Daily Quiz · Oct 13

{"questions": [{"q": "By how much did Telstra's board cut Vicki Brady's pay after the July outage?", "options": ["$450,000", "$1.3 million", "$912,000", "$607,000"], "answer": 3, "why": "The board cut her pay by $607,000, while nine other senior executives' bonuses were cut by $1.3 million in total."}, {"q": "Why was Shontelle Burston jailed for six weeks?", "options": ["She breached a suspended sentence", "She skipped a bail hearing", "She failed to pay a fine", "She missed a court date"], "answer": 0, "why": "Four new charges, including stealing meat and failing to stop for police, put her in breach of a suspended sentence."}, {"q": "What price are offers expected to exceed for the Launceston Gingerbread House?", "options": ["$510,000", "$1.1 million", "$735,000", "$860,000"], "answer": 2, "why": "Offers of more than $735,000 are expected for the three-bedroom sandstone home at 2 Cimitiere Street."}, {"q": "What is the status of stage two of the Carnes Hill pool?", "options": ["Fully funded and under construction", "Subject to additional funding", "Cancelled by the council", "Opened to the public"], "answer": 1, "why": "Stage one, a 25-metre indoor pool, was approved after 11 months, but stage two is subject to additional funding."}, {"q": "What exemption would the Greens' draft law include for their proposed smart glasses import ban?", "options": ["Glasses made in Australia", "Glasses bought by schools", "Glasses used for medical research", "Glasses sold as disability aids"], "answer": 3, "why": "The draft law's exemption would let importers bring in glasses sold as disability aids."}]}