The Post's Quiz of the Year 2026

How much did you learn about South Australia through The Post this year?

Let's find out with our Quiz of the Year for 2026.

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Question 1

Which super-cute marsupial has returned to Yorke Peninsula after more than a century of local extinction, thanks to Marna Banggara – a rewilding project jointly funded by the Commonwealth and South Australian governments?

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Bettong (4)

Western quoll

Brush-tailed bettong

Southern brown bandicoot

Red-tailed phascogale

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Question 2

Supported by the South Australian Government through Green Industries SA, the free Saveful app helps households turn leftovers into dinner instead of waste. What percentage of the food South Australians throw away is still perfectly edible?

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40 per cent

50 per cent

70 per cent

85 per cent

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Question 3

Which small regional town was crowned the 2025 Agricultural Town of the Year by the Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA)?

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Lameroo

Burra

Penola

Wudinna

Lameroo

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Question 4

SA’s 2025-26 summer of sport is shaping up to be huge, and one of its headline acts is LIV Golf Adelaide – an event that injected more than $217 million into the state’s economy and drew 102,000 fans last summer. How many times has LIV Golf Adelaide been named the World’s Best Golf Event by the World Golf Awards?

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LIV Golf

Once

Twice

Three times

Four times

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Question 5

South Australia has one of the best recycling rates in the country, and whichbin.sa.gov.au helps you sort waste the right way. Which of the following does not belong in the yellow recycling bin?

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A-Z Waste Graphic

Clean aluminium foil scrunched into a ball

Retail receipts

Empty aerosol cans with lids removed

Rinsed plastic ice-cream tubs

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Question 6

The $15.4 billion T2D Project – jointly funded by the Australian and South Australian governments – will allow motorists to drive beneath South Road on a continuous non-stop motorway. How many sets of traffic lights will they bypass once it opens?

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Tunnel boring machine

12

15

18

21

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Question 7

Since 2006, SAPOL has been able to test drivers at the roadside for THC (the active ingredient in cannabis), MDMA (AKA ecstasy), and methamphetamine. As of 1 November 2025, which additional drug can police now detect roadside under South Australia’s expanded drug-testing regime?

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Cocaine tests (3)

Ketamine

Cocaine

GHB

LSD

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Question 8

South Australia’s History Festival, supported by the History Trust of South Australia, ran throughout May and featured more than 500 events – including a live AdeLOL podcast full of the state’s strangest stories. Which of the following is not true?

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History Festival

South Australia was technically still at war with Germany until 2002, when Premier Mike Rann formally ended our WWII involvement.

South Australia once declared war on emus, and despite the army using machine guns, the emus won the war.

Adelaide’s early explorer John Horrocks was accidentally shot and killed by his own camel, Harry – the first camel ever brought to Australia.

A clairvoyant once predicted a tsunami would wipe out Adelaide, leading Premier Don Dunstan to go to Glenelg Beach to reassure residents who were fleeing their homes.

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Question 9

Adelaide is a member of the Great Wine Capitals Global Network, recognising South Australia as one of the 11 top wine tourism destinations in the world. How many wine regions does South Australia have?

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12

14

16

18

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Question 10

The South Australian Government passed the biggest overhaul of animal welfare laws in 16 years with the new Animal Welfare Act 2025. How does it help safeguard our furry (and finned) friends?

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A new legal duty of care requiring owners to provide basics like food, water and proper living conditions

Stronger powers for RSPCA inspectors to step in earlier, before an animal has already suffered harm

Some of the nation’s toughest penalties, including fines of up to $250,000 or 10 years’ jail for intentional cruelty

All of the above

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Question 11

This year, international media – including The Times (UK), National Geographic, Lonely Planet, Architectural Digest and The Wall Street Journal – were all singing South Australia’s praises as a holiday destination. Which of the following is not a Wall Street Journal quote about Adelaide?

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That Adelaide is “Australia’s Coolest City”

That the city feels “almost utopian”

That “even the seagulls in Glenelg seem unusually polite”

That Adelaide is the “go-to escape for gastronomes and nature lovers”

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Question 12

The next phase of South Australia’s nation-leading initiative to Replace the Waste and ban single-use plastics began this year. Which of the following was phased out in 2025?

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Graphic - 2025 Plastics Bans

Fruit stickers

Condiment sachets and squeezy sauce packs

Barrier bags for meat and dairy

Plastic soy sauce fish containers

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Question 13

The former Brompton Gasworks is being reborn as one of Adelaide’s coolest new neighbourhoods – walkable, green, heritage-filled and just 3km from the CBD. How many new homes will this flagship Renewal SA project deliver?

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Brompton Gasworks

Around 300

Around 500

Around 600

Around 800

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Question 14

After leading the way with its crackdown on vapes, South Australia became the first state to ban nicotine pouches this year. What are they better known as?

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Nicotine pouch 2

Zyns

Snus

Upper deckies

All of the above

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Question 15

Nothing says South Australian Christmas quite like the National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant — run by the South Australian Tourism Commission — when more than 300,000 people line the city streets to cheer on the floats and welcome Father Christmas. But do you know what year the Pageant began?

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Christmas Pageant

1933

1936

1946

1947

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Question 16

Adelaide filmmaking sensations Danny and Michael Philippou returned this year with their SA-made horror hit Bring Her Back, supported by the South Australian Film Corporation. Critics raved and audiences fainted – but what did the King of Horror himself, Stephen King, say about the film on social media?

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“Thoughtful, textured, and scary as hell”

“Spooky, atmospheric and well put together”

“A perfect scare for a date night”

“The film to watch if you want jump scares and gore galore”

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