Newsquiz answers, August 19, 2023
1. Georgia
2. Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (Act)
3. 18
4. 71
5. Witch hunt
6. Fox News
7. Yellowknife
8. Hurricane Hillary
9. Big Island
10. The Mandarin Oriental
11. San Francisco
12. Five
13. Leonard Bernstein
14. Alex Collins
15. A surge in whale deaths
16. Head coach of the US women’s soccer team
17. Lionel Ritchie
2. Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (Act)
3. 18
4. 71
5. Witch hunt
6. Fox News
7. Yellowknife
8. Hurricane Hillary
9. Big Island
10. The Mandarin Oriental
11. San Francisco
12. Five
13. Leonard Bernstein
14. Alex Collins
15. A surge in whale deaths
16. Head coach of the US women’s soccer team
17. Lionel Ritchie
18. Britney Spears
19. The Killers
20. Their phones
21. Alaska
22. A dead frog
23. Blind Side
24. England and Spain
19. The Killers
20. Their phones
21. Alaska
22. A dead frog
23. Blind Side
24. England and Spain
25. Post Malone
Newsquiz answers, August 12, 2023
1. Maui
2. Vice President Kamala Harris
3. Boxer Floyd Mayweather
4. Hunter Biden
5. The Grand Canyon (accept Arizona)
6. Ten
7. Kylie Jenner’s
8. ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
9. Alabama
10. Miss a penalty (and laugh) which saw the US knocked out of the World Cup
11. Rockaway Beach
12. The Wagner mercenaries
13. 50
14. Lil Tay
15. Kai Cenat
16. Ecuador
17. Priscilla Presley
18. Japan
19. Mushrooms
20. The Bahamas
21. Three years
22. The Super Bowl Halftime Show
23. Tori Spelling
24. Alyson Stoner
2. Vice President Kamala Harris
3. Boxer Floyd Mayweather
4. Hunter Biden
5. The Grand Canyon (accept Arizona)
6. Ten
7. Kylie Jenner’s
8. ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
9. Alabama
10. Miss a penalty (and laugh) which saw the US knocked out of the World Cup
11. Rockaway Beach
12. The Wagner mercenaries
13. 50
14. Lil Tay
15. Kai Cenat
16. Ecuador
17. Priscilla Presley
18. Japan
19. Mushrooms
20. The Bahamas
21. Three years
22. The Super Bowl Halftime Show
23. Tori Spelling
24. Alyson Stoner
25. Harry and Meghan
Newsquiz answers, August 4, 2023
1. The 2020 election defeat
2. Dishonesty, fraud, deceit
3. Former Vice President Mike Pence
4. Jump off a bridge
5. Devon Archer
6. NBC Universal (accept Bravo)
7. Pee-wee Herman
8. Yellow
9. They are the back-up dancers to Lizzo who are claiming sexual harassment and discrimination
10. Cardi B
4. Jump off a bridge
5. Devon Archer
6. NBC Universal (accept Bravo)
7. Pee-wee Herman
8. Yellow
9. They are the back-up dancers to Lizzo who are claiming sexual harassment and discrimination
10. Cardi B
11. Bruce Collie
12. Bloomsbury USA
13. Mark Margolis
14. Doomsday (also accept Cult)
15. Euphoria
16. Sophie
17. Hong Kong
18. Sweden
19. For remaining silent during the national anthem
20. Pakistan
21. 42
22. Serve chicken grown in a laboratory
23. Bali
24. Birmingham City
25. Bears
12. Bloomsbury USA
13. Mark Margolis
14. Doomsday (also accept Cult)
15. Euphoria
16. Sophie
17. Hong Kong
18. Sweden
19. For remaining silent during the national anthem
20. Pakistan
21. 42
22. Serve chicken grown in a laboratory
23. Bali
24. Birmingham City
25. Bears
Newsquiz answers, July 9, 2021
1. Elsa
2. Recovery
3. Columbus Blue Jackets
4. Jovenel Moise
5. Russian president Vladimir Putin
6. Neil Diamond (England fans have adopted his song Sweet Caroline)
7. That her father and sister had been killed by a drunk driver
8. Hitler
9. Facebook (Mark Zuckerberg), Twitter (Jack Dorsey) and Google (Sundar Pichai)
10. Iowa
11. Gun violence
12. Sun Valley
13. Bill Cosby’s
14. Morrisons
15. John McEnroe
16. Wear a mask in crowded places
17. Lambda
18. July 23
19. Nike
20. The giant panda (as their number in the wild reached 1,800)
21. Spain
22. She was seen at Wembley on TV after ’throwing a sickie’
23. Deontay Wilder
24. The National Spelling Bee
2. Recovery
3. Columbus Blue Jackets
4. Jovenel Moise
5. Russian president Vladimir Putin
6. Neil Diamond (England fans have adopted his song Sweet Caroline)
7. That her father and sister had been killed by a drunk driver
8. Hitler
9. Facebook (Mark Zuckerberg), Twitter (Jack Dorsey) and Google (Sundar Pichai)
10. Iowa
11. Gun violence
12. Sun Valley
13. Bill Cosby’s
14. Morrisons
15. John McEnroe
16. Wear a mask in crowded places
17. Lambda
18. July 23
19. Nike
20. The giant panda (as their number in the wild reached 1,800)
21. Spain
22. She was seen at Wembley on TV after ’throwing a sickie’
23. Deontay Wilder
24. The National Spelling Bee
25. Champagne
Newsquiz answers, July 2, 2021
1. Climate change (sea level has risen up to eight inches over the past 40 years)
Newsquiz answers, February 16, 2019
1. Bahrain
2. Six million (6.322million)
3. Mel Schilling
4. Barwon Prison (in Lara, near Geelong, Victoria)
5. Lebanon
6. Jetstar
7. She was dismissed as a prison officer at Parklea Correction Centre in Sydney after an alleged relationship with a male inmate
8. 34
9. Skaf gang
10. Pauline Hanson
Newsquiz answers, February 9, 2019
19. Rainbow Serpent Festival
20. He lost an eye
2. Donald Trump Jr
3. 135,000
4. 49.5C or 121F
5. Confederates
6. Co-conservator of pop star Britney Spears' financial affairs
7. Boston
8. 22 and a half years
9. Afghanistan
10. Tucker Carlson (Fox News)
11. Juul Labs
12. The rescue effort at the Surfside tower block collapse
13. Gwen Berry
14. Canada
15. Bill Cosby (Phylicia Rashad tweeted: 'Finally! A terrible wrong is being righted' about her former co-star)
16. 88
3. 135,000
4. 49.5C or 121F
5. Confederates
6. Co-conservator of pop star Britney Spears' financial affairs
7. Boston
8. 22 and a half years
9. Afghanistan
10. Tucker Carlson (Fox News)
11. Juul Labs
12. The rescue effort at the Surfside tower block collapse
13. Gwen Berry
14. Canada
15. Bill Cosby (Phylicia Rashad tweeted: 'Finally! A terrible wrong is being righted' about her former co-star)
16. 88
17. Serena Williams after withdrawing from Wimbledon with an ankle injury
18. Cannabis
19. Chess grandmaster
20. Rome
18. Cannabis
19. Chess grandmaster
20. Rome
21. In the Tour de France (a spectator carrying the sign caused a crash)
22. The Boy Scouts of America
22. The Boy Scouts of America
23. He was sculptor who created the bronze statue of Princess Diana unveiled by Princes William and Harry
24. First Lady Jill Biden
25. Love Island
Newsquiz answers, June 25, 2021
1. Eric Adams
2. Washington Square Park
3. $150,000
4. For The People Act
5. Barcelona
6. Surfside
7. Jamie (Spears)
8. Rudy Giuliani
9. The Dan River
10. Washington DC
11. Challenger
12. Billie Eilish
13. Apple Daily
14. Come out as gay
15. Weightlifting
16. Iran
17. Canada Goose
18. Mumford and Sons
19. HMS Defender
20. Champ
21. The American flag (the Stars and Stripes)
22. Victoria’s Secret
23. The Sun
24. Germany
25. Grey hair
2. Washington Square Park
3. $150,000
4. For The People Act
5. Barcelona
6. Surfside
7. Jamie (Spears)
8. Rudy Giuliani
9. The Dan River
10. Washington DC
11. Challenger
12. Billie Eilish
13. Apple Daily
14. Come out as gay
15. Weightlifting
16. Iran
17. Canada Goose
18. Mumford and Sons
19. HMS Defender
20. Champ
21. The American flag (the Stars and Stripes)
22. Victoria’s Secret
23. The Sun
24. Germany
25. Grey hair
1. Bahrain
2. Six million (6.322million)
3. Mel Schilling
4. Barwon Prison (in Lara, near Geelong, Victoria)
5. Lebanon
6. Jetstar
7. She was dismissed as a prison officer at Parklea Correction Centre in Sydney after an alleged relationship with a male inmate
