Grinding Noises

The Internet Age-Verification Test

Webmasters! ISPs! Wondering how to comply with the Australian Federal Government's new online-content laws? Can't figure out how to verify the age of your visitors? No problem! Just get them to fill out this handy quiz. Telling whether they're over 18 will be a piece of cake, or as the youngsters say, 'peasy'!

1. The Whitlam Government was dismissed by Governor-General Sir John Kerr in:

1974
1975
1976
Aren't the Whitlams a band?

2. The Sex Pistols were:

A rock band
A kind of marital aid
A gang of outlaws from New Zealand
Governor-General of Australia

3. A decent-sized RAM should be at least:

64 megabytes
64 kilobytes
64 kilograms (excluding fleece)

4. Computers are:

Ace
Grouse
Kewl
Baffling

5. Laws to regulate the Internet are:

Eminently sensible
Annoying
Stored on a hopelessly insecure NT box

Score: 0 for every answer entered from within Australia; 10 for all other answers.

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29 November 1999
©1999 Rory Ewins