Kiwiblog

Been so busy this week only got around to the quiz today.

The good news is I got 10/10 in 31 seconds.

The bad news is their Q1 is wrong.

They asked how much can lobbyists give to political parties. The answer to that question is unlimited.

The question they meant to ask (based on what they say is the right answer) is how much money could a lobbyist spend on advertising during an election campaign.

This week‘s quite challenging. 8/10 in 40 seconds.

Pretty tough this week. I made four guesses and got two right and two wrong.

Actually it says I got 7/10 but I accidentally hit the wrong answer in one question. Quiz here. 27 seconds.

Quiz is here. 33 seconds.

Got one wrong. But only took 27 seconds. Quiz here.

I just got 8/10 in 32 seconds. But it should be 9/10. The quiz is here.

Q5 is “Where is Heather Roy ranked on the ACT party’s list”.

The correct answer is 2, as one can see here.

The Dom Post quiz says the correct answer is 5. But that is her current caucus ranking, not her list ranking. Two very different things.

This week’s politics quiz is here.

Pleased to get 10/10. The final two questions may trip a few up. Time was 1:02 but that was because of slow Internet.

Quiz is here. Beat 21 seconds.

Not bad this week. Quiz is here. 10 out of 10 and in 24 seconds.

The person who writes the quiz obviously has a fascination with Muldoon trivia. Luckily – so do I

Fluked a guess to the final answer but still had one wrong from earlier. Quiz here. 35 seconds.

Got 14/15 on this week’s quiz. Only 47 seconds – it was the final question that got me.

Some quite amusing questions in this week’s quiz. 45 seconds.

I think their question 4 may have the wrong answer though. I am not aware of any tobacco major reforms proposed last week, but there were some alcohol ones.

Quiz is here. 38 seconds. Well done to John Ansell for making the quiz

Would have been 15 but for Craig Foss and his bloody pets! Quiz is here. 52 seconds.

Ha – finally caught them out.

I got 12/15 in this week’s quiz in 1:01. But they have one question wrong. The question was “How much do MPs on indefinite leave, lose from their salary every week?” and the options were $50, $500, $110 and $75.

However none of these are correct. The Civil List Act 1979 s20(1)(a) says:

If during any session a member is absent for any number of sitting days exceeding 14, there shall be deducted from the payment to be made to the member the sum of $10 for every sitting day (exclusive of those 14 sitting days) during which the member was absent

The correct answer is $30 per sitting week. An easier solution is to change the question so it asks about every sitting day rather than every week.

Quite a few tough ones. Quiz is here. 51 seconds.

Now that isn’t too bad – 15/15 in 54 seconds for a quiz covering a week I am not in the country.

I did have to guess a couple of the answers. I’m glad Phil Goff has taken my advice and appointed a Chief of Staff, but I’ve not seen any actual news reports on it. But I managed to correctly work out who it was by elimination.

Got 14/15 in 1:02. Quiz is here.

I dispute one of their answers about what was controversial. The answer is subjective and as they asked what was the most controversial issue “at” the conference, I stand by my answer of alcohol laws as that saw an actual debate with a 60/40 split. The Dom Post’s answer wasn’t controversial at the conference – it was massively supported by everyone.

Off form today. Quiz here. 58 seconds.

A couple of hard ones. Quiz here. 35 seconds – thinking is cheating

Quiz is here. 10/10. 30 seconds. Yay.

Quiz is here. 43 seconds. A couple of obscure ones. Also one question is missing the last few words, but it still makes sense if you know the issue.

A few tough ones this week. Quiz here.

Yay. 10/10 and no guesses in 30 seconds. Quiz here.