The Point Weekend Quiz

1. Celebrities including Zendaya, Meryl Streep and Zohran Mamdani did not attend the 2026 Met Gala in New York this week, amid a boycott campaign over a $10 million donation from which tech billionaire?  

2. This weekend, a by-election is being held to choose a new MP for the electorate of Farrer, in NSW. Before their resignation in February, who represented the seat? 

3. What do the letters of NACC, the embattled federal integrity watchdog, stand for?  

4. Which Australian capital city is not officially named after a British place or person?  

5. Which Matilda celebrated playing her 200th game for Arsenal this week?  

6. This week, did the Reserve Bank of Australia (or RBA) raise, lower or make no change to the cash rate?  

7. Which controversial Australian University Chancellor resigned from her role this week, over 6 months from the scheduled end of her term? 

8. Environmentalist and Broadcaster David Attenborough had his 100th birthday this week. During his time as a BBC executive, Attenborough was part of introducing the now ubiquitous yellow colour of the balls in which sport?  

9. The end of what war is generally commemorated on 8 May in Western Europe, and 9 May in Russia and parts of Eastern Europe?  

10. What comet, first verifiably observed in 240 BC, is visible to the naked eye roughly once every 76 years?  

11. This week, Collingwood player Scott Pendlebury will tie the all-time AFL record for games played. who is the current holder of this record?  

12. What is the meaning of the suffix “stan” in the names of central Asian countries such as Afghanistan and Turkmenistan?  

13. In The Devil Wears Prada and its sequel The Devil Wears Prada 2, the titular character of Miranda Priestly played by Meryl Streep is based on which long-time editor of Vogue?  

14. On 8 May 1980, the World Health Organisation announced the eradication of which disease?  

15. How much revenue will the east coast gas reservation scheme announced by the Albanese Government this week raise: A. $0, B. $5 billion, C. $17 billion or D. $50 billion? 

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1. Celebrities including Zendaya, Meryl Streep and Zohran Mamdani did not attend the 2026 Met Gala in New York this week, amid a boycott campaign over a $10 million donation from which tech billionaire? (Jeff Bezos) 

2. This weekend, a by-election is being held to choose a new MP for the electorate of Farrer, in NSW. Before their resignation in February, who represented the seat? (Sussan Ley) 

3. What do the letters of NACC, the embattled federal integrity watchdog, stand for? (National Anti-Corruption Commission) 

4. Which Australian capital city is not officially named after a British place or person? (Canberra) 

5. Which Matilda celebrated playing her 200th game for Arsenal this week? (Caitlin Foord) 

6. This week, did the Reserve Bank of Australia (or RBA) raise, lower or make no change to the cash rate? (Raised, to 4.35%) 

7. Which controversial Australian University Chancellor resigned from her role this week, over 6 months from the scheduled end of her term? (Julie Bishop) 

8. Environmentalist and Broadcaster David Attenborough had his 100th birthday this week. During his time as a BBC executive, Attenborough was part of introducing the now ubiquitous yellow colour of the balls in which sport? (Tennis)  

9. The end of what war is generally commemorated on 8 May in Western Europe, and 9 May in Russia and parts of Eastern Europe? (The European theatre of WW2, Germany surrendered at 11:01pm on 8 May Berlin time, which is 12:01am on 9 May Moscow time) 

10. What comet, first verifiably observed in 240 BC, is visible to the naked eye roughly once every 76 years? (Halley’s Comet) 

11. This week, Collingwood player Scott Pendlebury will tie the all-time AFL record for games played. who is the current holder of this record? (Brett Harvey, who played for North Melbourne from 1996 to 2016) 

12. What is the meaning of the suffix “stan” in the names of central Asian countries such as Afghanistan and Turkmenistan? (“Land”, equivalent to the names of England, Thailand or Scotland) 

13. In The Devil Wears Prada and its sequel The Devil Wears Prada 2, the titular character of Miranda Priestly played by Meryl Streep is based on which long-time editor of Vogue? (Anna Wintour)  

14. On 8 May 1980, the World Health Organisation announced the eradication of which disease? (Smallpox) 

15. How much revenue will the east coast gas reservation scheme announced by the Albanese Government this week raise: A. $0, B. $5 billion, C. $17 billion or D. $50 billion? (A. $0)