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February 14th, 2011 at 11:00 am by David FarrarDear Stuff/Dom Post,
Parliament resumed last week. So where is our weekly politics trivia quiz?
If it does not appear soon, the suicide rate amongst political geeks may skyrocket.
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February 14th, 2011 at 11:01 am
We can only hope.
Vote:February 14th, 2011 at 12:03 pm
EMERGENCY SUICIDE PREVENTION MEASURE:
1. New Zealander Peter Freedom has recently been in the news for
a) joining Egyptian protestors against President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo,
b) fraudulently receiving an unemployment benefit while on an overseas holiday,
c) indecently exposing himself at Auckland’s Big Gay Out.
2. Possible Republican presidential contender Tim Pawlenty is governor of what state?
3. In the 1992 electoral referendum, which got more votes: the Preferential Vote system or the Supplementary Member system?
4. Who was New Zealand’s first Premier (Prime Minister)?
5. Who is the Labour spokesperson for Early Childhood Education?
6. Which National MP is about to become New Zealand’s High Commissioner to the Cook Islands
7. Which MP had the highest travel expenses as an MP in the last three months of 2010?
8. Which party’s candidate for the Botany byelection failed to get on the ballot paper after missing the nomination deadline by two minutes?
9. Who is the mayor of the Southland District
10. New Zealand Maori Council executive member Titewhai Harawira on Saturday called Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples
a) a gutless dog
b) a swilling pig
c) a noble defender of Maori rights
Will posts answers later…
Vote:February 14th, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Come on man poliical geeks are as much use to society as gingas!
Hell the only thing sadder is a ginga political geek. The softie Key is letting the first political ginga address the house now. Whats that all about?
Vote:February 14th, 2011 at 1:50 pm
1. b) fraudulently receiving an unemployment benefit while on an overseas holiday,
2. Possible Republican presidential contender Tim Pawlenty is governor of what state? Minnesota
3. In the 1992 electoral referendum, which got more votes: the Preferential Vote system or the Supplementary Member system? PV
4. Who was New Zealand’s first Premier (Prime Minister)? Henry Sewell
5. Who is the Labour spokesperson for Early Childhood Education? Sue Moroney
6. Which National MP is about to become New Zealand’s High Commissioner to the Cook Islands – John Carter
7. Which MP had the highest travel expenses as an MP in the last three months of 2010? – Phil Goff followed by Ruth Dyson
8. Which party’s candidate for the Botany byelection failed to get on the ballot paper after missing the nomination deadline by two minutes? Greens
9. Who is the mayor of the Southland District – Frana Cardno
10. New Zealand Maori Council executive member Titewhai Harawira on Saturday called Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples
Vote:a) a gutless dog
February 14th, 2011 at 2:16 pm
>New Zealand Maori Council executive member Titewhai Harawira
Titewhai Harawira is NZ’s equivalent of Lynndie England. What is she doing serving on a quango?
Vote:February 14th, 2011 at 3:17 pm
THE ANSWERS:
1. Fraudulently receiving an unemployment benefit
2. Minnesota
3. PV: it got 6.6% of the vote, SM got 5.5% of the vote
4. Henry Sewell, but he only lasted two weeks
5. Sue Moroney
6. John Carter
7. Phil Goff
8. Green Party candidate Richard Leckinger
9. Frana Cardno
10. A gutless dog
DPF (of course) got 10/10.
Vote:February 14th, 2011 at 8:43 pm
And does anyone know when Q&A and The Nation will be back on-screen?
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