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Australia Day Quiz - Answers Posted Australia Day

1. What is the date of Australia Day?
         (A) The 1st of January
         (B) The 25th of April
         (C) The 26th of January
         (D) The first Tuesday in November

2. How many stars are there on the Australian flag?
         (A) 5
         (B) 4
         (C) 7
         (D) 6

3. Australia Day celebrates what event?
         (A) The opening of the national parliament in Canberra
         (B) The landing of the First Fleet at Botany Bay
         (C) Captain Cook's landing at Botany Bay.
         (D) The landing of the First Fleet in Sydney

4. What song did Slim Dusty sing at Darling Harbour on Australia Day
in 1995?
         (A) Waltzing Matilda
         (B) The Pub With No Beer
         (C) Advance Australia Fair
         (D) God Save the Queen

5. What special event is held in Cobram every Australia Day?
         (A) The Waltzing Matilda Marathon
         (B) A pie-eating contest
         (C) A gumboot throwing contest
         (D) The Peaches and Cream Festival

6. Which political leader resigned his position on Australia Day 1995?
         (A) John Howard
         (B) John Hewson
         (C) Alexander Downer
         (D) Bob Hawke

7. What special event is held in Montsalvat every Australia Day?
         (A) The Peaches and Cream Festival
         (B) A pie-eating contest
         (C) A gumboot throwing contest
         (D) A jazz festival

8. Which Prime Minister of Australia began his term on Australia Day
1966?
         (A) John Gorton
         (B) Harold Holt
         (C) Gough Whitlam
         (D) Robert Menzies

9. In which year was the first Aboriginal Day of Mourning and Protest
held on Australia Day?
         (A) 1901
         (B) 1938
         (C) 1915
         (D) 1928

10. What sporting facility was opened on Australia Day, 1981?
         (A) The Australian Institute of Sport
         (B) A new tennis complex in Melbourne
         (C) A new course for the Todd River Regatta
         (D) The new SCG

11. Who was at Fowler's Bay on Australia Day in 1841, looking for a
cutter?
         (A) Captain Cook
         (B) Matthew Flinders
         (C) Phillip Parker King
         (D) Edward John Eyre

12. On Australia Day in what year did SBS become the world's first
national multilingual radio service?
         (A) 1994
         (B) 1984
         (C) 1974
         (D) 2004

13. Which nation celebrates its Republic Day on Australia Day?
         (A) Thailand
         (B) Sri Lanka
         (C) India
         (D) Indonesia

14. What is the name of the biggest star on the Australian flag?
         (A) Epsilon crucis
         (B) Alpha crucis
         (C) Southern Cross
         (D) Federation star

15. Which Australian cricketer was born in Adelaide on Australia Day
1962?
         (A) Ashley Mallett
         (B) Don Bradman
         (C) Anthony Dodemade
         (D) Tim May

16. What is or was the Fremantle Doctor?
         (A) a cool breeze
         (B) a dose of salts
         (C) a vicious criminal
         (D) a famous cricketer

17. Which Australian politician famously began a 1972 speech "Men and
women of Australia"?
         (A) Paul Keating
         (B) Sir Robert Menzies
         (C) Gough Whitlam
         (D) Ben Chifley

18. In what month is or was ANZAC Day?
         (A) April
         (B) November
         (C) May
         (D) March

19. By what name is Henry Handel Richardson better known?
         (A) Mark Twain
         (B) Miles Franklin
         (C) George Sand
         (D) Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson

20. Which poet created the character Bill the bullock driver?
         (A) Henry Lawson
         (B) Henry Kendall
         (C) C. J. Dennis
         (D) Banjo Paterson

21. Which poet created the character Hanrahan?
         (A) P J Hartigan ('John O'Brien')
         (B) Henry Lawson
         (C) Banjo (Andrew Barton) Paterson
         (D) C. J. Dennis

22. What happened on Ross's Farm at Christmas time?
         (A) a hailstorm
         (B) a plague of locusts
         (C) a flood
         (D) a fire

