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The Age
Tuesday March 23, 2010
1. The developer of Victoria's desalination plant will pay workers up to how much above industry standards?2. Victoria and South Australia say they should get how many billion litres of water from the Darling River after floods?3. In what city and in what year did Earth Hour begin?4. The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is trialling new technology in what field?5. What ingredient has leading bread and cereal manufacturers agreed to reduce?6. Who is the leader of the Greens in Tasmania?7. Name the cyclone that hit the Whitsunday islands.8. Which Australian population group does more housework and childcare than their Danish, French or Italian counterparts?9. Which film did Raj Patel reference on his website in stating he was not the messiah?10. Currently a dance show at the Malthouse Theatre, what does the Aboriginal word Ngurrumilmarrmiriyu represent?11. According to the National Performance Gauge, the average Australian is how much better off financially than last year?12. An advertising campaign for what was considered too risque for using words like "goolies"?13. What has Telstra stopped installing that will delay new houses coming on the market?14. Which sports clothing brand is a sponsor for Winter Olympic gold medallist Torah Bright?15. If Australia hosts the soccer World Cup which Sydney suburb will get a new rectangular stadium?ANSWERS: 1. $150 million 2. 500 billion litres 3. Sydney 2007 4. Radiotherapy 5. Sodium 6. Nick McKim 7. Cyclone Ului 8. Fathers 9. Monty Python's Life of Brian 10. "Wrong skin" 11. Four per cent 12. Beer 13. Copper phone lines 14. Roxy 15. Blacktown
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