8. 34
9. Skaf gang
10. Pauline Hanson
11. Flying fox
12. The size of her baby bump
12. The size of her baby bump
13. Her body was washed up on a Queensland beach (Dicky Beach)
14. Killing his wife Lynette
14. Killing his wife Lynette
15. The Eurovision Song Contest
16. My Kitchen Rules
17. Shane Crawford
18. Celeste Barber
19. 92
20. Mountain Sounds
21. Savage Garden
22. Direct Action Everywhere
23. Borneo
24. Truck driver
25. Commemorated on a $2 coin
24. Truck driver
25. Commemorated on a $2 coin
Newsquiz answers, February 9, 2019
1. Ken Henry and Andrew Thorburn
2. $82,000 a year
3. Banking
4. Nauru and Manus Island
5. She is the mother who arranged for her teenage daughter to be raped who was released after one year in prison.
6. To attend the funeral of his ex-girlfriend's mother in New Zealand.
7. Ben Barba
8. Hobo
9. Married at First Sight's Bronson Norrish
10. His virginity (on Married At First Sight)
11. Oktoberfest
12. Sky News (The Front Page segment)
13. He is the gynaecologist who was suspended after 50 botched operations.
14. William
15. David Jones
16. Ice hockey
17. Huxton's
2. $82,000 a year
3. Banking
4. Nauru and Manus Island
5. She is the mother who arranged for her teenage daughter to be raped who was released after one year in prison.
6. To attend the funeral of his ex-girlfriend's mother in New Zealand.
7. Ben Barba
8. Hobo
9. Married at First Sight's Bronson Norrish
10. His virginity (on Married At First Sight)
11. Oktoberfest
12. Sky News (The Front Page segment)
13. He is the gynaecologist who was suspended after 50 botched operations.
14. William
15. David Jones
16. Ice hockey
17. Huxton's
18. Blood on the Rosary
19. 22
20. Rolf Harris
21. 9,000
22. She took in 60 desperate flood-hit people - as well as their pets - to her second-storey home
23. Dan Murphy's
24. Melanoma (skin cancer)
25. Phil Collins (Not Dead Yet tour)
19. 22
20. Rolf Harris
21. 9,000
22. She took in 60 desperate flood-hit people - as well as their pets - to her second-storey home
23. Dan Murphy's
24. Melanoma (skin cancer)
25. Phil Collins (Not Dead Yet tour)
Newsquiz answers, February 2, 2019
1. Darren Weir
2. Jiggers
3. Napoleon Perdis
4. Dancing with the Stars
5. He was the motorist charged after taking to the bike lane because cyclists were blocking the road by riding two-abreast
6. Camouflage
7. Anaesthetist (half a point for doctor)
8. Brazil
9. Theodore
2. Jiggers
3. Napoleon Perdis
4. Dancing with the Stars
5. He was the motorist charged after taking to the bike lane because cyclists were blocking the road by riding two-abreast
6. Camouflage
7. Anaesthetist (half a point for doctor)
8. Brazil
9. Theodore
10. Oppression
11. Twelve
12. Racist
13. Cockroach
14. Argentinia
15. Seven
16. Therapist
11. Twelve
12. Racist
13. Cockroach
14. Argentinia
15. Seven
16. Therapist
17. Sam Ball
18. Manor Lakes school in Wyndham Vale, Melbourne19. Rainbow Serpent Festival
20. He lost an eye
21. Harry Style’s face (which turned out to be fake)
22. Play basketball at an NBA All Star game
23. Pig
22. Play basketball at an NBA All Star game
23. Pig
24. Eggs
25. Shark
25. Shark
Newsquiz answers, January 26, 2019
1. Codey Herrmann
2. The British gypsy family who have been causing chaos in New Zealand
3. Scoot
4. Perth
5. He is a big game hunter who shot two police officers and then killed himself
6. Ashleigh Barty
7. A burnout (they were killed in a police chase)
8. Adelaide
9. 35C
9. 35C
10. Serve free beers to all customers
11. Cate Faehrmann (Greens)
12. Cabinet minister Kelly O'Dwyer
12. Cabinet minister Kelly O'Dwyer
13. They were dated 14th December 2017
14. Air traffic controller
15. Goodbye (his body was found at Fingal Bay, 200km north of Sydney)
16. Captain Matthew Flinders
17. Ryan Channing
18. U.N.T.
14. Air traffic controller
15. Goodbye (his body was found at Fingal Bay, 200km north of Sydney)
16. Captain Matthew Flinders
17. Ryan Channing
18. U.N.T.
19. Singapore
20. Rapper Chris Brown
20. Rapper Chris Brown
21. Southport on the Gold Coast
22. His body was discovered on rocks on Bilgola beach, near Newport
23. Caused the death of a man (by picking him up using a forklift while he was in a bin and then dropping him)
24. Ajay Rochester
25. A 2.4-metre, 165kg mako shark
Newsquiz answers, January 19, 2019
1. Melbourne
2. Hottest places on earth
3. Thailand
4. Her body was found after she failed to return from a walk on Mount Nameless in the Pilbara
5. Nairobi
6. $108million ($107,575,649.08 - accept $107million)
7. Breath tests
8. Disgraced senator Sam Dastyari (on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!)
7. Breath tests
8. Disgraced senator Sam Dastyari (on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!)
9. Troubled footballer Majak Daw
10. Flour
11. Hobbits
12. Blacktown
13. Her passport was torn
14. Chatswood (in Sydney's Lower North Shore)
15. Miley Cyrus denying rumours she is pregnant
16. Andy Murray
10. Flour
11. Hobbits
12. Blacktown
13. Her passport was torn
14. Chatswood (in Sydney's Lower North Shore)
15. Miley Cyrus denying rumours she is pregnant
16. Andy Murray
17. Today presenter Brooke Boney
18. Gina Rinehart
19. Fleetwood Mac
20. ABC & The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax)
21. Elon Musk
22. Floodlight failure
19. Fleetwood Mac
20. ABC & The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax)
