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TRIVIA QUIz<br />
Test your brain and<br />
win a winter reading pack<br />
How is your general knowledge? Try and answer the 20 questions and test the knowledge<br />
of your colleagues around the mess room table without peaking at the answers printed<br />
at the bottom of the page!<br />
And if you think you know the answer to the ‘Who Am I?’ question, send your answer to<br />
the <strong>Association</strong> and go into the running to win the new release Australian novel Heartland<br />
− On the Side of Angels, and four novels, perfect <strong>for</strong> the winter months ahead.<br />
Heartland − On the Side of Angels is the first novel in the Liberty & Property legends series<br />
by new Australian author Terri Sedmak. Set in Wyoming in 1883, Heartland takes you on<br />
a journey of intrigue, love and loyalty, and a fight <strong>for</strong> freedom.<br />
You will live and breathe the lives of 20-year-old Kelley Keaten, her brother Mart and her childhood<br />
nemesis Luke Taylor, and immerse yourself in the vibrant history of 19th Century Wyoming.<br />
Add to Heartland, James Lee Burke’s Crusader’s Cross, Spencer Quinn’s To fetch a thief, and Patrick<br />
Mangan’s football memoir Offsider and there are four good reasons to answer ‘Who am I?’<br />
1 Which B52s hit of the early 1990s urges<br />
us to "hurry up and bring your jukebox<br />
money"?<br />
2 Who is the <strong>for</strong>mer Big Brother<br />
contestant nominated <strong>for</strong> a Gold Logie<br />
at this year’s awards?<br />
3 Which regular Herald Sun columnist is<br />
set to host his own TV show on the Ten<br />
network?<br />
4 What was the Gold Coast Suns’ losing<br />
margin in its first ever AFL match<br />
played <strong>for</strong> premiership points?<br />
5 According to revised police boundaries,<br />
the Melbourne CBD is situated in which<br />
Vic Pol region?<br />
6 Which is the longer distance, three<br />
miles or five kilometres?<br />
7 According to the Real Estate Institute<br />
of <strong>Victoria</strong>, the median house price in<br />
metropolitan Melbourne at the end<br />
of the December 2010 quarter was:<br />
a) $601,500, b) $580,300 or c) $492,600?<br />
8 2600 is the postcode of which<br />
Australian city?<br />
9 What non-football link do <strong>for</strong>mer VFL /<br />
AFL identities Rex Hunt, Jack Dyer, and<br />
Alan Jeans all share?<br />
10 Who is <strong>Victoria</strong>’s new Governor?<br />
11 <strong>The</strong> now-defunct South Dragons was a<br />
Melbourne-based team that participated<br />
in which national sporting competition?<br />
12 Who preceded Wayne Swan as<br />
Australia’s federal Treasurer?<br />
13 Where is the closest 24-hour police<br />
station to the Ararat <strong>Police</strong> Station?<br />
14 Each year the labour movement around<br />
the world celebrates the advancement<br />
of working people on what day in May?<br />
15 Which Queensland town is further<br />
north; Rockhampton or Bundaberg?<br />
16 Which car maker last month announced<br />
they would shed more than 200 production<br />
workers from their Australian operation?<br />
17 What Melbourne landmark is surrounded<br />
by Latrobe Street to its north, Bourke<br />
Street to its south, Wurundjeri Way to its<br />
east and Harbour Esplanade to its west?<br />
18 <strong>The</strong> theme song of which AFL club<br />
borrows its tune from the American<br />
track, Yankee Doodle Boy.<br />
19 Sharelle McMahon is associated with<br />
which sport?<br />
20 In what year did the first <strong>Victoria</strong>n<br />
police members issued with police<br />
registered numbers commencing with<br />
the number ‘3’ start entering the job?<br />
a) 1989 b) 1993 or c) 1998<br />
Quiz Answers > 1. Love Shack 2. Chrissie Swan 3. Andrew Bolt 4. 119 points Vs Carlton 5. North West Metro 6. Five Kms<br />
7. a - $601,500 8. Canberra 9. <strong>The</strong>y all served as <strong>Victoria</strong>n police officers 10. Alex Chernov 11. <strong>The</strong> National Basketball<br />
League 12. Peter Costello 13. Stawell 14. 1 May (aka May Day) 15. Rockhampton 16. Ford 17. Docklands (aka Etihad)<br />
Stadium 18. Hawthorn Football Club 19. Netball 20. b - 1993<br />
Correctly Answer Who<br />
Am I? <strong>for</strong> a chance to win<br />
WHO AM I?<br />
1. I was born in England in 1949<br />
2. I was a teen pop idol between<br />
1964 and 1979, but later<br />
<strong>for</strong>ged my career as an adult<br />
contemporary singer<br />
3. While mainly a solo per<strong>for</strong>mer,<br />
I joined the Little River Band in<br />
the early 1980s<br />
4. My 1986 flagship album<br />
‘Whispering Jack’ to this day<br />
remains the highest-selling<br />
album in Australian history.<br />
5. On the back of this great<br />
success, I was named<br />
Australian of the Year in 1987.<br />
6. I am ... ?<br />
Last month’s Who Am I?<br />
Answer − 1972<br />
To enter the prize draw all you have to do is answer the<br />
‘Who Am I?’ question send your entry along with your<br />
contact details to: ‘Who Am I?’, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong>,<br />
PO Box 76, Carlton South 3053.<br />
<strong>The</strong> completed ‘Who Am I?’ must arrive by Friday,<br />
May 27, 2011 to be eligible <strong>for</strong> the prize draw. <strong>The</strong> first neatest<br />
correct entry will be the winner. <strong>The</strong> judge’s decision is final<br />
and no correspondence will be entered into.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> Journal May 2011<br />
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