The Point Weekend Quiz

1. Which European country recently elected reformist Peter Magyar as its new Prime Minister, ending far-right Viktor Orbán’s 16 years in office? 

2. Which 18-year-old Queenslander set a new national record in the 200-metre sprint at the Australian Athletic Championships in Sydney last week?  

3. Australian artists The Kid LAROI, Ninajirachi, Ecca Vandal, Royel Otis and The Chats performed at what Californian music festival this week?  

4. Originating in Melbourne, what is a ‘magic’ coffee?  

5. A fire broke out at an oil refinery in which Australian city late on Wednesday night?  

6. What word can refer to either a card game, a machine that separates cotton fibres from seeds, or an alcoholic beverage?  

7. Their first single in a decade, what English trip-hop band formed in 1988 released Boots on the Ground (ft. Tom Waits) this week?  

8. Which Matilda scored her 75th international goal on Wednesday, when the team defeated Kenya 2-0 in a friendly FIFA Series match? 

9. What is dried and ground to make the spice Paprika?  

10. Which state or territory has the highest top speed limit in Australia, at 130 km/h?  

11. Next week, a Select Committee chaired by Greens Senator Steph Hodgins-May will begin public hearings on the taxation of what natural resource?  

12. An Australian company making headgear for which football code recently had to walk back its claims that its products helped prevent concussions?  

13. Colombia is the only country outside of Africa with a wild population of which large mammals?  

14. Anthony Albanese and Zohran Mamdani have both made what policy a centrepiece of their policy ambitions?  

15. Which of the three actors who played Sophie’s possible fathers in the 2008 musical Mamma Mia! has never been nominated for an Academy Award: A. Colin Firth, B. Stellan Skarsgård, or C. Pierce Brosnan? 

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1. Which European country recently elected reformist Peter Magyar as its new Prime Minister, ending far-right Viktor Orbán’s 16 years in office? (Hungary) 

2. Which 18-year-old Queenslander set a new national record in the 200-metre sprint at the Australian Athletic Championships in Sydney last week? (Gout Gout) 

3. Australian artists The Kid LAROI, Ninajirachi, Ecca Vandal, Royel Otis and The Chats performed at what Californian music festival this week? (Coachella)  

4. Originating in Melbourne, what is a ‘magic’ coffee? (A double ristresso shot with ¾ milk) 

5. A fire broke out at an oil refinery in which Australian city late on Wednesday night? (Geelong) 

6. What word can refer to either a card game, a machine that separates cotton fibres from seeds, or an alcoholic beverage? (Gin) 

7. Their first single in a decade, what English trip-hop band formed in 1988 released Boots on the Ground (ft. Tom Waits) this week? (Massive Attack) 

8. Which Matilda scored her 75th international goal on Wednesday, when the team defeated Kenya 2-0 in a friendly FIFA Series match? (Sam Kerr) 

9. What is dried and ground to make the spice Paprika? (Red Peppers/Capsicum) 

10. Which state or territory has the highest top speed limit in Australia, at 130 km/h? (The Northern Territory)  

11. Next week, a Select Committee chaired by Greens Senator Steph Hodgins-May will begin public hearings on the taxation of what natural resource? (Gas, with many witnesses expected to call for a 25% tax on gas exports) 

12. An Australian company making headgear for which football code recently had to walk back its claims that its products helped prevent concussions? (AFL) 

13. Colombia is the only country outside of Africa with a wild population of which large mammals? (Hippos, originally kept in drug lord Palbo Escobar’s private zoo, with over 200 now in the wild) 

14. Anthony Albanese and Zohran Mamdani have both made what policy a centrepiece of their policy ambitions? (Universal Childcare) 

15. Which of the three actors who played Sophie’s possible fathers in the 2008 musical Mamma Mia! has never been nominated for an Academy Award: A. Colin Firth, B. Stellan Skarsgård, or C. Pierce Brosnan? (C. Pierce Brosnan)