21. Elon Musk
22. Floodlight failure
23. Clown
24. Sandringham
25. 19 (325 to 306)
Newsquiz answers, February 16, 2018
1. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann
2. Sexual relations
3. Pacific Explorer
4. AC/DC
5. A white and black stuffed tiger (wearing a hat) called Soohorang (official mascot of the games)
6. Jacqui Cooper
7. Fitness First
8. Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays
9. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
10. Weightlifter Sam Loch (who married Frances Abbott)
11. She is accused of stabbing a male nurse in front of his five-year-old daughter at his home in Melbourne and was charged with engaging in a terrorist act
12. John Ibrahim
13. Because of a building site fire at Circular Quay
14. Thailand
15. Stripped off and jogged on to the Perth cricket ground during a One Day International match
16. Prince Henrik of Denmark
17. South Africa, following Jacob Zuma’s resignation
18. Paul Burrell and Vicky Pattison
19. He was arrested over the shooting of criminal lawyer Ho Ledinh in Sydney
20. The $50 note
21. James Packer
22. The Greatest Showman
23. In a helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon
24. Dean Wells
25. Winnebago
Newsquiz answers, February 10, 2018
2. Sexual relations
3. Pacific Explorer
4. AC/DC
5. A white and black stuffed tiger (wearing a hat) called Soohorang (official mascot of the games)
6. Jacqui Cooper
7. Fitness First
8. Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays
9. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
10. Weightlifter Sam Loch (who married Frances Abbott)
11. She is accused of stabbing a male nurse in front of his five-year-old daughter at his home in Melbourne and was charged with engaging in a terrorist act
12. John Ibrahim
13. Because of a building site fire at Circular Quay
14. Thailand
15. Stripped off and jogged on to the Perth cricket ground during a One Day International match
16. Prince Henrik of Denmark
17. South Africa, following Jacob Zuma’s resignation
18. Paul Burrell and Vicky Pattison
19. He was arrested over the shooting of criminal lawyer Ho Ledinh in Sydney
20. The $50 note
21. James Packer
22. The Greatest Showman
23. In a helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon
24. Dean Wells
25. Winnebago
Newsquiz answers, February 10, 2018
1. 50 (Joyce) and 33 (Campion)
2. Distressing
3. Natalie
3. Natalie
4. $36million
5. Danny McBride
5. Danny McBride
6. Therese Cook
7. Canada
8. Freeze eggs
8. Freeze eggs
9. Free Choice
10. Stormi
11. Marty Crane (Frasier’s father)
12. No Fear
13. Cooper & Oxley
14. Mankind (he said she should say peoplekind)
15. Anthony Mundine, announcing he had left I’m A Celebrity
16. A hot air balloon crashed after stalling
17. Bonjela
18. He is the former treasurer of the Finks bikie gang who was jailed for two years after pleading guilty to fraud, robbery and receiving tainted property
19. Six
20. Meekatharra
21. Lord Mayor of Melbourne
22. Salim Mehajer (former deputy mayor of Auburn in west Sydney)
23. Its Australia Day celebration (and replacing it with an 'indigenous commemorative event’)
24. The Australian flag in the Winter Olympic Games opening ceremony
10. Stormi
11. Marty Crane (Frasier’s father)
12. No Fear
13. Cooper & Oxley
14. Mankind (he said she should say peoplekind)
15. Anthony Mundine, announcing he had left I’m A Celebrity
16. A hot air balloon crashed after stalling
17. Bonjela
18. He is the former treasurer of the Finks bikie gang who was jailed for two years after pleading guilty to fraud, robbery and receiving tainted property
19. Six
20. Meekatharra
21. Lord Mayor of Melbourne
22. Salim Mehajer (former deputy mayor of Auburn in west Sydney)
23. Its Australia Day celebration (and replacing it with an 'indigenous commemorative event’)
24. The Australian flag in the Winter Olympic Games opening ceremony
25. A lamington
Newsquiz answers, February 3, 2018
1. Det Sgt John Breda
2. Maroubra Junction Hotel
3. They drowned (near a dam in rural Julatten, north-west of Cairns)
4. Simona Halep
5. Twenty
6. ABC
7. A burning timberyard
8. Glee
9. They are triplets that were used in a social experiment and separated at birth
10. To gain recognition of depression/suicide in young farmers
11. Medication containing Codeine
12. A bus driver (he left a five-year-old girl sleeping on the back seat)
13. Bum chums
14. Animals and humans
15. Comedian Fiona O’Loughlin
16. Hack in a Flak Jacket (Wars, riots and revolutions - dispatches from a foreign correspondent) by her husband Peter Stefanovic.
17. Ron Walker
18. Aldi
19. Quiksilver
20. Jasmine Yarbrough
21. A (lovely) frame
22. Tuff luck
23. Jo the bride on Married At First Sight
24. The original Wiggles
25. A wallaby
2. Maroubra Junction Hotel
3. They drowned (near a dam in rural Julatten, north-west of Cairns)
4. Simona Halep
5. Twenty
6. ABC
7. A burning timberyard
8. Glee
9. They are triplets that were used in a social experiment and separated at birth
10. To gain recognition of depression/suicide in young farmers
11. Medication containing Codeine
12. A bus driver (he left a five-year-old girl sleeping on the back seat)
13. Bum chums
14. Animals and humans
15. Comedian Fiona O’Loughlin
16. Hack in a Flak Jacket (Wars, riots and revolutions - dispatches from a foreign correspondent) by her husband Peter Stefanovic.
