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CLICK HERE FOR INFO ON PODCAST SPONSORSHIP Wednesday 4th November 2020 Whose flag is this? Pub quiz 1. Prior to it moving to Melbourne, which city hosted the Australian Grand Prix? 2. Is Perth closer to Darwin or Melbourne? 3. By area, what is the largest country in the Arab world? 4. The Thomas Cook brand is kept alive by operations in which country? 5. Wild Life Sydney in Darling Harbour was formerly known as what? 6. The Hazards and Wineglass Bay are features of which Australian national park? 7. Asiana Airlines is based in which country? 8. New Orleans’ Airport is named after who? THE green background and designed by a French herald, 9. Bamboo Airways is an airline originating from which crescent of this flag represent the and was the whole flag while the country? majority Islamic population of the country was still a territory of 10. What is the easternmost point of mainland Australia? nation, while the four stars stand France. for the islands that make up the After independence the stripes 11. What South Australian town are these pictures spelling out? country off the coast of Africa. were added. That part of the flag was Do you know whose flag it is? + Funnies Flashback WE’VE trawled through the TD Window Seat archives to give you a blast from the past. Here’s some FIENDISH gems from 11 Feb 2014: Sudoku TOURISTS visiting the Chinese resort region of Sanya have THE aim of Sudoku is to complete the entire grid using the numbers been warned to keep their gear on, with an official crackdown 1-9. Numbers can only be used once in each row, column, and 3×3 box. on nudity by local officials. According to the Xinhua news agency, people who strip off in public could be arrested and detained for up to ten days. The report says most of the potential offenders are middle- aged men from China, with regional party secretary Luo Baoming saying that “normal people will not swim or sunbathe naked in a public place...this kind of behaviour is not consistent with China’s cultural traditions”. The campaign is being conducted via the use of loudspeaker announcements and police patrols, with the news agency saying that those who take no notice will receive “education through detention”.

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