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Cary Young
Cary Graeme Young (22 December 1939 – 31 December 2022) was an Australian television quiz personality, best known for his success on Nine Network game show ''Sale of the Century''. After first appearing as a regular contestant in 1982, Young was regularly invited back to the program to participate in various tournaments. Young took part in ''Sale of the Centurys "Champion of Champions" tournament in 1983, followed by the "Australia versus America" challenge in 1985. He then won the Commonwealth Games tournament in 1986 and the World Championship tournament in 1987. In 1987, Young was the winner of the International Invitational Tournament on the American version of ''Sale of the Century''. Young was also the winner of two ''Sale of the Century'' masters tournaments in 1990 and 1997. His final appearance on ''Sale of the Century'' was during the 21st Birthday Challenge in 2001 (albeit as a special guest rather than as a competitor) shortly before the long-running show was axe ...
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Melbourne, Victoria
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon R ...
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Townsville Bulletin
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Contestants On Australian Game Shows
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2022 Deaths
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1939 Births
This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Coming into effect in Nazi Germany of: *** The Protection of Young Persons Act (Germany), Protection of Young Persons Act, passed on April 30, 1938, the Working Hours Regulations. *** The small businesses obligation to maintain adequate accounting. *** The Jews name change decree. ** With his traditional call to the New Year in Nazi Germany, Führer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler addresses the members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP). ** The Hewlett-Packard technology and scientific instruments manufacturing company is founded by Bill Hewlett and David Packard, in a garage in Palo Alto, California, considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. ** Philipp Etter takes over as President of the Swiss Confederation. ** The Third Soviet Five Year P ...
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Bob Katter
Robert Bellarmine Carl Katter (born 22 May 1945) is an Australian politician who has served as the member of parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Division of Kennedy, Kennedy since 1993 and Father of the Australian House of Representatives, father of the House since 2022. He was active in Queensland state politics from 1974 to 1992 and was a member of the National Party of Australia, National Party until 2001, after which he left to sit as an Independent politician, independent until he formed Katter's Australian Party as his own party in 2011. Katter was born in Cloncurry, Queensland. His father, Bob Katter Sr., was also a politician. Katter was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1974 Queensland state election, 1974 state election, representing the Electoral district of Flinders (Queensland), seat of Flinders. He was elevated to cabinet in 1983, under Joh Bjelke-Petersen, and was a government minister until the National Party's defeat at the 1989 Q ...
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Brydon Coverdale
Brydon Coverdale (born 19 September 1981) is an Australian television quiz program personality best known for being one of the "chasers" on ''The Chase Australia'', where he is nicknamed "The Shark". Coverdale grew up in Camperdown in Victoria and attended Mercy Regional College. In later life he moved to the city to study journalism. He is a fan of sport, particularly cricket. Prior to ''The Chase Australia'', Coverdale appeared on several other Australian quiz programs, including '' Million Dollar Minute'' where he won $307,000 in 2014. He became the first grand champion of '' Pass the Buck'' where he won $38,788 in 2002. He also won a total of $32,000 on ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'', appeared on ''The Weakest Link'' in 2001, ''Deal or No Deal'' in 2005 and was a quarter-finalist on ''Letters and Numbers'' in 2011. He has also appeared on ''Sale of the Century'' and '' Wheel of Fortune''. Coverdale also worked as a reporter and assistant editor at ''ESPNcricinfo'', a ...
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