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What did Beyoncé's tour drop $100,000 on this weekend?

• gifts for the truckers on the tour

• keeping public transit open longer

• digging a giant, pointless hole

• carbon offsets

Answer explanation

In case inclement weather delayed the start of Beyoncé's concert (and it did, causing extra chaos), her tour paid for Washington, D.C., to keep its public transit trains going an extra hour. Taylor Swift gave bonuses of $100,000 — each — to the truckers on her Eras tour. Cards Against Humanity collected and spent about $100K on a big pointless hole in the ground in 2016.

What has "a unique drone crashing system for enhanced privacy"?

• Mar-a-Lago

• the Hamptons

• Harry and Meghan's house

• the Scheherazade superyacht

Answer explanation

According to SuperYachtFan.com, the Scheherazade superyacht, which may belong to Russian President Vladimir Putin, boasts this rarified amenity. Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, did have a drone problem; they sued and settled with the offending photo agency in 2020. If Mar-a-Lago and the Hamptons have drone-crashing systems, they don't advertise it.

A 14-day lockdown was announced for Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour until Friday, July 9. What is the COVID-19 strain involved in the outbreak known as?

• Wild strain

• Alpha strain

• Delta strain

What country is experiencing an Ebola outbreak?

• Arizona

• Congo

• Europe

• Australia

It was announced in the government’s budget for 2021 that $306 million would be put towards the replacement of Scott Base. Where is Scott Base?

• Farewell Spit

• Stuart Island

• Antarctica

The dates have been released for the next 30 years of New Zealand’s new public holiday to celebrate Matariki. Matariki will always fall on a …?

• Friday

• Saturday

• Monday

What new Auckland transport project was announced last month?

• A cycle and pedestrian bridge across the Waitematā Harbour

• A monorail between Auckland airport and the CBD

• One lane of the Auckland Harbour Bridge will now be used by cyclists

On May 17, who did New Zealand open up a travel bubble with?

• Fiji

• The Cook Islands

• Tonga

The Government will formally apologise for a series of raids on the homes of Pacific Island people living in New Zealand in the 1970s. What were these raids known as?

• Dawn Raids

• Dusk Raids

• Night Raids

In which US city have emergency staff been working through the ruins of a collapsed apartment building?

• Chicago

• Phoenix

• Miami