The great Australian election campaign quiz – week three

1. The Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie pulled out a prop on Sky News on Monday to criticise the major parties’ housing policies. What was it?

   1. A wand

   2. A scroll

   3. A hammer

   4. A brick

2. The Coalition rolled out a diss track titled Leaving Labor to its 66 SoundCloud followers this week. Which of these is NOT a line in the rap?

   1. “I just wanna buy some eggs and cheese”

   2. “We living cheque to cheque”

   3. “They promised relief but they bringing the heat”

   4. “Labor lied about bringing the price of electricity down over 97 times”

3. How did the Liberal party describe the track?

   1. “When the bars hit harder than Labor’s budget, you know it’s time for a change”

   2. “Dropping a track while voters have dropped hope. Only we have the policy to back up the beats”

   3. “Kendrick Lamar meeting Question Time – lyrical, direct and as with all the best raps, political”

   4. “Drake’s rhymes colliding with the Coalition’s vision – rewriting the script for a new chapter”

4. Before we move on from music, Peter Dutton was asked what he was listening to in a video posted to the Liberal party’s Instagram account. What did he reply?

   1. “The sweet guitar rhythms of Jackson Browne”

   2. “The great piano man, Elton John”

   3. “Lyrical legend Paul Simon”

   4. “A little bit of slow-paced Billy Joel”

5. 

   Last weekend senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price told a campaign rally she wanted to “make Australia great again”. How did she later respond to questions about the comment?

   1. She said she had just watched The Apprentice

   2. She said the media was “obsessed” with Donald Trump

   3. She said she was just being patriotic

   4. She said she was standing up for farmers

6. Dutton’s children were thrust into the campaign this week. Two of them are called Tom and Harry. What is the name of the third?

   1. Dick

   2. Bec

   3. Zach

   4. Nic

7. The Nationals leader, David Littleproud, was condemned by Labor on Tuesday after citing a breed of dog in comments about the Bendigo MP, Lisa Chesters. What did he say?

   1. She had “as much pull as a chihuahua”

   2. She was “like a poodle – all fluff and no bite”

   3. She was “as tired as a basset hound”

   4. She had the strategic sense of a “great dane chasing its tail”

8. What did the prime minister say he would be doing on the day after the election?

   1. Spending time with his dog, Toto

   2. Going to a Rabbitohs game

   3. Watching Star Wars

   4. Listening to Midnight Oil

9. At the same press conference, the PM said he stood with an Australian cafe owner in Canada. Why?

   1. He went viral for introducing lamingtons to Toronto

   2. He served Australian golden syrup instead of maple syrup

   3. He caused outcry by convincing a local community that drop bears were real

   4. His Vegemite was banned due to not meeting Canadian food standards

10. What did the Greens’ Western Australian branch do to draw condemnation from both major party leaders this week?

    1. It planned to host a fundraising dance party on Anzac Day

    2. It called for religious public holidays to be abolished

    3. It sponsored sky writing over Perth calling Aukus a “disgrace”

    4. It posted on social media celebrating 4/20

11. Rex Patrick, the former senator for South Australia who failed to secure re-election at the 2022 poll, is running again. Patrick has been affiliated with various parties over the years. Which one is he representing now?

    1. Centre Alliance

    2. Australian Democrats

    3. Legalise Cannabis Australia

    4. Jacqui Lambie Network

12. 

    This week the Greens leader, Adam Bandt, donned gloves and stood over a barbecue as he unveiled a key election policy. What was he announcing?

    1. A commitment to ban the sale of gas-powered barbecues

    2. A program to provide free lunches to all public school students across the country

    3. A plan to invest in Australia’s plant-based meat production industry

    4. An initiative to offer safety training courses for barbecue owners to help reduce accidental fires

13. During Wednesday night’s leaders’ debate, Peter Dutton admitted to making a mistake for the second time this campaign. What was it?

    1. Visiting one too many petrol stations on the campaign trail

    2. Failing to match Labor’s tax cut promise as soon as it was announced

    3. Claiming the Indonesian president had confirmed Russia wanted to base long-range planes in the country

    4. Suggesting the Australian ambassador to the US, Kevin Rudd, did not have a good enough relationship with the Trump administration to negotiate on tariffs

14. Also during the debate, Peter Dutton declined to say whether he trusted Donald Trump. What reason did he give?

    1. Trump’s behaviour towards Ukraine

    2. Trump’s tariff regime

    3. Trump’s overtures to North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un during his first presidency

    4. He hadn’t met Trump personally

15. Owen Fitzgerald, the 19-year-old Greens candidate for the Tasmanian seat of Franklin, was forced to drop out of the race. Why?