17. Ron Walker
18. Aldi
19. Quiksilver
20. Jasmine Yarbrough
21. A (lovely) frame
22. Tuff luck
23. Jo the bride on Married At First Sight
24. The original Wiggles
25. A wallaby
Newsquiz answers, January 26, 2018
1. American actor James Franco (referring to the Time's Up pin he wore at the Golden Globe Awards)
2. Actor Craig McLachlan
3. Ryde
4. Richmond Station
5. Young illegal immigrants/DACA
6. Grigor Dimitrov
7. For not being ready to start his match (he spent longer than 60 seconds changing his shirt at his chair)
8. Australian’s top billionaires
9. Belgrade (Serbia)
10. Beaumont
11. On the school bus (she fell asleep on her way home from Jimboomba State School and the bus was taken to a depot)
12. Parkinson's disease
13. 15 and 44
14. Happy Cup Cafe
15. I, Tonya
2. Actor Craig McLachlan
3. Ryde
4. Richmond Station
5. Young illegal immigrants/DACA
6. Grigor Dimitrov
7. For not being ready to start his match (he spent longer than 60 seconds changing his shirt at his chair)
8. Australian’s top billionaires
9. Belgrade (Serbia)
10. Beaumont
11. On the school bus (she fell asleep on her way home from Jimboomba State School and the bus was taken to a depot)
12. Parkinson's disease
13. 15 and 44
14. Happy Cup Cafe
15. I, Tonya
16. Captain Cook
17. Her son and daughter (Jonathan, 26, and Erin, 18)
18. She became engaged to singer Ed Sheeran
19. Venice
20. A bulldog
21. MacKenzie Falls in the Grampians National Park, west of Melbourne
22. Propose to Princess Eugene
23. Monkeys
24. Fair Work Commission
25. Aretha Brown
Newsquiz answers, January 19, 2018
1. 29
2. Hope Morrison
3. He helped capture a wallaby which hopped across Sydney Harbour Bridge
4. 29.9
5. Barrymore Court (husband of Margaret Court)
6. The Cranberries
7. Hurstville
8. Drill
9. Actor Jim Carrey
10. Indonesia
11. Turpin
12. Vampire
13. 13 and 14
14. She was found dead next to her boyfriend in Newtown
15. One Nation leader Pauline Hanson
16. Two days off
17. Luring a 16-year-old schoolgirl from Sydney to New York for sex
18. The $1,000 he paid to hire a helicopter to find his son
19. His three-year-old son who had to be rescued from a car in Sydney
20. Alice Springs
21. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
22. Grace
15. One Nation leader Pauline Hanson
16. Two days off
17. Luring a 16-year-old schoolgirl from Sydney to New York for sex
18. The $1,000 he paid to hire a helicopter to find his son
19. His three-year-old son who had to be rescued from a car in Sydney
20. Alice Springs
21. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
22. Grace
23. Singer Sam Smith
24. The Pope
25. Monday, January 29
Newsquiz answers, July 28, 2017
1. Medical costs
2. John McCain
3. Caitlyn Jenner
4. 3 and 48
2. John McCain
3. Caitlyn Jenner
4. 3 and 48
5. Vice President Mike Pence
6. Maine and Alaska
6. Maine and Alaska
7. The New Yorker (Ryan Lizza)
8. Jared Kushner
9. West Virginia
10. Walmart
11. James Matthew Bradley Jr
12. Actor John Heard who died age 72
13. Removing a drain plug from his kayak
14. Attorney General Jeff Sessions
15. He is accused of murdering his wife on an Alaskan cruise
16. Chipotle
17. 100 metres
Newsquiz answers, July 22, 2017
8. Jared Kushner
9. West Virginia
10. Walmart
11. James Matthew Bradley Jr
12. Actor John Heard who died age 72
13. Removing a drain plug from his kayak
14. Attorney General Jeff Sessions
15. He is accused of murdering his wife on an Alaskan cruise
16. Chipotle
17. 100 metres
18. 90
19. The Fireball
20. Talinda Bennington, widow of Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington
21. What Happened.
22. The baseball practice shooting in Alexandria, Virginia, where Republican Congressman Steve Scalise was critically wounded
23. Jeff Bezos, Amazon
24. 'We had a wonderful life’.
25. Vanity Fair
Newsquiz answers, July 22, 2017
1. They are all Republicans who said they would not support the repeal of the current health care law without a replacement
2. 'About 15 minutes'
3. Joe Scarborough
4. Communications director
5. Attorney General Jeff Sessions
6. Senator John McCain, who was diagnosed with brain cancer
7. Storm
8. For punching 18-year-old Avery Arjang, leaving him with a broken nose and concussion
