3+ hour, 53+ min ago   (101+ words) SMH.com.au It incorporates 2002’s “most useful word of the year”, yet today’s children never use it. But the kids these days – Gen Z and Alpha – aren’t talking about Googling things. They may still be using Google, but they’re…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (88+ words) SMH.com.au Try our new Mini Crossword Ten clues. Twenty-five squares. How quickly can you solve this bite-sized puzzle? Track your win streaks and challenge family and friends by sharing your results. Read more from Good Weekend magazine - ‘Ant…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (106+ words) July 27, 2026 — 5:00am A note for readers: Some HSC exams, such as English, do not have a multiplechoice section which is why they are not featured in the online quiz. For decades, students, teachers and families have heard the rumours – that the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (379+ words) July 3, 2026 — 5:00am Why has the quiz changed? Our new quiz format is faster, smoother and easier to play on your mobile. We’ve also introduced several new features. For the first time, you’ll see how other players scored in real time and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (504+ words) June 23, 2026 — 6:00am It’s a rite of passage for many young Australians — teaching English in Japan and falling in love with its culture and cuisine. But Matt Froude has gone one step further. He didn’t just enjoy drinking sake, the Japanese rice…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (883+ words) June 20, 2026 — 5:30am Why have I left it so late to learn many of life’s most basic principles? Couldn’t one of those interminable geography lessons at school have been skipped for just one week? That way, my teachers could have conveyed the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (200+ words) May 21, 2026 — 9:00pm Hurling (C8) is for lightweights, according to Jock Brodie of Port Macquarie: “Before the young took up lawn bowls, my father assured me it was the most dangerous sport in the world. More people died while playing it than any…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (974+ words) If you’d rather recite a cricketer’s 2007 batting average than hold a real conversation, you aren’t a “polymath” -- you’re just a joyless narc holding the rest of the pub hostage. May 2, 2026 — 5:30am It’s 7.29pm on a warm Tuesday and I’m mid-anecdote at the…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (480+ words) March 21, 2026 — 5:30am Question: is it hunker or bunker down? Card sharp or card shark? A glimpse of the wordy queries in March’s mailbag. Matthew Holle submitted those first stumpers, champing (or chomping) at the bit for a verdict. Verdicts plural, since…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (367+ words) March 5, 2026 — 5:30am Sometimes, Australian TV seems on a never-ending quest to invent new comedy panel quiz show formats. We’ve done all right. Recent decades have delivered Hard Quiz, RocKwiz, Gruen, Have You Been Paying Attention?, Spicks & Specks and more. All gems,…...