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The Point Weekend Quiz

How well have you kept up with the week's stories? Take the quiz and find out.

By staff writers

Sat 22 Nov 2025 05.00 AEDT

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1. Which imported craft item was found to contain asbestos, forcing the closure of schools in some states and territories over the past week?

 

2. How many research jobs were cut by the CSIRO this week? A. 200 jobs B. 350 jobs C. 400 jobs D 550 jobs

 

3. Name the Australian band who won four ARIA awards this week, including Album of the Year?

4. What is the eastern-most point of mainland Australia: A. Cape Leeuwin, B. Cape Naturaliste, C. Cape Byron?

 

5. Name the new Victorian and NSW Liberal Party leaders.

 

6. Which Australian highway splits from the Hume Highway near Tarcutta and runs more than 900km to Adelaide?

 

7. In which Australian city was an Aboriginal teenager wrongly pulled from a bus and detained by police at gunpoint this week.

 

8. Which team chose to bat first in the first Ashes Test in Perth?

 

9. How many Senators make up the Australian Senate?

 

10. This week, President Donald Trump signed off on legislation to force the release of what?

 

11. Which three South American countries does the equator pass through?

 

12. What year was Pauline Hanson first elected to Parliament?

 

13. Which tennis player beat Carlos Alcaraz to win this week’s ATP Tour Finals?

 

14. The SunCable project will deliver solar energy generated in the Northern Territory to which SE Asian country?

 

15. Which Pacific NRL star will miss the 2026 season after requiring brain surgery following three head injuries in one afternoon?

 

16. Which nation will host COP31 after Australia withdrew from negotiations?

 

17. According to this year’s Go Home on Time Day report, how much are Australian workers being shortchanged in unpaid overtime a year? A. $25.8 billion, B. $45.8 billion, C. $75.8 billion D. $95.8 billion

 

18. In which country is this year’s G20 Leaders’ Summit taking place?

 

19.Which former Defence Minister has been appointed to the council of the National Library of Australia?

 

20. Which musical, based on the classic 1980s film of the same name, this week cancelled its national tour, starting and ending its run in Sydney?

 

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ANSWERS

  1. Which imported craft item was found to contain asbestos, forcing the closure of schools in some states and territories over the past week? Coloured sand
  2. How many research jobs were cut by the CSIRO this week? A. 200 jobs B. 350 jobs C. 400 jobs D 550 jobs
  3. Name the Australian band who won four ARIA awards this week, including Album of the Year? Amyl and the Sniffers
  4. What is the eastern-most point of mainland Australia: Cape Leeuwin, Cape Naturaliste, or Cape Byron? Cape Byron
  5. Name the new Victorian and NSW Liberal Party leaders. Jess Wilson (Vic) and Kellie Sloane (NSW)
  6. Which Australian highway splits from the Hume Highway near Tarcutta and runs more than 900km to Adelaide? The Sturt Highway
  7. In which Australian city was an Aboriginal teenager wrongly pulled from a bus and detained by police at gunpoint this week. Canberra
  8. Which side chose to bat first in the first Ashes Test in Perth? England
  9. How many Senators make up the Australian Senate? 76
  10. This week US President Donald Trump signed off on legislation to force the release of what? The Epstein Files
  11. Which three South American countries does the equator pass through? Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador
  12. What year was Pauline Hanson first elected to Parliament? 1996
  13. Which tennis player beat Carlos Alcaraz to win this week’s ATP Tour Finals? Jannik Sinner
  14. The SunCable project will deliver solar energy generated in the Northern Territory to which SE Asian country? Singapore
  15. Which Pacific NRL star will miss the 2026 season after requiring brain surgery following three head injuries in one afternoon? A. Isaiya Katoa B. Eli Katoa C. Sione Katoa
  16. Which nation will host COP31 after Australia withdrew from negotiations? Türkiye
  17. According to this year’s Go Home on Time Day report, how much are Australian workers being shortchanged in unpaid overtime a year? A. 25.8 billion a year B. $45.8 billion a year C $75.8 billion a year D $95.8 billion a year
  18. In which country is this year’s G20 Leaders’ Summit taking place? South Africa
  19. Which former Defence Minister has been appointed to the council of the National Library of Australia? Christopher Pyne
  20. Which musical, based on the classic 1980s film of the same name, this week cancelled its national tour, starting and ending its run in Sydney? Back to the Future