9. Justine Damond
10. Mayor of Minneapolis
11. 41
12. Korn
13. Lovelock Correctional Centre
14. 33 years
15. Dirk
16. In a bombed out house in Mosul (she is a 16-year-old German schoolgirl)
17. Her family claimed she was being held by R Kelly’s sex cult at a home in Atlanta.
18. 1.8 million dollars
19. WWE
20. The People's Republic of China
21. Xanda
22. Game of Thrones
23. Confederate
24. Laughing while they watched a 32-year-old disabled man drown in a pond
25. The family’s pet parrot
Newsquiz answers, July 14, 2017
1. Veselnitskaya
2. Transparency
3. i) The military would be ‘decimated’ ii) Energy would be much more expensive
4. Christian Broadcasting Network
5. Filed an article of impeachment against Donald Trump
6. Dan Rather, formerly of CBS
7. Dallas
8. Bill de Blasio
9. Mississippi
10. The Biggest Loser
11. Savannah
12. Nelsan Ellis, who died age 39
13. Mad Cool
14. Sam Querrey
15. Ava Gardner (Ava, A Life in the Movies)
16. Freezer
17. The Larsen C
18. San Francisco
19. Saturday Night Live
20. Brazil (Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva)
10. The Biggest Loser
11. Savannah
12. Nelsan Ellis, who died age 39
13. Mad Cool
14. Sam Querrey
15. Ava Gardner (Ava, A Life in the Movies)
16. Freezer
17. The Larsen C
18. San Francisco
19. Saturday Night Live
20. Brazil (Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva)
21. The disappearance of four young men after human remains were found in grave on a farm in Pennsylvania
22. Asian
23. Jennifer Lawrence
24. Sir and Rumi
25. The voice of Kermit the Frog
Newsquiz answers, July 7, 2017
1. Warsaw
2. Cybersecurity
3. Welcome to Hell
4. Miosotis Familia
5. HanAssholeSolo
6. Chicago
7. Hobby Lobby
8. Turkey
9. Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center
10. T.I. (Tip) and estranged wife Tameka 'Tiny’ Cottle
11. 1937
12. Stevie Ryan (Little Loca)
13. Logan Airport, Boston
14. Penn Station in New York
15. Mexico
16. Zakynthos (Zante)
17. Glistening
18. She was charged with killing four of her children and their father when she appeared in court in Gwinnett County, Georgia
18. She was charged with killing four of her children and their father when she appeared in court in Gwinnett County, Georgia
19. Beijing
20. Kidnapping Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang
21. Cape Cod, Massachusetts
22. Lake Erie
23. Fox (Business)
24. Ella and Alexander
25. Mel Brown (Scary Spice)
Newsquiz answers, January 27, 2017
1. Trans-Pacific Partnership
2. #Fucking Wall
3. Opposition
4. Piers Morgan
5. Bliss N Eso
6. Hong Kong
7. Gladys Berejiklian
8. She is attempting to get into the Guinness Book of records for having the longest legs
9. 14
2. #Fucking Wall
3. Opposition
4. Piers Morgan
5. Bliss N Eso
6. Hong Kong
7. Gladys Berejiklian
8. She is attempting to get into the Guinness Book of records for having the longest legs
9. 14
10. Venus and Serena Williams
11. For accidentally hitting a ball-kid with a ball after losing the opening set.
12. Biomedical scientist Alan Mackay-Sim (2017 Australian of the Year).
13. The Project
14. Swan River
15. Pauline Hanson, leader of One Nation
16. The Wiggles
17. Thalia-Hakin, ten, who was killed in the Melbourne car rampage
18. Melbourne.
19. 80
20. He was found dead in a stairwell Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre
21. His left eyeball popped out of its socket
22. $13 million
23. Surfing over a Great White shark at Samurai Beach
24. Prawns
25. Rooster
Newsquiz answers, January 20, 2017
1. Martyr
1. Nuclear Weapons
2. 110,000
3. Party chair Debbie Wasserman
4. Bernie Sanders
5. Muse
6. 30,000 emails
7. Comedian Sarah Silverman
8. Signed, Sealed, Delivered (by Stevie Wonder
9. When they go low, we go high
10. Because Rodham was too close to Rotten
11. Stop an attempted sexual assault of an unconscious woman in an alley in Gainesville
12. Father Jacques Hamel
13. Adolf Hitler
14. She is the mother of Freddie Gray who accused police of lying to investigators after charges against three Baltimore police officers were dropped
15. Because John Hinckley, who tried to assassinate her father Ronald Reagan in 1981, was released from the psychiatric hospital where has has been held for 35 years.
