From the Convoy to Canberra to election time, Canberra has been dominating the national headlines this week. Have you been paying attention?
Take this quiz and find out – warning, this has been updated with answers at the bottom. Don’t peek!
- Which of these is not a registered political party? West Australia Party, Australian Affordable Parking Party, or Kim for Canberra?
- Market St Eats, 54 Benjamin, and Chatterbox Espresso Bar are cafes in which suburb?
- Which TV show is set in the fictional coastal town of Port Niranda in Victoria?
- Which orphan is adopted by “Daddy” Warbucks in a famous musical?
- What have you been doing if you finish by casting off?
- Rihanna celebrates her 34th birthday this Monday. Which Caribbean Island is Rihanna from?
- Any dish served “a la Florentine” includes which vegetable?
- Which Australian artist is famous for a set of 27 Ned Kelly paintings, of which 25 have been donated to the National Gallery of Australia?
- Groceries and Charlie are songs by which Brisbane artist?
- Sydney recently unveiled the longest piece of infrastructure in the southern hemisphere measuring 45 metres. What is it?
- On which day next week will the international borders be open?
- The camping facilities at EPIC have been in the news all week. What does EPIC stand for?
- Narooma’s iconic Black Bream Point property has been sold for a record price. Which famous Australian bought the property?
- What are the colours of the ACT?
- In which nature reserve would you find a NASA complex in the ACT?
- Which artist performed the half-time show at the Superbowl on Monday?
- Which ACT suburb has the highest percentage of children?
- Which building material takes its name from the Italian for baked earth?
- Which 2008 TV series set in Canberra starred Rob Sitch, Merrick Watts, Lachy Hulme?
- Who first proposed the idea that the world was not flat but a sphere?
Answers:
- Australian Affordable Parking Party
- Belconnen
- Round the Twist
- Annie
- Knitting
- Barbados
- Spinach
- Sir Sidney Nolan
- Mallrat
- Escalator
- Monday, 21 February
- Exhibition Park in Canberra
- Gerry Harvey
- Blue and gold
- Tidbinbilla
- Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J Blige, Kendrick Lemar and Eminem
- Bonner
- Terracotta
- The Hollowmen
- Pythagoras