23. What was the middle name of Bob Menzies?
         (A) Gregory
         (B) Graham
         (C) Gerald
         (D) Gordon

24. Which poet created the character 'The Triantiwontigongolope'?
         (A) Henry Kendall
         (B) P J Hartigan ('John O'Brien')
         (C) Banjo Paterson
         (D) C. J. Dennis

25. What happened on the day whose anniversary we celebrate as
Australia day?
         (A) A flag was raised, a toast was drunk, and a volley was
             fired.
         (B) A volley was fired.
         (C) A toast was drunk.
         (D) A flag was raised.

26. In what year did the Nationality and Citizenship Act become law on
Australia Day, so we could be Australian citizens for the first time?
         (A) 2001
         (B) 1949
         (C) 1967
         (D) 1901

27. What name was given to Australia Day in the 1820s?
         (A) Wattle Day
         (B) Botany Bay Regatta Day
         (C) Terra Australis Day
         (D) Anniversary Day

28. In what decade did Australians start holding regattas on Sydney
Harbour to celebrate the day we now call Australia Day?
         (A) 1790s
         (B) 1850s
         (C) 1820s
         (D) 1880s

29. What special event marked Australia Day in 1864 for Sydney people?
         (A) A pie-eating contest in Hyde Park
         (B) A foot race to Parramatta and back
         (C) A bicycle race to Melbourne
         (D) A yacht race to Newcastle and back

30. What different way of celebrating Australia Day took place in
Canberra in 1972?
         (A) A marathon session of parliament
         (B) A regatta on Lake Burley Griffin
         (C) An Aboriginal tent embassy
         (D) A foot race to Tidbinbilla

31. What happened at Waterloo Creek on Australia Day in 1838?
         (A) A massacre
         (B) A horse race
         (C) A smallpox outbreak
         (D) A gold strike

32. What famous surfing event took place at Manly on Australia Day,
1908?
         (A) The first use of a surfboard
         (B) The first surf rescue
         (C) The first surf carnival
         (D) The first daylight bathing

33. Which explorer enjoyed a dish of cockatoos on Australia Day, 1845?
         (A) George Evans
         (B) Major Mitchell
         (C) Edward John Eyre
         (D) Ludwig Leichhardt

34. Who wrote 'Robbery under Arms'?
         (A) Henry Lawson
         (B) Rolf Boldrewood
         (C) Marcus Clarke
         (D) Ruth Park

35. Who was shot and beheaded by two settlers in 1802?
         (A) Bennelong
         (B) Pemulwuy
         (C) Nemarluk
         (D) Truganini

36. Who wrote a short story about "The Loaded Dog"?
         (A) Henry Lawson
         (B) Banjo Paterson
         (C) C. J. Dennis
         (D) Henry Kendall

37. Who invented the box kite?
         (A) Almroth Wright
         (B) The Wright Brothers
         (C) Charles Wheatstone
         (D) Lawrence Hargrave

38. By what name is Brent of Bin-Bin better known?
         (A) Rolf Boldrewood
         (B) Henry Handel Richardson
         (C) Miles Franklin
         (D) Henry Lawson

39. By what name is June Gough better known?
         (A) June Dally-Watkins
         (B) Dame Joan Sutherland
         (C) Dame Nellie Melba
         (D) June Bronhill

40. What happened at Waterloo Creek on Australia Day in 1838?
         (A) A massacre
         (B) A horse race
         (C) A smallpox outbreak
         (D) A gold strike

41. What famous surfing event took place at Many on Australia Day,
1908?
         (A) The first use of a surfboard
         (B) The first surf rescue
         (C) The first surf carnival
         (D) The first daylight bathing

42. Which explorer enjoyed a dish of cockatoos on Australia Day, 1845?
         (A) George Evans
         (B) Major Mitchell
         (C) Edward John Eyre
         (D) Ludwig Leichhardt