16. She was kidnapped from her gated home in Sao Paulo
17. The menopause
18. Roger Moore (after his stepdaughter Christina Knudsen died of breast cancer)
19. Club Blu
20. The slaves that built the White House
21. Human crap
22. Facebook
23. Dr Dre
24. San Diego
25. Her heart
11. For accidentally hitting a ball-kid with a ball after losing the opening set.
12. Biomedical scientist Alan Mackay-Sim (2017 Australian of the Year).
13. The Project
14. Swan River
15. Pauline Hanson, leader of One Nation
16. The Wiggles
17. Thalia-Hakin, ten, who was killed in the Melbourne car rampage
18. Melbourne.
19. 80
20. He was found dead in a stairwell Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre
21. His left eyeball popped out of its socket
22. $13 million
23. Surfing over a Great White shark at Samurai Beach
24. Prawns
25. Rooster
Newsquiz answers, January 20, 2017
1. Martyr
2. CNN
Newsquiz answers, January 13, 2017
3. New York Jets
4. Sasha
5. Flinders Street Station
6. Walk on the moon
7. Italy’s Andreas Seppi?
8. A gorilla (He said: 'You see Venus move in and put the gorilla effect on. Charging’. He later said he meant guerilla)
9. Meghan Markle’s brother Thomas
10. He was the jockey who was stood down after steering his horse into other riders in an alleged bid to allow his girlfriend to win the race.
11. A memorial plaque at Ayers rock for his baby Azaria
12. The Crazy Horse Revue
13. Greyhound racing
14. Manly
15. A billboard of two girls wearing hijabs advertising Australia Day
16. Vegemite
17. Newcastle Knights
18. A bacon roll
19. Indecent assault (he is accused of groping a jogger)
20. It was buried under an avalanche which is believed to have killed up to 38 people
13. Greyhound racing
14. Manly
15. A billboard of two girls wearing hijabs advertising Australia Day
16. Vegemite
17. Newcastle Knights
18. A bacon roll
19. Indecent assault (he is accused of groping a jogger)
20. It was buried under an avalanche which is believed to have killed up to 38 people
21. Vince Colosimo
22. Betty
23. Cahills Crossing
24. Switzerland
25. The Big Bash League match at Sydney Cricket Ground
1. January 20
2. Jared Kushner (Trump’s son-in-law)
2. Jared Kushner (Trump’s son-in-law)
3. Buzzfeed
4. Stevie Wonder
25. Julie Snook 4. Stevie Wonder
5. Presidential Medal of Freedom
6. A Muslim woman wearing a hijab featured in its back-to-school catalogue
7. She billed a friend £325 after her three-year-old daughter scuffed her shoes during a playdate
7. She billed a friend £325 after her three-year-old daughter scuffed her shoes during a playdate
8. Deprivation
9. Arkham Asylum
10. Stuart MacGill
11. Health minister
12. Tigerair
13. Actress Cate Blanchett
14. The number of teams will rise to 48
14. The number of teams will rise to 48
15. Fort Lauderdale
16. The decision to hire a white actor, Joseph Fiennes, to play her father Michael Jackson in the comedy show Urban Myths
17. Moonlight
18. Cecil B. DeMille award
19. Nicole Kidman
16. The decision to hire a white actor, Joseph Fiennes, to play her father Michael Jackson in the comedy show Urban Myths
17. Moonlight
18. Cecil B. DeMille award
19. Nicole Kidman
20. He shot dead the truck driver who ran over Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem
21. 2009
22. Alan Hird (father of former Essendon coach James Hird, who took an overdose)
23. The robbery of Kim Kardashian in Paris
24. She was charged with murdering her partner after allegedly mowing him down with her car in Melbourne
Newsquiz answers, July 30, 2016
2. 110,000
3. Party chair Debbie Wasserman
4. Bernie Sanders
5. Muse
6. 30,000 emails
7. Comedian Sarah Silverman
8. Signed, Sealed, Delivered (by Stevie Wonder
9. When they go low, we go high
10. Because Rodham was too close to Rotten
11. Stop an attempted sexual assault of an unconscious woman in an alley in Gainesville
12. Father Jacques Hamel
13. Adolf Hitler
14. She is the mother of Freddie Gray who accused police of lying to investigators after charges against three Baltimore police officers were dropped
15. Because John Hinckley, who tried to assassinate her father Ronald Reagan in 1981, was released from the psychiatric hospital where has has been held for 35 years.
16. She was kidnapped from her gated home in Sao Paulo
17. The menopause
18. Roger Moore (after his stepdaughter Christina Knudsen died of breast cancer)
19. Club Blu
20. The slaves that built the White House
21. Human crap
22. Facebook
23. Dr Dre
24. San Diego
25. Her heart
Newsquiz answers, July 22, 2016
1. Air Force One
1. Promenade des Anglais
2. Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland)
