The Weekly Times quiz from Brydon Coverdale marks one-year anniversary
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of The Weekly Times’ quiz by The Chase Australia’s Shark, test your knowledge about the past year.
TEST your knowledge with our weekly quiz, compiled by The Chase Australia’s Brydon Coverdale. Only the champions will get 21-25 correct.
Scroll to the bottom for answers.
QUESTIONS
1 It was announced in February an Australian car brand would be axed by 2021 after being “retired” from sales, design and engineering. Which one was it?
2 In which country was the disease COVID-19 first identified?
3 The AFL season was suspended after Round 1 in March, and eventually resumed in what month?
4 Which party won this year’s by-election in the federal seat of Eden-Monaro, after the resignation of sitting MP Mike Kelly?
5 What Australian has held the women’s world No.1 tennis ranking since September last year?
6 The famous radio telescope observatory in which NSW town was added to the National Heritage List in August?
7 What veteran jockey scored his first Melbourne Cup winner last November when he rode Vow And Declare to victory?
8 Australian June Dally-Watkins, who died in February at the age of 92, was renowned as an expert in what field: gardening, cookery or etiquette?
9 Featuring artists such as Jimmy Barnes and Troy Cassar-Daley, a televised concert on Anzac Day that became one of 2020’s best-selling albums was titled “Music from the ...” what?
10 And what was the name of the February concert featuring acts such as Queen, Alice Cooper and Lee Kernaghan that raised funds for bushfire relief?
11 Which Victorian Senator — Australia’s first female federal agriculture minister — stood down from the position in February?
12 What city was to have hosted the 2020 Olympic Games, which were postponed until next year due to the pandemic?
13 Which world leader was hospitalised in April due to COVID-19: Boris Johnson, Vladimir Putin or Pope Francis?
14 Former Gold Coast and Carlton AFL footballer Daniel Gorringe was a runner-up on what reality TV show this year?
15 Which country won the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup cricket final at the MCG in March?
16 In the Chinese zodiac, 2020 is the Year of the ... what: Rooster, Rat or Dragon?
17 Who is the Democratic Party’s candidate in this year’s US presidential election?
18 What mining company faced a backlash after blowing up an ancient Aboriginal rock shelter at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia in May?
19 What singer was a major winner at the Golden Guitar Awards in January, winning Album of the Year for Frozen Rabbit and Song of the Year for Chain of Joy?
20 Which member of the royal family married in 2020: Princess Eugenie, Princess Beatrice or Zara Phillips?
21 True or false: in the name of the disease COVID-19, the number 19 refers to the year 2019.
22 Cricketer Dean Jones, who died last month aged 59, played his entire Sheffield Shield career for which state?
23 Julia Morris, Mark Philippoussis and Kate Miller-Heidke were among the contestants on what competition TV show this year?
24 Ben Rutten is the incoming coach of which AFL team, replacing John Worsfold?
25 Released last month, The Survivors is the latest novel by best-selling Australian author Jane ... who?
ANSWERS
1. Holden
2. China
3. June
4. Labor
5. Ashleigh Barty
6. Parkes
7. Craig Williams
8. Etiquette
9. Home Front
10. Fire Fight Australia
11. Bridget McKenzie
12. Tokyo
13. Boris Johnson
14. Big Brother
15. Australia
16. Rat
17. Joe Biden
18. Rio Tinto
19. Felicity Urquhart
20. Princess Beatrice
21. True
22. Victoria
23. The Masked Singer
24. Essendon
25. Harper
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