Behind the News Episode 6 2025

What was the name given to the most recent cyclone in Australia?

• Albert

• Alfred

• Anthony

• Andrew

What states did the cyclone affect?

• Victoria and New South Wales

• Northern Territory and Queensland

• Queensland and New South Wales

• Western Australia and South Australia

How many years since Brisbane was hit by a cyclone?

• 11

• 31

• 51

• 71

Cyclone Alfred was downgraded to a tropical low.

• True

• False

Who is the leader of Ukraine?

• Volodymyr Zelenskyy

• Vladimir Putin

• Alexander Lukashenko

• Petro Poroshenko

What is the term used to describe the period since 1945 when there haven't been any major wars between the world's major powers?

• Long armistice

• Long harmony

• Long peace

• Long truce

What did the Varda W-2 capsule orbit on its journey?

• Earth

• The Moon

• The Sun

• Mars

What experiment did the Varda W-2 capsule do in orbit?

• Growing plants

• Harvesting water

• Producing medicines

• Testing solar panels

Pearl Gibbs was an activist for…

• Indigenous rights

• Climate change

• Foreign policy

• Animal rights

What year did Australians vote to change the Constitution so Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples would be counted as part of the population?

• 1901

• 1967

• 2001

• 1988