The Point Weekend Quiz

1. How many teams are competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which kicked off this week?  

2. Are we now in an El Niño or La Niña event 

3. Last weekend, Hundreds of Brisbanites attended a pro-Palestine fun run themed after what classic Australian sitcom?  

4. True or false: The term ‘soap opera’ comes from the advertisements for soap once played during radio dramas? 

5. What is the meaning of the digits ‘8647’ which were discovered etched into the National Mall in Washington DC, in a large-scale act of vandalism?  

6. Red imported fire ants, invasive to Australia, are native to which continent?  

7. Which of these countries is making their FIFA World Cup debut in this year’s tournament: A. Scotland, B. Curaçao, C. South Africa, or D. Paraguay?  

8. What traditional Spanish tomato soup is served cold?  

9. Which state’s police force has admitted to the false imprisonment and battery of former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas at a pro-Palestine protest last year?  

10 Twenty years ago, George Clooney won his only acting Academy Award with a supporting role in what international thriller film?  

11. What WWII military operation, codenamed ‘Operation Overlord’, began on 6 June 1944?  

12. In Latin, what does the word ‘sinister’ refer to?  

13. Which Australian film-maker, the director of Dead Poets Society, Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli, received a lifetime achievement award at the Sydney film festival this week? 

14. A proposed luxury resort owned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has prompted large protests known as the ‘Flamingo Revolution’ in what Balkan nation?  

15. On the Pope’s recent tour of Spain, his holiness competed for crowds with which Puerto Rican pop star?  

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1. How many teams are competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which kicked off this week? (48)  

2. Are we now in an El Niño or La Niña event? (El Niño) 

3. Last weekend, Hundreds of Brisbanites attended a pro-Palestine fun run themed after what classic Australian sitcom? (Kath and Kim) 

4. True or false: The term ‘soap opera’ comes from the advertisements for soap once played during radio dramas? (True) 

5. What is the meaning of the digits ‘8647’ which were discovered etched into the National Mall in Washington DC, in a large-scale act of vandalism? (Get rid of Donald Trump, 86 is rhyming slang for nix and Trump is the 47th President of the US) 

6. Red imported fire ants, invasive to Australia, are native to which continent? (South America) 

7. Which of these countries is making their FIFA World Cup debut in this year’s tournament: A. Scotland, B. Curaçao, C. South Africa, or D. Paraguay? (B. Curaçao)  

8. What traditional Spanish tomato soup is served cold? (Gazpacho) 

9. Which state’s police force has admitted to the false imprisonment and battery of former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas at a pro-Palestine protest last year? (NSW) 

10. Twenty years ago, George Clooney won his only acting Academy Award with a supporting role in what international thriller film? (Syriana) 

11. What WWII military operation, codenamed ‘Operation Overlord’, began on 6 June 1944? (The D-Day landings at Normandy in WWII) 

12. In Latin, what does the word ‘sinister’ refer to? (left or left-handed)  

13. Which Australian film-maker, the director of Dead Poets Society, Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli, received a lifetime achievement award at the Sydney film festival this week? (Peter Weir) 

14. A proposed luxury resort owned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has prompted large protests known as the ‘Flamingo Revolution’ in what Balkan nation? (Albania)  

15. On the Pope’s recent tour of Spain, his holiness competed for crowds with which Puerto Rican pop star? (Bad Bunny)