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Contestant Hugh on the ABC game show Hard Quiz.

Malcolm Bligh Turnbull and the ABC. It’s one of the great political love stories of our time.

The latest chapter unfolded just after 8pm on Wednesday during an episode of the game show Hard Quiz. Contestant Hugh, a “tour guide”, picked the Turnbull government (September 2015-August 2018) as his topic du jour.

“When Malcolm Turnbull was voted in, were you old enough to vote?” host Tom Gleeson asked.

“I was 15. Oh, actually, 16,” Hugh replied. “You got that wrong. We’ve not even started the quiz yet,” Gleeson shot back with a smirk. “Doesn’t bode well, does it?” Hugh admitted.

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Turnbull’s not the first pollie to get the Gold Logie gotcha treatment from Gleeson;Liberal senator Eric Abetz was on the comedy chopping block last year. So why is the Hawaiian shirt-wearing Hugh such a fan of Mr Harbourside Mansion? Aside from his pitch perfect Christopher Pyne impression and opinion that Greg Hunt is “it a bit of a conservative arse”, it turns out the Insiders stan won the same debating trophy as PM29.

“I think Malcolm Turnbull represents the great grey area of politics,” Hugh said. “Everyone had an opinion. Some were disappointed, for many reasons. A few loved him.”

Gleeson reminded him: “You know you’re at the ABC, yeah? Can you hear the sound of arseholes clenching in the live audience? I’m just saying. Because you’re talking about the Liberal Party being good and they’re like, ‘Oh, hang on, the whole building’s gonna break’.” To which Hugh raised his hand and interjected: “No, no, Tom, the Liberal Party is not good. Am I allowed to say that?” The audience cheered.

“No, you’re not, because that’s biased,” Gleeson said. “But is it OK if you give the opposite opinion?” Hugh asked. Gleeson didn’t hold back: “I’m not gonna say the Labor Party’s good. (BLEEP) hell, have you seen them lately?” It scored the biggest laugh of the night.

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Let’s get trivial

How did Hugh go? Spoiler alert! He lost to a woman focused on Frozen. So for you political tragics out there, how about a bit of Friday fun with the ABC’s Turnbull Test. There has never been a more exciting time to play. HARD!

1. In September 2015, Turnbull challenged PM Tony Abbott in a partyroom spill, citing Abbott’s loss of how many Newspolls?

2. Michaelia Cash was obscured from press gallery TV cameras by what item of office equipment?

3. Turnbull was accused of borrowing his 2016 election slogan, “Continuity and Change”, from which American TV show?

4. In 2017, the Turnbull government launched a postal plebiscite on which issue?

5. Turnbull was replaced by Scott Morrison after a 2018 spill, with which MP knocked out in the first round of voting?

6. In December 2017, the Turnbull government lost a vote on a Greens refugee motion when two Coalition MPs failed to turn up. The vote was retaken on what official grounds?

7. In 2017, a recording leaked of Turnbull imitating Donald Trump. Turnbull later claimed that Trump called the impression not bad and made what comparison?

8. In July 2018, Health Minister Greg Hunt launched an investigation into what aspect of his own department’s “Girls Make Your Move” campaign?

9. Despite being a supporter of renewable energy, Turnbull criticised SA’s renewable energy projects as what two things in equal measures?

10. In his memoir A Bigger Picture, Turnbull claims the SBS was offered an exclusive interview with him in exchange for not publishing what?

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And here’s a few more, on us.

11. How many consecutive Newspolls had Turnbull lost when he left The Lodge?

12. How often did Bob Katter claim a person was being torn to pieces by a crocodile in Queensland?

13. Abbott didn’t want US rapper Macklemore to perform at the 2017 NRL grand final. Who did he suggest instead?

14. Of what song did Turnbull forget the lyrics, twice in a week?

15. What breed were Johnny Depp’s dogs Pistol and Boo?

16. Who did Turnbull get Trump’s phone number from?

17. In 2017, health minister Sussan Ley bought an apartment on a taxpayer-funded trip. Where was it and how much did it cost?

18. Bill Shorten asked a Woollies customer about their favourite type of which fruit or vegetable?

19. What type of shop did Jacqui Lambie take her staff to buy “Christmas trinkets”?

20. Which world leader inadvertently described Lucy Turnbull as the “delicious wife”?

21. Match the politician with the country that drew them into the dual citizenship saga: David Feeney, Skye Kakoschke-Moore, Larissa Waters, Katy Gallagher and Ecuador, Canada, Northern Ireland and Oman?

22. Where did Wyatt Roy run into trouble after losing the seat of Longman?

23. Which politician took to the catwalk at the 2017 Australian fashion week, with a look described as a “stunned mullet”?

24. Richard Di Natale did a GQ photo shoot in 2016. What two clothing choices raised eyebrows?

25. Who wore pyjamas into the Senate chamber during an overnight filibuster? (Bonus point for the design of the PJs.)

26. Turnbull and Shorten both appeared on Annabel Crabb’s Kitchen Cabinet. Which one cooked pasta?

27. What did George Brandis describe as “the name and address on the envelope, not the content of the letter”?

28. Who did James McGrath call the “king of the bedwetters” on election night 2016?

29. What did Turnbull say was his favourite AC/DC song after Malcolm Young’s death?

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Heroes of hindsight

ANSWERS. 1. 30 2. A white board 3. Veep 4. Marriage equality 5. Julie Bishop 6. Standing Order 132 (Steven Ciobo and Warren Entsch blamed absent misadventure) 7. Better than Alec Baldwin 8. The paid social media influencers 9. Ideology and idiocy 10. The Social Services budget measures accidentally emailed to SBS by a staffer. 11. 38 12. Every three months. 13. John Farnham 14. You’re The Voice 15. Yorkshire terriers 16. Greg Norman 17. Gold Coast, $795,000 18. Lettuce 19. Sex shop. 20. Emmanuel Macron 21. Feeney, Northern Ireland; Kakoschke-Moore, Oman; Waters, Canada; Gallagher, Ecuador 22. Iraq (in an ISIS crossfire) 23. Labor MP Anne Aly 24. Black skivvy, no socks 25. Nick Xenophon (monkeys and bananas) 26. Turnbull (Shorten made sandwiches) 27. Metadata 28. Alan Jones 29. He couldn’t name a single one.

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