    1. Revelations surfaced about comments he made on social media several years ago that appeared to be in favour of nuclear power

    2. He fell foul of dual citizenship laws

    3. The Greens became aware he didn’t live in the electorate

    4. He misspelt his name on the nomination forms

16. Wayne Swan, the national president of the Labor party, posted a photo to Instagram of himself with Julia Gillard and Tanya Plibersek, with their surroundings mysteriously removed and replaced with white space. Where was the photo taken?

    1. The Qantas chairman’s lounge

    2. A park with a Russian flag visible in the background

    3. A waterfront restaurant with lobster on their table

    4. A raucous bar with drunken young people

17. The Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie this week mistakenly attributed a description of Anthony Albanese to China’s president, Xi Jinping. What did she say Xi had called the PM?

    1. A “delightful dinner guest”

    2. An “excellent golfer”

    3. A “handsome boy”

    4. A “true friend of China”

18. The Greens MP for Brisbane, Stephen Bates, opened an account for his campaign on a surprising online platform this week. Which one?

    1. OnlyFans

    2. Rumble

    3. Ashley Madison

    4. Truth Social

19. 

    Last week, when making one of his routine stops at a petrol station to promote his fuel excise cuts, Peter Dutton chose to cool down with a servo ice cream. What did he choose?

    1. Bubble O’Bill

    2. Peppermint Magnum

    3. Mango Weis bar

    4. Lemon Calippo

20. And, finally, continuing on Peter Dutton’s servo tour, how many had he visited as of Friday?

    1. 10

    2. 11

    3. 12

    4. 13

Solutions

1:A - Lambie was suggesting magic was the only way to bring in the tradies required to build enough houses. “I’m just gonna pull it out of my backside,” she added helpfully. , 2:C, 3:C, 4:D - So not We Didn't Start the Fire then, 5:B, 6:B, 7:A - “I sincerely hope that she takes no offence,” Littleproud said later. “There was no malice in it.”, 8:C - Because it will be May the 4th. Never gets old!, 9:D, 10:A - After cancelling, the Greens said their candidate for Perth, Sophie Greer, would attend an Anzac Day service “and she was always intending to”., 11:D, 12:B - Fine, but who barbecues toast?, 13:C, 14:D - “I don't know the president,” Dutton said. Trump was unavailable to comment., 15:B - Fitzgerald did renounce British citizenship inherited from his mother but failed to renounce his New Zealand citizenship, which he automatically gained from his father., 16:A - The trio had gathered in Perth for Labor’s campaign launch and posed for the picture in the exclusive invite-only lounge at the airport, sleuths at the Financial Review discovered., 17:C - The bizarre compliment was actually said by China’s third highest-ranking official, its premier, Li Qiang, during Albanese's visit to Beijing in 2023, 18:A - He was announcing the Greens’ push to make the HIV prevention drugs PrEP and PEP prescriptions free to anyone with a prescription., 19:B - Should have stuck with the classic, 20:B - Still two weeks to go.

Scores

1. 20 and above.

   Maybe go touch some grass, take a break from the news

2. 18 and above.

   Maybe go touch some grass, take a break from the news

3. 19 and above.

   Maybe go touch some grass, take a break from the news

4. 17 and above.

   Maybe go touch some grass, take a break from the news

5. 16 and above.

   Maybe go touch some grass, take a break from the news

6. 15 and above.

   Approaching Auspol nerd territory

7. 14 and above.

   Approaching Auspol nerd territory

8. 13 and above.

   Approaching Auspol nerd territory

9. 12 and above.

   Approaching Auspol nerd territory

10. 11 and above.

    Approaching Auspol nerd territory

11. 10 and above.

    That’s almost a point for every time Peter Dutton has visited a petrol station on the campaign trail

12. 9 and above.

    That’s almost a point for every time Peter Dutton has visited a petrol station on the campaign trail

13. 8 and above.

    That’s almost a point for every time Peter Dutton has visited a petrol station on the campaign trail

14. 7 and above.

    That’s almost a point for every time Peter Dutton has visited a petrol station on the campaign trail

15. 6 and above.

    That’s almost a point for every time Peter Dutton has visited a petrol station on the campaign trail

16. 5 and above.

    To borrow a line from Peter Dutton, that’s more than the number of times the PM has managed to get a phone call with Donald Trump to chat tariffs

17. 4 and above.

    To borrow a line from Peter Dutton, that’s more than the number of times the PM has managed to get a phone call with Donald Trump to chat tariffs

18. 3 and above.

    To borrow a line from Peter Dutton, that’s more than the number of times the PM has managed to get a phone call with Donald Trump to chat tariffs

19. 1 and above.

    To borrow a line from Peter Dutton, that’s more than the number of times the PM has managed to get a phone call with Donald Trump to chat tariffs

20. 0 and above.

    Voting is compulsory, watching the campaign isn't

21. 2 and above.

    To borrow a line from Peter Dutton, that’s more than the number of times the PM has managed to get a phone call with Donald Trump to chat tariffs