Tuesday, December 1, 2015

News quiz - December 2

1. See page 2. Do you think that the Foreign Minister Julie Bishop can justify the cost of $30,000 for a recent dinner?
2. Name the movie being directed  by Mel Gibson in NSW.
3. Why are Tim Tams making the news? Page 7.
4. What are the new rules on e-cigarettes? Page 9.
5. What happened to two Australian surfers in Mexico recently?
6. Page 26. What is your response to today's STREETTALK?
7. Page 58. What did Napoleon Bonaparte do on this day in 1804?
8. When was the first controlled self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction conducted?
9. Who was the Prime Minister of Australia in 1972?
10. Name some members of the Japanese royal family.


Online news:
Ever heard of the peacock spider
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-14/discovering-maratus-harrisi/5670424
Check out this spider and some of his antics
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-02/male-peacock-spiders-must-work-hard-to-win-the-ladies/6991106
Insects and world agriculture
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-01/non-bee-insects-just-as-important-as-bees-for-worlds-crops/6988344
Latest on Climate Change Conference http://www.abc.net.au/news/story-streams/un-climate-change-conference-2015/

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