 July 2020

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1. What unfortunate milestone for coronavirus cases did the world reach this week?

Andrew Kelly/Reuters

10 million

20 million

50 million

100 million

Correct! Wrong!

It's also killed 500,000 people globally - developments the World Health Organisation is deeply concerned about.

2. China had another go at Australia this week. What did it do?

Reuters

It put more tariffs on our agricultural exports

It warned Chinese students about poor education outcomes at Aussie unis

It accused Oz of spying

It urged its citizens not to buy our products

Correct! Wrong!

Experts say it’s China's sharpest criticism of Australia yet.

3. After a four-decade manhunt, the man known as the Golden State Killer will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to 13 counts of murder and dozens of kidnapping and sexual assault charges this week. How did investigators track him down?

Reuters

They linked his DNA to a previously untested rape kit

They traced his DNA using an open-source genealogy website

They received a tip-off

He handed himself in

Correct! Wrong!

It was a painstaking process, beginning with the killer’s great-great-great-grandparents.

4. As of this weekend, Queenslanders are allowed back into nightclubs with a further lift of coronavirus restrictions. What is one condition patrons must follow?

ABC News/Meghna Bali

They must wear a face mask

They must use single-use plastic cups

They must not dance within 4m² of other clubbers

They must stay seated

Correct! Wrong!

Which kinda defeats the purpose…

5. How many Hongkongers will be given the opportunity to settle in the UK after China this week passed a new security law that takes away many of their freedoms?

Tyrone Siu/Reuters

30,000

300,000

1 million

3 million

Correct! Wrong!

Australia is looking into safe haven visas, PM Morrison said this week.

6. A by-election is on in Eden-Monaro this weekend following what event?

Dominic Giannini

Labor MP Mike Kelly resigned due to ill health

Labor MP Mike Kelly resigned ‘to spend more time with his family’

It’s been forced after another citizenship row

It’s a newly formed seat and the Electoral Commission wants to fill it ASAP

Correct! Wrong!

He’s an MP who was well-liked by all sides of politics.

7. US President Donald Trump came under pressure from his own side over what security issue this week?

Al Drago/Reuters

He didn’t condemn China strongly enough after reports said it was pursuing the ‘demographic genocide’ of the Uyghurs

He’s accused of being soft on Russia after intelligence leaks said it had offered Taliban militants in Afghanistan bounties to target coalition fighters

He is refusing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to get denuclearisation talks back on track

He has invited his kids, including 14yo son Barron, to sit in on security briefings

Correct! Wrong!

It’s about Russia. The rest is fake news…

8. Ten Victorian suburbs are in lockdown following a spike in new coronavirus cases. How long will that last?

AFP

Two weeks

21 days

All of July

Until the state’s chief medical officer says so

Correct! Wrong!

And residents can only leave their home for ‘essential’ reasons.

9. What English football club won the Premier League this week?

Getty

Liverpool

Manchester City

Chelsea

Arsenal

Correct! Wrong!

The win broke the club’s 30-year dry spell.

10. US space agency NASA is offering a cool $50,000 in prizes to the person who can design what?

NASA

A pen that works in space

A tap that runs in space

A self-cleaning kitty litter tray for the International Space Station’s resident cat

A loo that can be used on the moon

Correct! Wrong!

How hard could it be?

Squiz Quiz 4 July 2020

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The Squiz Quiz, 4 July 2020

1. What unfortunate milestone for coronavirus cases did the world reach this week?

2. China had another go at Australia this week. What did it do?

3. After a four-decade manhunt, the man known as the Golden State Killer will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to 13 counts of murder and dozens of kidnapping and sexual assault charges this week. How did investigators track him down?

4. As of this weekend, Queenslanders are allowed back into nightclubs with a further lift of coronavirus restrictions. What is one condition patrons must follow?

5. How many Hongkongers will be given the opportunity to settle in the UK after China this week passed a new security law that takes away many of their freedoms?

6. A by-election is on in Eden-Monaro this weekend following what event?

7. US President Donald Trump came under pressure from his own side over what security issue this week?

8. Ten Victorian suburbs are in lockdown following a spike in new coronavirus cases. How long will that last?

9. What English football club won the Premier League this week?

10. US space agency NASA is offering a cool $50,000 in prizes to the person who can design what?

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