TonyHancock
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After a few minutes of work, less than scientific research and absolutely no testing on the general public the Tony Hancock “Are You a QF Platinum Type?” quiz is finally complete.(ish) (Ten key questions with multiple choice answers.)Please answer all questions truthfully or just lie if you like. If an answer does not match exactly your own response just make something up that matches near enough. 
The purpose of the quiz is to establish if you make the grade as a genuine Qantas Platinum Type. I am interested because I am trying to adapt to this new status and am struggling.
When you have completed the quiz add up your score and see if you make the grade by checking the post defining the score levels.Please, please, please, please don’t bother commenting about questions that should or shouldn’t be there or how the scoring should have been done etc. Just make your own quiz up instead!!
1. You arrive at the Qantas First Class Lounge in Sydney at 8:00AM for an 11:00AM flight. Once you have navigated your way past the hordes of screaming uncontrolled children to the restaurant, (It will be one of the three areas resembling a school cafeteria.) you sit down and order champagne. When it arrives you
a) Take the glass by the stem and sip elegantly (0 Points)
b) Take the glass by the bowl and sip elegantly (5 Points)
c) Down it in one and ask for a Bintang (15 Points)
2. You scan through the Fred Perry breakfast menu and you order
a) Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon (5 Points)
b) Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon and a double portion of chips (10 Points)
c) Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon, a double portion of chips and a Bintang lager served in a champagne flute. (20 Points)
3. Once breakfast has been completed you head to the lounge area. After twenty minutes of searching you finally find an empty seat, you
a) Throw yourself back in the chair, kick off your thongs, and down another Bintang. (20 Points)
b) Sit down and drink your Café Latte being careful not to spill any on your singlet. (15 Points)
c) Wonder when travel became so noisy, crowded and boorish (0 Points)
4. You are taking your family to Fiji for a summer break and arrive at the Qantas Sydney First Class Lounge at lunchtime for your late afternoon flights. You are denied entry because you are not on a QF codeshare flight you
a) Accept you have messed up and head off to the American Express Lounge (5 Points)
b) Explain that you are on Qantas redemption flights and can’t believe how the system could not give QF flight numbers (10 Points)
c) Rant extensively, telling all and sundry that you will never fly Qantas again (20 Points)
5. Your aircraft develops a technical fault in Dubai en route back to Sydney and you are forced to stay overnight, you
a) Wave to Alan Joyce, as he sips his champagne on the EK aircraft he has managed to transfer to as it heads down the runway to Sydney (5 Points)
b) Take to Social Media telling all and sundry you will miss the wedding you are due to attend, scheduled for 30 seconds after you would have originally landed (10 Points)
c) Shout at the Emirates ground staff that you will never fly Qantas again and that you are one of QF’s most frequent flyers. (20 Points)
6. Unfortunately your company has only authorised economy travel for your trip to Singapore. You have managed to snag a bulkhead seat and after the seatbelt sign is switched off the CSM does not come to greet you or offer you Business Class headphones/pyjamas/drinks/food/amenities/sacrificial lamb or an on-board upgrade, you
a) Settle down to watch your own inflight entertainment on your electronic device and fall asleep (0 Points)
b) Spend the entire flight telling your seatmate just how much you fly and it is a disgrace that you have been ignored (10 Points)
c) On arrival take to social media and rant about the flight from hell (20 Points)
7. You have used your points for an award flight, to London, in Business Class, on the Qantas A380, you
a) Get online immediately and select a seat in [-]Emerald City[/-] the Sapphire Shed ensuring you don’t select row 11 or 13 because of light/noise pollution, and then post incessantly on social media about it. (15 Points)
b) Immediately worry about the potential for seat droop, lack of privacy, and just how small the toilets are. (5 Points)
c) Wonder why the Sapphire Shed is incorrectly referred to as Emerald City. (0 Points)
8. The overcrowding at the Qantas [-]RSL Club[/-] First Class Lounge at Sydney has become unbearable, you
a) Write to Qantas suggesting a rise in the number of status credits required to reach platinum. (The number corresponds exactly with the number you reach each year on average.) (10 Points)
b) Head to the American Express Lounge for some peace and quiet (0 Points)
c) Slurp down another Bintang and revel in the thongs and singlets culture. (20 Points)
9. The Bar at the Qantas Singapore Lounge is no longer providing its signature coughtail, you
a) Take to social media to mourn its loss. (5 Points)
b) Walk bare foot to the bar and order up your usual Bintang Lager, wiping the condensation from the bottle on your singlet (20 Points)
c) Seek sanctuary in the BA Concorde Bar. (-50 Points)
10. QF comped your status last year after you fell 50 SC’s short. This year you are 150 SC’s short, you
a) embark on the cheapest status run to get you over the line (5 Points)
b) Don’t worry about a drop in status (0 Points)
c) Take to social media a decry QF’s inconsistency (20 Points)
The purpose of the quiz is to establish if you make the grade as a genuine Qantas Platinum Type. I am interested because I am trying to adapt to this new status and am struggling.
