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2 April, 2021

Super Quiz - Current Affairs Weekly Quiz

The Cairns Local News weekly super Quiz # 29

By Peter McCullagh

Super Quiz - Current Affairs Weekly Quiz - feature photo

How many can you get right?

Q 1. Name the QLD Treasurer?

Q 2. Russell Crowe is part owner of which NRL team?

Q 3. Where has a major container tanker has recently run aground potentially blocking cargo traffic?

Q 4. After June 30, what channel in Cairns will you need to tune into to watch the NRL?

Q 5. Name the Cowboys co-captain facing retirement due to an injury?

Q 6. Name the Deputy Mayor of Cairns?

Q 7. Name the lookout South of Port Douglas popular for its hang gliding?

Q 8. Where were the 2019 World Rafting Championships held?

Q 9. What TV show did Harry and Meagan appear on after being paid more than $US7 million?

Q 10. Australian music royalty Michael Gudinski passed away recently. Name the record company he founded?

Q 11. Name the Prime Minister of New Zealand?

Q 12. What date is April Fool’s Day celebrated?

Q 13. What is the highest number used in a Sudoku puzzle?

Q 14. What does the acronym UNESCO stand for?

Q 15. Name the Orchestra which recently toured regional QLD and played at the Tanks Art Centre?

Q 16. What condition starting with ‘g’ Is caused by too much uric acid in the body?

Q 17. What is a young Tasmanian Devil called?

Q 18. By what name was the tourist destination Surfers Paradise originally known as?

Q 19. What Australian art exhibition has just opened in Cairns?

Q 20. Saint Patrick to reported to have rid Ireland of what?

Q 21. Who wrote a Tale of Two Cities?

Q 22. In physics, for every action there is an equal and opposite what?

Q 23. What is the name given to a triangle with two equal sides?

Q 24. In what city was the opera Carmen set?

Q 25. True of False. Fraser Island is the world largest sand island?

Q 26. What is 6/8ths as a percentage?

Q 27. Bram Stoker’s Dracula lived in Transylvania. What modern-day country can Transylvania be found in?

Q 28. Which nation was named the happiest by the annual review undertaken by a United  Nations agency

Q 29. China and Russia recently announced a joint venture to build what?

Q 30. Name the former Papua New Guinean Prime Minister who passed away recently from pancreatic cancer?


ANSWERS:

1.Cameron Dick. 2. South Sydney Rabbitohs 3. The Suez Canal 4. WIN Television 5. Michael Morgan 6. Cr Terry James 7. Rex Point Lookout 8. Tully, Cassowary Coast 9. Oprah Winfrey 10. Mushroom Records 11. Jacinda Ardern 12. April 1 13. 9

14. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. 15. Queensland Symphony Orchestra 16. Gout 17. A joey 18. Elston 19. The Archibald Prize Exhibition 20. Snakes 21. Charles Dickens 22. Reaction 23. Isosceles triangle 24. Seville 25. True 26. 75% 27. Romania 28. Finland 29. A new space station 30. Michael Somare

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