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Sat 14 Nov 2026 07.08 AEDT
1. Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen is currently presiding over negotiations at the COP31 climate change conference. What country is physically hosting the conference?
2. Which country’s embassy in Canberra was closed on the 10th of November?
3. What is the only team of the WNBL named after an animal: A. Canberra, B. Perth, C. Tasmania, or D. Sydney?
4. Espionage based on seduction is colloquially called a: A. honey pot, B. lollypop, or C. bear trap?
5. Who wrote Sabr, the autobiography that has reignited the “sandpapergate” scandal in Australian cricket?
6. As the US midterm elections continued being counted this week, who has, in a historic upset, been elected as Mississippi’s first Black Senator since the end of reconstruction in 1881?
7. At COP31, Greta Thunberg compared Australia’s record on climate action to the pace of what animal?
8. Jensen Huang resigned as the CEO of which tech giant after reports of several extra-marital affairs, including with an alleged Chinese spy?
9. Carcinisation refers to a form of convergent evolution in which different kinds of crustaceans come to resemble what armoured marine animal?
10. What South-East Asian country’s Vice-President has resigned this week, after a Supreme Court ruling that he did not hold the high school diploma required to be eligible for the position?
11. This week, which English sci-fi author won the 2026 Booker Prize for his 13th novel, The End of Everything?
12. Which American cabinet member was reprimanded during a visit to the Tomb of the Unknown Solider in Arlington, Virginia this week, with a guard shouting “All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times” after someone in his group of visitors loudly laughed?
13. What popular email service suffered a global outage on Friday?
14. Why was the 76-year-old ocean liner SS United States deliberately sunk off the coast of Florida this week?
15. Name any of the five Album of the Year nominees at the 2026 ARIA Awards, which will be presented on Wednesday next week. Bonus point if you can name all five.
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1. Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen is currently presiding over negotiations at the COP31 climate change conference. What country is physically hosting the conference? (Türkiye)
2. Which country’s embassy in Canberra was closed on the 10th of November? (Finland)
3. What is the only team of the WNBL named after an animal: A. Canberra, B. Perth, C. Tasmania, or D. Sydney? (B. Perth, the teams are Canberra Capitals, Perth Lynx, Tasmania Jewels and Sydney Flames)
4. Espionage based on seduction is colloquially called a: A. honey pot, B. lollypop, or C. bear trap? (A. honey pot)
5. Who wrote Sabr, the autobiography that has reignited the “sandpapergate” scandal in Australian cricket? (Usman Khawaja)
6. As the US midterm elections continued being counted this week, who has, in a historic upset, been elected as Mississippi’s first Black Senator since the end of reconstruction in 1881? (Scott Colom)
7. At COP31, Greta Thunberg compared Australia’s record on climate action to the pace of what animal? (A snail)
8. Jensen Huang resigned as the CEO of which tech giant after reports of several extra-marital affairs, including with an alleged Chinese spy? (Nvidia)
9. Carcinisation refers to a form of convergent evolution in which different kinds of crustaceans come to resemble what armoured marine animal? (Crabs)
10. What South-East Asian country’s Vice-President has resigned this week, after a Supreme Court ruling that he did not hold the high school diploma required to be eligible for the position? (Indonesia, Gibran Rakabuming Raka resigned after the court ruled a certificate from UTS College in Sydney did not count)
11. This week, which English sci-fi author won the 2026 Booker Prize for his 13th novel, The End of Everything? (M John Harrison)
12. Which American cabinet member was reprimanded during a visit to the Tomb of the Unknown Solider in Arlington, Virginia this week, with a guard shouting “All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times” after someone in his group of visitors loudly laughed? (Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth)
13. What popular email service suffered a global outage on Friday? (Outlook)
14. Why was the 76-year-old ocean liner SS United States deliberately sunk off the coast of Florida this week? (To create an artificial reef)
15. Name any of the five Album of the Year nominees at the 2026 ARIA Awards, which will be presented on Wednesday next week. Bonus point if you can name all five. (Soulstar by BOY SODA, DMA’S by DMA’s, Looking for People to Unfollow by Ecca Vandal, Redstar Wu & The Worldwide Scourge by Genesis Owusu, and Deadbeat by Tame Impala)