3. Gender neutral.
4. Fox presenter Megyn Kelly
5. Alright Now by Free
6. Ted Cruz
7. Documentary maker Michael Moore
8. Bitch
9. The Life of Pablo
10. Cosmo Setepenra
11. House Speaker
12. August 5
13. Four
10. Cosmo Setepenra
11. House Speaker
12. August 5
13. Four
14. Outstanding guest actor
15. Tappen Zee Bridge, New York
16. Lady Gaga
17. Five
17. Five
18. Distraction
19. Rupert Murdoch.
20. Missy Elliott
21. This Is For My Girls
21. This Is For My Girls
22. Times Square, New York
23. He built a miniature wall round Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
24. Miami
25. Lupo
Newsquiz answers, July 15, 2016
1. Promenade des Anglais
2. July 26
3. The news conference concerning his Vice Presidential announcement?
4. She was pictured standing up to two police officers in riot gear in Baton Rouge
5. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings
6. Stevie Wonder
7. She is Miss Alabama who was suspended from her job at a Miami TV station after calling the Dallas cop sniper 'a martyr’
8. Los Angeles (LAX)
9. Sovereign Citizen
10. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
11. China - the court ruled it has no rights over the South China seas
12. 23
13. Tom Hiddleston, talking about his relationship with Taylor Swift
14. Italy
15. K2
16. Boris Johnson
17. 113
18. The husband didn't go. He was stopped from travelling to Greece due to visa issues, his wife went with her inlaws and took lots of photo’s which have gone viral
19. LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade
20. Mick Jagger
21. Hollywood Vampires
22. Alice Cooper on vocals and Johnny Depp as a fellow guitarist
23. Cleveland Browns' Isaiah Crowell
24. Lin-Manuel Miranda
25. Playing Pokeman Go
3. The news conference concerning his Vice Presidential announcement?
4. She was pictured standing up to two police officers in riot gear in Baton Rouge
5. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings
6. Stevie Wonder
7. She is Miss Alabama who was suspended from her job at a Miami TV station after calling the Dallas cop sniper 'a martyr’
8. Los Angeles (LAX)
9. Sovereign Citizen
10. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
11. China - the court ruled it has no rights over the South China seas
12. 23
13. Tom Hiddleston, talking about his relationship with Taylor Swift
14. Italy
15. K2
16. Boris Johnson
17. 113
18. The husband didn't go. He was stopped from travelling to Greece due to visa issues, his wife went with her inlaws and took lots of photo’s which have gone viral
19. LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade
20. Mick Jagger
21. Hollywood Vampires
22. Alice Cooper on vocals and Johnny Depp as a fellow guitarist
23. Cleveland Browns' Isaiah Crowell
24. Lin-Manuel Miranda
25. Playing Pokeman Go
Newsquiz answers, July 8, 2016
1. Black Lives Matter
Newsquiz answers, December 12
1. Chicken pox
2. Appleby
3. Banana
4. Craig (Steven) Wright
5. Australia Academy Cinema Television Arts
6. Cate Blanchett
7. Tevita Daunibau
8. Picton
9. Ed Sheeran
10. Angela Merkell
11. Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
12. That Justin Bieber posted her picture saying ‘OMG Who is this?’
13. Saint
14. Glen Steele
15. Kandahar
16. AccorHotels arena
17. People have the power
18. Flying Cocks
19. Bindi Irwin
20. She gave a scathing end-of-year speech at Ravenswood School for Girls, Sydney
21. Ginger Jihadi
22. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
24. Two silver catering trays
25. The Gender Fairy
Newsquiz answers, December 4
1. Adam Coleman and Dean Lucas
2. $30,000
3. David Panton
4. Supergurl
5. Rape us now
6. The judge entered the courtroom before the defendant, who had refused to stand for court judges.
7. He was denied a visa due to his domestic violence conviction.
8. 51
9. Max
10. Hacksaw Ridge
11. Seth Porter
12. Rudder control
13. Tim Tams
14. Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
15. 397
16. Google translate
1. Fox Glacier
2. Certain
3. Probable
4. 12
5. Helpers
6. That she wasn’t special because her dad had died
7. A spider
8. In this sign conquer
9. Brisbane Bandits v Adelaide Bite
10. Pacific Dawn, Pacific Pearl, Pacific Jewel, Pacific Eden and Pacific Aria
11. One Direction
12. Tina Arena
13. The Star, Sydney
14. Taylor Swift
15. Eastern brown snakes
16. Marcus Thornton
17. Stereosonic
18. Masterchef
19. He was the tattooed ‘poster boy’ of Reclaim Australia
20. Israel
21. His buttock hair
22. A turtle
23. Abe
Newsquiz answers, November 21
9. Norway and Germany
13. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
14. Katy Perry
15. The X Factor Australia final on November 23
16. Perth (Cottesloe beach)
17. Cosmopolitan Fun Fearless Female of the Year
20. 2004
1. Grand Old Party (or Gallant Old Party). Bonus: Cleveland, Ohio. Bonus: Jeb Bush. Bonus: Lego
6. Zayn Malik formerly of One Direction (to Perrie Edwards)
7. 4,000 Syrian refugees
8. Legionnaire’s disease
15. Hamilton
23. William & Lawrence Bragg
Newsquiz answers, December 5
2. Micah Xavier Johnson
3. El Centro college
4. The Rev Jesse Jackson
5. Glasgow
6. Warsaw
7. They are the two police officers who shot Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge
8. Diamond Reynolds
9. Benghazi
10. Jason Chaffetz
11. He drowned in the River Tiber after an altercation with a homeless man in Rome
12. Royalty
13. San Diego
14. Italy
15. 292
16. George Bush
17. Donald Trump’s running mate
18. A mosquito he had just squashed
19. That the Star Trek character Sulu, who he played in the TV series, will be openly gay in the forthcoming movie Star Trek Beyond
