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UNO, your second favourite family game growing up (surely Monopoly is number one), has made it to the big time, Las Vegas.
Pick & Scroll News
July 15, 2025
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Good morning. UNO, your second favourite family game growing up (surely Monopoly is number one), has made it to the big time, Las Vegas.
The classic card game UNO has found a home at the Palms Casino Resort in Vegas.
The venue offers themed rooms, customised UNO game tables and a full-fledged suite experience for guests. Arguments about the rules are not accepted and video footage will be used to see if you actually said UNO or not.
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TRIVIA
We are talking Australian bank notes today. Who features on the $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 Australian notes?
Hint: There are two for all of the notes except the $5 note.
Answers below
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ANSWERS
$5: Queen Elizabeth II
$10: Banjo Paterson, Dame Mary Gilmore
$20: Mary Reibey, Reverend John Flynn
$50: David Unaipon, Edith Cowan
$100: Dame Nellie Melba, Sir John Monash
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