43. Who wrote 'Robbery under Arms'?
         (A) Henry Lawson
         (B) Rolf Boldrewood
         (C) Marcus Clarke
         (D) Ruth Park

44. Who was shot and beheaded by two settlers in 1802?
         (A) Bennelong
         (B) Pemulwuy
         (C) Nemarluk
         (D) Truganini

45. Who wrote a short story about "The Loaded Dog"?
         (A) Henry Lawson
         (B) Banjo Paterson
         (C) C. J. Dennis
         (D) Henry Kendall

46. Who invented the box kite?
         (A) Almroth Wright
         (B) The Wright Brothers
         (C) Charles Wheatstone
         (D) Lawrence Hargrave

47. By what name is Brent of Bin-Bin better known?
         (A) Rolf Boldrewood
         (B) Henry Handel Richardson
         (C) Miles Franklin
         (D) Henry Lawson

48. By what name is June Gough better known?
         (A) June Dally-Watkins
         (B) Dame Joan Sutherland
         (C) Dame Nellie Melba
         (D) June Bronhill

49. In what Australian city would you find Busby's Bore?
         (A) Canberra
         (B) Sydney
         (C) Brisbane
         (D) Perth

50. The part-Aboriginal detective of Arthur Upfield had what name?
         (A) Napoleon Bonaparte
         (B) Nemarluk
         (C) Pemulwuy
         (D) Dirty Harry

51. Which famous poem contains the line "But their style of playing
polo was irregular and rash"?
         (A) The Geebung Polo Club
         (B) The Grog-an'-Grumble Steeplechase
         (C) How the Melbourne Cup Was Won
         (D) The Hunting of the Snark

52. Which large near-Earth asteroid was first detected on Australia
Day, 1955?
         (A) NGC-4636
         (B) AN10
         (C) SMART-1
         (D) WD40

53. What important nuclear event happened in Australia on Australia
Day, 1958?
         (A) The discovery of uranium deposits at Rum Jungle
         (B) The HIFAR reactor went critical
         (C) A US nuclear test dropping fallout on Australia
         (D) A British atomic test at Maralinga

54. In which year was the Australia Day anniversary first celebrated
(though not by name)?
         (A) 1788
         (B) 1820
         (C) 1789
         (D) 1901

55. Who suggested in 1911 that May 24 be celebrated as 'Australian
Day'?
         (A) Robert Gordon Menzies
         (B) William Morris Hughes
         (C) Andrew Fisher
         (D) Very Rev. Fr O'Reilly

56. Which explorer arrived at Roebourne on Australia Day in 1874,
having started in Adelaide?
         (A) Peter Egerton Warburton
         (B) Major Mitchell
         (C) Edward John Eyre
         (D) John McDouall Stuart

57. Before we had Australia Day, in 1700, which place was hit by a
tsunami on that date?
         (A) San Francisco
         (B) Broome
         (C) Geraldton
         (D) Honshu

58. Where did cracksman Raffles commit his first robbery?
         (A) in Adelaide
         (B) in Perth
         (C) in central Sydney
         (D) outside Melbourne

59. Who dictated The Jerilderie letter?
         (A) Ben Hall
         (B) Black Caesar
         (C) Ned Kelly
         (D) Dan Kelly

60. Who wrote 'At Dead Dingo'?
         (A) Henry Lawson
         (B) Rudyard Kipling
         (C) Lindy Chamberlain
         (D) Banjo Paterson

The Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever

Only days left till Bush is Gone

Just a little reading regarding his legacy

The Onion Post On Bush 2001 - Not So Funny Anymore

Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'

January 17, 2001 | Issue 37•01

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Schmen!!

Publish Post

Ani DiFranco Interview

My favourite website at the moment is Fora Tv the interviews are first class and the subjects are amazing people in their fields. Here is an interview with Ani DiFranco.

check this out....

a classic.... you'll love it...

