The great Australian election campaign quiz – week two

1. 

   Peter Dutton accidentally made a cameraman bleed from the head last weekend. How did he manage it?

   1. Rugby tackling

   2. Kicking a football

   3. Line dancing

   4. Bowling a cricket ball

2. 

   The opposition leader also had a chance encounter with a dog that appeared studiously neutral about the encounter. What is Dutton's own dog called?

   1. Roy

   2. Rocco

   3. Ralph

   4. Rex

3. And for strict balance, what is the prime minister's dog called?

   1. Coco

   2. Toto

   3. Bobo

   4. Frodo

4. 

   The Liberal candidate for Kooyong, Amelia Hamer, has confirmed she is a landlord after pitching herself as a Melbourne renter. How many properties does she own?

   1. One

   2. Two

   3. Three

   4. Four

5. The new Liberal candidate for Whitlam was in the news this week for a controversial opinion he expressed in his 2019 maiden speech to NSW parliament. What did he say?

   1. He said school students were being subjected to "Marxist brainwashing"

   2. He said universities were becoming a "hotbed for woke agendas"

   3. He said politics was being infiltrated by "radical left" women

   4. He said movies had become "unwatchable" because of diversity

6. The prime minister was greeted by a lion dance performance on Wednesday at an event with the NSW premier, Chris Minns. Where was he?

   1. The Sydney Opera House

   2. Parramatta Park

   3. Paddy's Markets

   4. Climbing the Harbour Bridge

7. The Greens leader, Adam Bandt, quoted a Guardian headline while addressing the National Press Club this week. What was it?

   1. "Trump's very beautiful tariffs will fix America, masculinity and the family. It said so on Fox News"

   2. "Billionaires are out of touch and much too powerful. The planet is in trouble"

   3. "Obsession with growth is enriching elites and killing the planet. We need an economy based on human rights"

   4. "I knew one day I'd have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn't expect them to be such losers"

8. 

   The Nationals leader, David Littleproud, was pictured mounting a motorbike this week on the party's formal election tour. What has it been colloquially called since the 1970s?

   1. The Backroads Blitz

   2. The Kangaroo Route

   3. The Country Circuit

   4. The Wombat Trail

9. Official social media accounts for the Coalition declared Peter Dutton the winner of Tuesday night’s leaders’ debate, despite the PM winning the support of more undecided voters on the Sky News panel. Of the 100, how many remained undecided?

   1. 9

   2. 15

   3. 21

   4. 32

10. Chris Bowen and Ted O'Brien traded some strange barbs in their own debate on Thursday, using Chinese food analogies to critique their respective energy policies. What was a line used by O'Brien?

    1. Labor made "as much sense as soy sauce on a pizza"

    2. Bowen is like "cold lemon chicken - greasy and disappointing"

    3. If Labor was a sauce, it would be sweet and sour: "too much sugar-coating, not enough substance, and everyone regrets it later"

    4. Bowen's energy plan "wouldn’t fit in a Chinese fortune cookie"

11. 

    Labor's MP for Hunter, Dan Repacholi, put pretty much any politician who stood next to him to shame in the last election campaign due to his unbelievable height. Now another Labor candidate, Matt Smith, is giving him a run for his money, claiming to be 7ft tall. What seat is he running in?

    1. Lyons, Tasmania

    2. Leichhardt, Qld

    3. Grey, SA

    4. Tangney, WA

12. If the Coalition wins the election, Anthony Albanese’s government will hold a rare place in history as a one-term administration. When was Australia’s last one-term government ousted?

    1. 1913

    2. 1931

    3. 1966

    4. 1980

13. The seat of North Sydney was abolished in the redistribution before this election. Which other seat, in Victoria, is also being abolished?

    1. Chisholm

    2. Higgins

    3. Hotham

    4. Gorton

14. 

    This week Anthony Albanese scooped gelato as he opened a food precinct on the campaign trail. Which ice cream has he previously claimed to have enjoyed as a child, despite the treat only coming to market when he was in his 20s?

    1. Golden Gaytime

    2. Splice

    3. Viennetta

    4. Neopolitan ice cream

15. According to the Parliament of Australia's website, which of these cabinet minister's official honorific is 'Dr'?

    1. Katy Gallagher

    2. Mark Butler

    3. Jim Chalmers

    4. Anika Wells

16. This week Peter Dutton conceded he "got it wrong" and changed a key election policy. What did he do?

    1. Dumped the Coalition's plan to build nuclear reactors

    2. Shrank his promise to cut migration levels by 100,000

    3. Agreed to match Labor's new tax cut promise

    4. Walked away from his plan to force public servants back into the office full-time

17. On Friday the draw was made by the Australian Electoral Commission for the order in which candidates' names are placed on the ballots. Which of these elements does the process NOT involve?

    1. A blindfold

    2. Numbered balls

    3. White gloves

    4. A double-randomised ‘bingo’ system

18. And finally, Peter Dutton has posed for the same picture opportunity half a dozen times in the past week. What was it?

    1. Shaking hands with construction site workers

    2. Filling up a vehicle with petrol

    3. Cooking on a barbecue

    4. Draping himself in an Australian flag

19. The Liberal candidate in the seat of Canberra is Will Roche, aged 19. In an interview this week he named his political idol. Who was it?

    1. Robert Menzies

    2. Paul Keating

    3. John Howard

    4. Tony Abbott

Solutions

1:B, 2:C, 3:B, 4:B, 5:A, 6:C, 7:D, 8:D, 9:C, 10:D, 11:B, 12:B, 13:B, 14:C, 15:C - Don't go rushing for Dr Jim in a medical emergency though, his PhD is in political science, 16:D - On the same day he also walked back a plan to cut 41,000 public service jobs, with the cuts to now come through a hiring freeze and natural attrition, 17:C - They may be optional, who knows, 18:B, 19:A - Roche told the ANU publication Woroni: "[Menzies] campaigned for the forgotten people of Australia when many other politicians wouldn’t. I think that’s very noble and I hope to emulate that in my own politics."

Scores

1. 19 and above.

   Reaching towards Matt Smith heights

2. 15 and above.

   Audience marginally votes you the winner

3. 14 and above.

   Audience marginally votes you the winner

4. 13 and above.

   Audience marginally votes you the winner

5. 18 and above.

   Reaching towards Matt Smith heights

6. 17 and above.

   Reaching towards Matt Smith heights

7. 16 and above.

   Reaching towards Matt Smith heights

8. 12 and above.

   Audience marginally votes you the winner

9. 11 and above.

   Audience marginally votes you the winner

10. 10 and above.

    At least one debate too many for you

11. 9 and above.

    At least one debate too many for you

12. 8 and above.

    At least one debate too many for you

13. 7 and above.

    At least one debate too many for you

14. 6 and above.

    At least one debate too many for you

15. 5 and above.

    Still three weeks of this to go!

16. 4 and above.

    Still three weeks of this to go!

17. 3 and above.

    Still three weeks of this to go!

18. 2 and above.

    Still three weeks of this to go!

19. 0 and above.

    Still three weeks of this to go!

20. 1 and above.

    Still three weeks of this to go!