2023 Weekly Quiz

What was the weirdest news headline of 2023?

• Aliens make contact with Earth and request to join the United Nations

• Penguins found living in the Sahara Desert

• World's largest pizza discovered buried under the Great Wall of China

• Scientists discover a new species of talking dolphins in the Amazon River.

What bizarre world record was set in 2023?

• The longest line of sandwiches ever made

• The largest group of people doing the Macarena dance

• Andre Ortolf from Germany was the fastest to drink one litre of tomato sauce, in just 55.21 seconds

• The most people simultaneously popping bubble wrap

What was the word of the year by Merriam Webster (the dictionary) in 2023?

• Authentic

• Pandemic

• Lockdown

• Zoom

What is the name of the Australian Womens Soccer team?

• The Kangaroos.

• The Matildas

• The Wombats

• The Soccer Players

According to Unicode.org, what is the most used animal emoji?

• Giraffe

• Butterfly

• Parrot

• Dolphin

Of Kris Jenner's famous Children, who is the youngest?

• Rob

• Kim

• Kendall

• Kylie

Australia shocked India by winning a sixth Cricket World Cup title. Who scored 137 runs in the final?

• Glenn Maxwell
• David Warner
• Mitchell Marsh
• Travis Head

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has made the headlines this week. What is its leader Sam Altman doing?

• Returning to the company after being fired

• Leaving the tech industry

• Leading an AI research team at Microsoft

• Running for political office

Victorian Harley Reid was selected as the number one pick in the 2023 AFL draft. Which team will he play for in 2024?

• Sydney Swans
• Geelong Cats
• Brisbane Lions
• West Coast

Optus chief executive officer Kelly Bayer Rosmarin resigned this week in the wake of the telco’s nationwide outage on November 8. When did she become CEO?

• 2018
• 2020
• 2015
• 2022