General 1. Jorge Mario Begoglio is also known as...

a) b) c) d) Jay Z the symbol for the artist formerly known as Prince Ice Cube Pope Francis

Answer d 2. Oscar Pistoruis claimed that he killed his girlfriend because.... a) b) c) She was insensitive about his disability She was seeing another man He thought she was an intruder

Answer c 3. The peak flooding in the 1974 floods in Brisbane in the location of the city gauge was approximately 5.5 metres. The January 2013 Brisbane floods were 2 m lover than in 2011. The flood peak in 2013 in metres in Brisbane was ... a) b) c) 1.3 2.3 3.3

Answer b 4. Brisbane Mall came to a standstill for 90 minutes due to a gunman on March 8. The police shot him with a... a) b) c) Taser Bean bag bullets Normal bullets

Answer b 5. Which marathon had an explosion in April where 3 people were killed and about 140 injured? a) b) c) Boston Bridge to Brisbane New York

6. Who was the first Australian to win the US Masters? a) b) c) Adam Scott Tiger Woods Greg Norman

Answer a 7. Holden will stop making cars in Australia by what year? 1

a) b) c)

2016 2017 2018

Answer b 8. It is unclear why anyone is surprised about this, but which country's spy agencies were found to be accessing servers and spying on everyone? a) b) c) UK Australia USA

Answer c 9. Which is untrue? a) b) c) Andy Murray became first British man to win Wimbledon in 77 yrs Wills and Kate had a baby who was named Prince George and who is 3rd in line to the British throne GB won the most Cricket Ashes in December 2013, making it 4 in a row

Answer c Great Britain won 3 in a row and then Australia won the latest series in December 2013. 10. Which Nobel peace prize winner died in December 2013? a) b) c) d) e) Barack H. Obama Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. Jimmy Carter The 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) Nelson Mandela

Answer e Nelson Mandela 11. The US government shutdown in October 2013. Approximately 800,000 federal employees were indefinitely furloughed and another 1.3 million were required to report to work without known payment dates. The shutdown of the US government has happened before. However, this was the first time the US government had shut down in how many decades? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_government_shutdown_of_2013 a) b) c) 1 decade 2 decades 3 decades

Answer b 12. Which was Campbell Newman, Premier of Queensland, not at war with in 2013? a) b) a) 2 Druggies Bikies Public Service

Answer a 13. Australia ended its war with which country in 2013? a) b) c) Iran Egypt Afghanistan

Answer c 14. Gai Waterhouse had a good and bad year. Of these 3 horses - which ended well? a) b) c) Tres Blue More Joyous Fierente

Answer c Gai won the Melbourne Cup with Fierente (6.2 mill 10 % to trainer) She was fined $7500 in relation to More Joyous and $2000 for her other Melbourne cup runner Tres Blue in relation to medical issues. Gai's father TJ Smith won the Melbourne Cup on Toparoa in 1965 and Just a Dash in 1981. 15. What was the name of the super typhoon that hit the Phillipines? a) b) c) Haiyan Low Ann Goanna

Answer a 16. A landmark marijuana legalization measure will make which first country first to regulate the legal production, sale and consumption of the drug in Dec 2013? a) b) c) d) e) Ireland Columbia Kenya Uruguay Japan

Answer d 17. Which country was caught tapping the phone of the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono? This country plans to keep tapping phones, but the Prime Minister has said they would work towards becoming a trusted partner of Indonesia. a) b) c) 3 NZ Australia PNG

Answer b Abbott 18. What did Rudd say when he resigned from federal politics? a) b) c) Sorry Julia, I was wrong I apologize for being a backstabbing bastard It really is time for me to zip it

Answer c 19. Gina Rinehart was named Australia's chairperson of the year by CEO magazine for her stewardship of her private company Hancock Prospecting. What is her net worth? a) b) c) 17 billion 16 billion 15 billion

Answer a 20. Who said the following 4 quotes? ..my music isn't just music- its medicine. "Its only led me to complete awesomeness at all times. Its only led me to awesome truth and awesomeness. Beauty, truth, awesomeness. Thats all it is." Because Im great. Im great like Michelangelo. Im great like Disney. I hate when I'm on a flight and I wake up with a water bottle next to me like oh great now I gotta be responsible for this water bottle Answer Kanye West 21. Which AFL team was disqualified from the final eight for the Grand Final over drug issues? Answer Essendon 22. Twitter floated in 2013 for $3o billion. How did it compare to the other top 3 Internet IPOs by US companies? Was it the a) b) c) largest second largest third largest

Answer Twitter was second after Facebook and ahead of Google 23. Who won the best artist of the year at the AMAs? Answer Taylor Swift 24. What was the highest grossing movie of 2013 as of December 24th 2013? a) b) c) 4 Iron Man 3 Catching Firs 2 Despicable Me 2

d) e) f) g)

Man of Steel Monsters University Gravity Fast and Furious 6

http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2013&p=.htm Answer a These are in order 25. According to the New York Times on December 22, 2013, what was the highest seeling paperback of 2013? a) b) c) d) e) Threat Vector by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney The Racketeer by John Grisham Notorious Nineteen by Evanovich Enders Game by Orson Scott Card A Dance With Dragons by Goerge R. R. Martin

http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/ Answer e These are in reverse order 25. Twerking means... a) b) c) working during the journey to work working as efficiently as 2 people a dance with your bottom stuck out

Answer c Cricket 1. Which cricketer had a brilliant session that helped his team crush England in the 2013 Ashes in December 2013 taking 7 wickets for 40 runs on Day 3? a) b) c) Peter Siddle Ryan Harris Mitchell Johnson

Answer c 2. What is Mitchell Johnson's nickname? a) b) c) Mitchie Midge Missie moo

Answer b Midge also Notch and Chomps 3. Mitchell Johnson was only included in the team due to injury of who... a) 5 Mitchell Starc

b) c)

Michael Starc George Bailey

Answer a Mitchell Starc 4. In a recent Sheffield Shield match at the WACA one of Johnson's bouncers hit the sight screen on the ... a) b) c) first bounce second bounce third bounce

Answer b second 5.Which is the most common Barmy Army version? a) b) c) d) He bowls at your chest. He bowls at your head. That Mitchell Johnson. Gives you nightmares in bed" There's no one left, ... This can't be right,......I have an hour's kip,......And it's all gone s***e He bowls to the left he bowls to the right I'm really hopin' for 3 days of bad light He bowls to the left, he bowls to the right, that Mitchell Johnson, his bowling is sh*te" ...

Answer d Aussie version He bowls to the left, he bowls to the right, he used to be s!!!te and now he's alright.