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1A vote was taken this week to determine whether or not Tony Abbott should remain leader of the Liberal Party. He lost, to now-PM Malcolm Turnbull. What was the voting margin?
- A54-44
- B45-53
- C56-42
- D50-48
2When Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in as PM this week, he became Australia's PM number what?
- A21
- B25
- C29
- D33
3A powerful earthquake struck just off the coast of which South American country this morning?
- AChile
- BPeru
- CArgentina
- DUruguay
4Where is that country on the map?
- A6
- B10
- C11
- D12
5A new species closely related to humans, Homo naledi, was found in underground graveyard in the Cradle of Humankind in which country?
- ASyria
- BIsrael
- CTurkey
- DSouth Africa
6What is a spelunker?
- ASomeone who measured the intensity of an earthquake
- BA water diviner
- CA cave explorer
- DThe person who counts votes in a political ballot
7Who wrote the novel "Lolita"?
- AChristopher Hitchens
- BVladimir Nabokov
- CLeo Tolstoy
- DJane Austen
8Who painted "Guernica", the 1937 painting that has become a symbol of the futility and devastation of war?
- ASalvador Dali
- BBrett Whiteley
- CJackson Pollock
- DPablo Picasso
9Mixed Martial Arts star Ronda Rousey called the testing for which substance an "invasion of privacy"?
- AAlcohol
- BMarijuana
- CSteroids
- DAll of the above
10Which fictional character inspired the new Boeing aircraft just produced for Japanese airline ANA?
- APokemon
- BR2-D2
- CHello Kitty
- DDragon Ball Z
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