ABC News (Australia)·Australia·Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 06:30 PM

Travel back in time with this week's history quiz

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Question 1: Which country became the first G7 nation to quit coal in 2024?

A close up of hands holding pieces of black coal,
ABC News: Anthony Pancia

Question 4: What did Rapper Kanye West announce he was changing his name to in 2018?

Kanye West on the red carpet, wearing chunky black sunglasses, thick gold chains, and a block leather jacket.
AP: Evan Agostini

Question 5: Barack and Michelle (nee Robinson) Obama were married on October 3, 1993. What are their two daughters' preferred names?

Half a point for each.

Question 7: British Australian actor and singer Olivia Newton-John released the hit song Physical in 1981. Where did she spend much of her childhood?

An image from the final scenes of the film Grease, in which Olivia Newton-John is wearing black and dancing with John Travolta at a carnival.
Image: Paramount Pictures

Question 9: The Orient Express departed on its first official journey on October 4, 1883. Which two cities did the train connect at start and finish?

Half a point for each.

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