When you have completed the quiz add up your score and see if you make the grade by checking the post defining the score levels.Please, please, please, please don’t bother commenting about questions that should or shouldn’t be there or how the scoring should have been done etc. Just make your own quiz up instead!!
1. You arrive at the Qantas First Class Lounge in Sydney at 8:00AM for an 11:00AM flight. Once you have navigated your way past the hordes of screaming uncontrolled children to the restaurant, (It will be one of the three areas resembling a school cafeteria.) you sit down and order champagne. When it arrives you
a) Take the glass by the stem and sip elegantly (0 Points)
b) Take the glass by the bowl and sip elegantly (5 Points)
c) Down it in one and ask for a Bintang (15 Points)
2. You scan through the Fred Perry breakfast menu and you order
a) Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon (5 Points)
b) Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon and a double portion of chips (10 Points)
c) Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon, a double portion of chips and a Bintang lager served in a champagne flute. (20 Points)
3. Once breakfast has been completed you head to the lounge area. After twenty minutes of searching you finally find an empty seat, you
a) Throw yourself back in the chair, kick off your thongs, and down another Bintang. (20 Points)
b) Sit down and drink your Café Latte being careful not to spill any on your singlet. (15 Points)
c) Wonder when travel became so noisy, crowded and boorish (0 Points)
4. You are taking your family to Fiji for a summer break and arrive at the Qantas Sydney First Class Lounge at lunchtime for your late afternoon flights. You are denied entry because you are not on a QF codeshare flight you
a) Accept you have messed up and head off to the American Express Lounge (5 Points)
b) Explain that you are on Qantas redemption flights and can’t believe how the system could not give QF flight numbers (10 Points)
c) Rant extensively, telling all and sundry that you will never fly Qantas again (20 Points)
5. Your aircraft develops a technical fault in Dubai en route back to Sydney and you are forced to stay overnight, you
a) Wave to Alan Joyce, as he sips his champagne on the EK aircraft he has managed to transfer to as it heads down the runway to Sydney (5 Points)
b) Take to Social Media telling all and sundry you will miss the wedding you are due to attend, scheduled for 30 seconds after you would have originally landed (10 Points)
c) Shout at the Emirates ground staff that you will never fly Qantas again and that you are one of QF’s most frequent flyers. (20 Points)
6. Unfortunately your company has only authorised economy travel for your trip to Singapore. You have managed to snag a bulkhead seat and after the seatbelt sign is switched off the CSM does not come to greet you or offer you Business Class headphones/pyjamas/drinks/food/amenities/sacrificial lamb or an on-board upgrade, you
a) Settle down to watch your own inflight entertainment on your electronic device and fall asleep (0 Points)
b) Spend the entire flight telling your seatmate just how much you fly and it is a disgrace that you have been ignored (10 Points)
c) On arrival take to social media and rant about the flight from hell (20 Points)
7. You have used your points for an award flight, to London, in Business Class, on the Qantas A380, you
a) Get online immediately and select a seat in [-]Emerald City[/-] the Sapphire Shed ensuring you don’t select row 11 or 13 because of light/noise pollution, and then post incessantly on social media about it. (15 Points)
b) Immediately worry about the potential for seat droop, lack of privacy, and just how small the toilets are. (5 Points)
c) Wonder why the Sapphire Shed is incorrectly referred to as Emerald City. (0 Points)
8. The overcrowding at the Qantas [-]RSL Club[/-] First Class Lounge at Sydney has become unbearable, you
a) Write to Qantas suggesting a rise in the number of status credits required to reach platinum. (The number corresponds exactly with the number you reach each year on average.) (10 Points)
b) Head to the American Express Lounge for some peace and quiet (0 Points)
c) Slurp down another Bintang and revel in the thongs and singlets culture. (20 Points)
9. The Bar at the Qantas Singapore Lounge is no longer providing its signature coughtail, you
a) Take to social media to mourn its loss. (5 Points)
b) Walk bare foot to the bar and order up your usual Bintang Lager, wiping the condensation from the bottle on your singlet (20 Points)
c) Seek sanctuary in the BA Concorde Bar. (-50 Points)
10. QF comped your status last year after you fell 50 SC’s short. This year you are 150 SC’s short, you
a) embark on the cheapest status run to get you over the line (5 Points)
b) Don’t worry about a drop in status (0 Points)
c) Take to social media a decry QF’s inconsistency (20 Points)
Just not made of the stuff of Platinum anymore.