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maybe even a christmas present idea???

a little chrissie cheer......

for those of you who are vegas residents or even vegas bound there will be a few fixers chrissie drinks going down tomorrow night....

date: friday, 19th December
place: the paddo
time: 700 pm onwards

so if you feel like catching up and enjoying some christmas cheer before we split up into our family circles please come along... all welcome...

2008 Top 5 Sporing Moments

5. Viewed - Melbourne Cup

Viewed gave Bart Cummings a record 12th Melbourne cup in the closest Melbourne Cup ever raced.

The race was so close that the runner up actaully ran the fasest race as the time is measured by microchips in the saddlecloth. Bauer must have had a slighty slower start to the race.

This would have made number two if I had of picked the winner, I think my tip came close to last.

4. Michael Phelps - Olympic Swimmer

An amazing eight gold medals in one Olympics could rightly see Michael higher up the list, but the fact that he was almost expected to achieve the feat before the games began and that he was very lucky with three out or the eight swims, I could not place him in the top two.

Will go down as one of the greatest Olympians of all time.


3. Usain Bolt - Olympic Sprinter

A freakish performance by 22 year old Jamaican Usain Bolt in 100m final in Beijing was my standout of the 2008 Olympics.

Easing off in the last 30m to smash the world record in a time of 9.69 seconds was incredible. He then managed to back it up breaking Michael Johnson's "unbreakable" world record running 19.30 seconds. To cap of an incredible week he collected another gold and world record in the 4 x 100m in 37.10 seconds.

Could easily have been higher in the list, except the fact he raced in the 100m sprinting final and in my opinion there is a good chance that every competitor is on drugs.

Usain Bolt could well be the exception I would be very happy if proven wrong.

2. Matt Mitcham - Olympic Diver

My favourite moment of the Olympics. Matt Mitcham was the only openly gay competitor in Beijing out of over 10 000 athletes, had quite the sport in 2006 due to depression and was competing against two Chinese divers who had shared every gold medal on offer at the Olympics thus far.

I was watching the 10m platform diving live when one of the greates Australian sporting moments unfolded.
There was one dive left for each competitor.

Zhou Luxin the Chinese diver leading the competition saved his worst dive for last scoring 74.80 giving Matt a mathematical chance of winning gold, giving Matt a target of 107.30.

Matt's last dive a back two-and-a-half sommersault with two-and-a-half twists was his hardest dive saved for last.

Watching that dive was one of the most intense sporting moments. Matt won the gold with a score of 112.1 out of a possible 114, the greatest dive in Olympic History. Inredible......

1. Qld State of Origin Team

Qld leads NSW 13-12 in interstate games and after losing the first game of the series there was the very possiblity that NSW could lead the series count for the first time in Origin history.

Qld won the series to make it three in a row. No team has ever won four series straight.

Top Lists for 2008

It is that time of year where people decide on their favourite lists, moments and memories so for the rest of the year I will be compiling lists commemorating another year.

If you have any idea of lists you would like to see let me know.

Shopping Nights at Absolutely Fabulous

Hey Fixers,

you're all invited to late night shopping at Mum's shops.

Beat the major shopping centre crush and select from the finest range of funky gifts for your loved ones. All within air conditioned luxury accompanied by complimentary champagne!! If you choose to purchase you'll have your gifts professionally wrapped for free...

New Farm, 766 Brunswick St, 4th Dec til 7:30pm

Woolloongabba, 39 Logan Rd, 11th Dec til 7:30 pm

New Farm, 766 Brunswick St, 18th Dec til 7:30pm

If we don't get to see you, have a top notch festive season and a cracker of a new year!!

Merry Xmas

Leuko

ASTEROIDS

Galaga has been replaced by Asteroids.
BSR you can even sign you high score, though the top 10 will take some skill to achieve.

Game On...............

KIWIS WORLD CHAMPS

Well done Kiwis you deserve the win, it is the first time a team other than Australia has won a World Cup since England in 1972. The last time a Kiwi side beat Australia to a trophy in league was against a Wayne Bennett coached Tri nations Side. Bennett lost his job and Ricky Stuart took over taking pot shots at Wayne regarding not facing up to media and the culture that developed in the Australian team.