20. He had his leg blown off after standing on a device in Central Park
21. Gretchen Carlson
22. Roger Ailes
23. Harper’s Bazaar
24. Gem
25. The festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain
1. Chicken pox
2. Appleby
3. Banana
4. Craig (Steven) Wright
5. Australia Academy Cinema Television Arts
6. Cate Blanchett
7. Tevita Daunibau
8. Picton
9. Ed Sheeran
10. Angela Merkell
11. Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
12. That Justin Bieber posted her picture saying ‘OMG Who is this?’
13. Saint
14. Glen Steele
15. Kandahar
16. AccorHotels arena
17. People have the power
18. Flying Cocks
19. Bindi Irwin
20. She gave a scathing end-of-year speech at Ravenswood School for Girls, Sydney
21. Ginger Jihadi
22. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
24. Two silver catering trays
25. The Gender Fairy
Newsquiz answers, December 4
1. Adam Coleman and Dean Lucas
2. $30,000
3. David Panton
4. Supergurl
5. Rape us now
6. The judge entered the courtroom before the defendant, who had refused to stand for court judges.
7. He was denied a visa due to his domestic violence conviction.
8. 51
9. Max
10. Hacksaw Ridge
11. Seth Porter
12. Rudder control
13. Tim Tams
14. Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
15. 397
16. Google translate
1. Fox Glacier
2. Certain
3. Probable
4. 12
5. Helpers
6. That she wasn’t special because her dad had died
7. A spider
8. In this sign conquer
9. Brisbane Bandits v Adelaide Bite
10. Pacific Dawn, Pacific Pearl, Pacific Jewel, Pacific Eden and Pacific Aria
11. One Direction
12. Tina Arena
13. The Star, Sydney
14. Taylor Swift
15. Eastern brown snakes
16. Marcus Thornton
17. Stereosonic
18. Masterchef
19. He was the tattooed ‘poster boy’ of Reclaim Australia
20. Israel
21. His buttock hair
22. A turtle
23. Abe
Newsquiz answers, November 21
9. Norway and Germany
13. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
14. Katy Perry
15. The X Factor Australia final on November 23
16. Perth (Cottesloe beach)
17. Cosmopolitan Fun Fearless Female of the Year
20. 2004
1. Grand Old Party (or Gallant Old Party). Bonus: Cleveland, Ohio. Bonus: Jeb Bush. Bonus: Lego
6. Zayn Malik formerly of One Direction (to Perrie Edwards)
7. 4,000 Syrian refugees
8. Legionnaire’s disease
15. Hamilton
23. William & Lawrence Bragg
Newsquiz answers, December 5
17. He allegedly posted an offensive sexual comment related to a toddler on Facebook
18. The Greater Sydney Commission
19. Oscar Pistorius
20. Its website was hacked by a group claiming to represent Islamic State. Its home page was replaced with a threatening message and videos of beheadings
21. Lady Gaga
22. MetLife
23. San Bernardino
24. Three
25. Pink Floyd
26. Robot Child
Newsquiz answers, November 28
24. That she had stage four cervical cancer
25. Phuc Dat Bich
26. Perth
1. Boko Haram
2. Australia's Grand Mufti Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamed
3. Diesel
4. Saint-Denis
5. Run Hide and Tell
6. Jihadi John
7. Fatima Elomar
8. Esperance
10. The death of former teammate Phillip Hughes
11. Kelsey Lee
12. Manila
18. VW, Audi and Skoda diesel vehicles that were fitted with devices to cheat emissions tests
19. Nephrotic Syndrome
21. She claimed to have regular unprotected sex with Charlie Sheen, even though she knew he was HIV positive
22. A mask like the one used in the horror movie Saw
23. She was bitten by a deadly funnel web spider
24. Bill Cooper
25. A ban on dogs which now need to be secured safely in a vehicle, on a lead and muzzled or carried
Newsquiz answers, August 22
1. Josh Duggar
2. The Impact team
3. Alabama
4. $10
5. Storm Flower Noir
6. Kelly Clarkson
7. Erawan Shrine
8. An ice cream salesman
9. Cincinnati Masters
10. She is the Alabama stepmother who was sentenced to death for poisoning her stepchildren's dinners with anti-freeze
6. Kelly Clarkson
7. Erawan Shrine
8. An ice cream salesman
9. Cincinnati Masters
10. She is the Alabama stepmother who was sentenced to death for poisoning her stepchildren's dinners with anti-freeze
11. Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle
12. Donald Trump
13. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
14. Gene Simmons, frontman of Kiss
15. Dismaland
16. St Louis
17. The Black Rock desert in Nevada
18. Heidi Klum, reacting to Donald Trump saying she was ‘no longer a 10’
19. Chelsea O’Donnell
20. Darwinism
21. CEO Jeff Bezos (jeff@amazon.com)
22. Lyric
23. Poland
24. She had 90 stitches after being bitten by a shark off a beach in Jacksonville, Florida
25. Captain Kristen Griest and 1st Lieutenant Shaye Haver
1. Platte River Networks
Newsquiz answers, August 8
2. War. Bonus: Roger Ailes
3. The use of torture
4. Tianjin
5. Liver. Bonus: 90
6. Lettuce
5. Liver. Bonus: 90
6. Lettuce
7. He drowned in a kayaking accident on the Hudson (the boyfriend of Annie Lennox’s daughter)
8. David Beckham
9. He starred in the film The Artist
10. 90
11. The cable channel HBO
12. New England Patriots' player Aaron Hernandez
10. 90
11. The cable channel HBO
12. New England Patriots' player Aaron Hernandez
13. Teacher who was jailed for ten years for raping a 15-year-old student
14. Alphabet
15. Wisconsin
15. Wisconsin
16. The Raptor
17. Kohler, (Wisconsin)
18. Oscar Pistorius
19. Japan
20. Jenna Bush Hager
21. 54 years
22. Miley Cyrus
Newsquiz answers, August 8
2. The nine-year-old bat boy who was killed at National Baseball Congress game on Saturday.
3. Miss Piggy (who announced her split with Kermit the Frog)
4. Debris found on Reunion island believed to be from missing airliner MH370
5. Enola Gay
9. He refused to pick up three passengers because they were black
10. Steve Jobs
11. Vietnam
12. Bruce Springsteen. Bonus: Trevor Noah
13. Courtney Cox. Bonus: Bel Air (LA) - they then honeymooned in Bora Bora
14. Its own time-zone ... turning the clocks back by 30 minutes
16. An eruption of the supervolcano at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming and Montana
17. Powder Springs, Georgia
18. Mad Max
19. For putting ghost chili oil in his meatloaf
20. Holding hands
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