Australia summer quiz #3: what can you remember about 2020?

Cats, Pineapple, Hamilton? Test your memory of the huge and not-so-huge stories of the year with our five daily quizzes

In October an Irish court ruled that the US sandwich chain Subway could not describe its buns as what?

Bread

A snack

Lunch

Dinner

Which of these is not a chief medical or health officer?

Brett Sutton

Jeannette Young

Kerryn Coleman

Kerry Van Diemen

What is Australia's biggest big thing", relative to its size in real life?

Big Funnel Web Spider

Big Banana

Big Potato

Big Merino

In July the palace letters" between Sir John Kerr and Buckingham Palace were finally released. Which veteran Australian journalist was described by Kerr in the letters as pro-Labor"?

Michelle Grattan

Paul Kelly

Alan Ramsey

Kerry O'Brien

What is the name of this year's favourite cooking show whose host swears a lot?

Matt's What I Said

Iso-lord

Uncook Yourself

Nat's What I Reckon

One of the following screenshots is from Animal Crossing, a game that became hugely popular during Covid-19 lockdowns. Which is it?

Which federal minister declared they would not resign during the second wave of Covid-19 infections in Victoria?

Greg Hunt

Josh Frydenberg

Richard Colbeck

Marise Payne

A homeowner near the ACT-NSW border interrupted a Scott Morrrison press conference in June when he yelled at the gathered media can everyone get off the grass please". He was upset because he'd just ...

Mown his lawn

Reseeded his lawn

Fertilised his lawn

Watered his lawn

When the filmed original Broadway production of Hamilton landed on streaming, eagle-eyed fans spotted something noteworthy. What was it?

That the same cast member played Phillip Hamilton and Hercules Mulligan

That Jonathan Groff, as King George, generated a lot of spit

That Leslie Odom Jr, as Aaron Burr, seemed to be autotuned

That Lin-Manuel Miranda mouthed along to other people's lines

Which of the following famous Australian destinations was not included in a joy flight around Australia that was condemned by climate campaigners?

Which football federation did not vote for the successful joint Australia/New Zealand bid to host the 2023 Women's World Cup?

United States

Madagascar

England

Japan

When did the federal parliament return after the Covid-19 lockdowns?

24 August

14 September

17 August

5 October

The mayor of which Queensland city posted a Facebook video of herself encased in bubble wrap, as a warning against the election of her rival, a barefoot climate activist named Pineapple?

Gladstone

Mackay

Bundaberg

Rockhampton

In July, Donald Trump gave an interview to Fox News in which he touted successfully passing a cognitive test, including repeating the order of specific words. Which was the phrase he repeated?

Man, woman, person, camera, TV"

Person, woman, man, camera, TV"

Woman, man, person, TV, camera"

Man, woman, camera, TV, person"

Vincent Namatjira became the first Indigenous Australian to win the Archibald prize. Who featured in his portrait?

Queen Elizabeth and Vincent Namatjira

Vincent Namatjira and his great grandfather Albert

Adam Goodes and Vincent Namatjira

Captain Cook and Vincent Namatjira

Which Australian premier said I don't need to know about that bit" in a taped phone call later played at a public corruption watchdog hearing?

Daniel Andrews

Annastacia Palaszczuk

Mark McGowan

Gladys Berejiklian

Paul Jennings released his memoir this year. What is its name?

Have You Ever?

Strange Things Happen

Untwisted

The Lighthouse Years

Which ABC presenter kept viewers entertained throughout most of the year with a changing selection of books on show during broadcasts from home?

David Speers

Leigh Sales

Alan Kohler

Lisa Millar

The New Zealander of the year competition in 2020 was unusual because ...

The prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, was the only entrant

There were no men on the list

A cat was nominated

The event was cancelled

Which Spanish city stood in for Brisbane in the filming of The Crown?

Malaga

Barcelona

Granada

Valencia

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