Since then the media has hailed Ricky Stuart as Australia's greatest coach because he has the highest winning percentage of all national coaches even though he has only coached 16 games. Some sections of the media have even suggested he keeps the job for life.

Well Ricky I have not seen one interview from you promoting the game in this World Cup and now you are the first Australian coach to lose a World Cup in 36 years.

BRING BACK WAYNE!!!!!!!

Once again NZ as much as I hate to lose against you mob your win will do wonders for the game, and guarantee the World Cup will be played in four more years.

Congratulations now give us back Wayne, you can have Ricky.

Oh almost forgot Sonny Bill Williams you may as well stay in France who gives F$%k about you. The Doggies don't need you and the Kiwis certainly don't need you. To think you reckon the game can't survive without you, well we are all doing fine down under without you.

Finally commiserations to Bear. Mungus was listening to the TV coverage with me through skype but left with Australia leading 10 nil, I was joking with him that Langer had bought an esky on the field and the Aussies had started celebrating, how wrong I was.

Throat daggers, strawberries and cream

Just woke up with the mightiest of hangovers. The pain in my head is that bad that even the illegally held "inmates" in Guantanamo would feel sorry for me! It feels a bit like I chewed the head off a bat Ozzy style but I am that bat if you can picture that. Wow, bit of Dr Seuss going on there... 

Dave Grohl sums up my state perfectly when he warbles:

It's times like these you learn to live again

It's times like these you live and live again 

It's times like these you learn to love again

It' times like these time and time again

Yeh Dave......yeahhhh.... 

A SCHEMER SMILE WEBSITE

Hi fixers been busy trying to build a personal website and it has been a real challenge.

The hardest part was uploading it to a host site other than Apple's Mobile Me service which cost $150 a year. I have basically sat at my computer for 8 hours a bottle of Jim Bean and a long neck trying to get the sucker uploaded.

It is finally up but nowhere need completed some fonts and colours are not displaying correctly and some content is missing so I will work on getting rid of the bugs.

Anyway check it out. Currently you can't add comments to the blog section but I will work on it.

I haven't paid for my own domain name so the URL links are quite lengthy. I will rectify that sitaution once I master the layout of the site.

To visite a scheMer sMile click here or on the title of this post.

GAME ON

From 17th November till 15th February the State Library of Queensland will be hosting Game On. A history of video games which has thrilled over a million visitors worldwide.

With more than 100 playable games, including some rarely seen consoles, a host of films based on video games and workshops for game developers this is a must for any of you who use to raid your money box to drop 20c pieces in games such as Mario Brothers, Galaga, Asteroids, Frogger and Pac Man.

Films showing include Tron, eXistenZ and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.


To commemorate this landmark event I have added Galaga to the bottom of the page.
Press the space bar to start the game and to fire bullets. A word of warning this is more difficult than the original.

At Cottenham Street Bear taught me a lesson in playing Pac Man, (the man is a freak) so I am looking forward to hearing how he goes.

Enjoy......

Here's to silent simon!

With critical Sunday rapidly approaching I thought it would be fitting to offer a toast to those whom we mingle amongst that add so much value to our lives yet never attract the accolades. You know who I'm talking about, the quiet achievers of this world, those that are responsible not for making/generating the major advancements or revelations in life but contribute more valuably by making all the small steps in between. I'm talking about the average joe's; the person who fills the photocopier with A4 so that you never have to work out which tray the darn paper feeds from; those who push the bell just before your bustop ensuring that you don't have to worry about lifting a finger; and those who keep rotating the kegs in the cool room of our local pub so that we can enjoy our non-stop lager/ale fix. We never get to see them, but we appreciate their work. So join me in raising a glass and thanking all the silent Simon's out there. They are really what makes this world go around!!