"We Can Be Heroes" - Phil Olivetti

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1. While he was still a member of the Queensland police force, Phil Olivetti rescued nine children from a faulty jumping castle, and then found himself entangled in overhead power lines. Who was inspired to nominate him for Australian of the Year because of this heroic feat? He nominated himself. His wife nominated him. The Police Commissioner nominated him. The parents of the children he saved nominated him.

2. When we first meet Phil he tells us that he has quit the police force and is planning to use the payout from the jumping castle company to launch his career on the motivational talk circuit. Which of the following people does he NOT list as one of his role models? Albert Einstein Russell Crowe Ian Thorpe Nelson Mandella

3. As well as setting up his new career, Phil is using some of his compensation money to buy luxury items. Which of the following does he describe as 'the piece of resistance'? a solar-heated swimming pool a remote control helicopter a plasma screen television a sports car

4. Phil's first speaking engagement is at his son's Scouts meeting. In the process of trying to demonstrate how to act in an emergency, Phil manages to trap Jeremy, one of the Scouts, under a log. Of course, Phil doesn't see this as his fault. What does he say to justify the outcome? ?I think, looking back on it, I probably wouldn?t have chosen Jeremy, not a good choice of volunteer.? ?It could have been so much worse. Does the name Christopher Reeve ring a bell?? ?Jeremy could have ended up a vegetable if it wasn?t for my quick thinking and the efforts of the rescue professional which I called to the scene.? ?We all need to stop pointing fingers and looking for scapegoats and just remember how lucky we all are.?

5. Phil takes advantage of a mutual acquaintance to invite Malcolm, a member of the Australian of the Year selection committee, and his wife over for a barbeque. Which of these is NOT something Phil does which makes Malcolm feel uncomfortable? He tries to make Malcolm put on a white swimming cap and imitate Peter Garrett. He makes continual references to the Australia Day Council Board. He offers Malcolm a fifty dollar bribe. He makes a pass at Malcolm?s wife.

6. Phil's interactions with his two children include a bizarre variety of activities. Which of the following do we NOT see him doing? using oranges as breasts to pretend he is a woman staging re-enactments of the jumping castle incident timing his children as they roll up a garden hose pretending to shoot his son in the head

7. During the series we learn that Phil's shortcomings as a family man may have resulted partly from his own father's behaviour. Which of the following is NOT a childhood memory that Phil shares with us? His father used to throw golf trophies at his mother when she was nagging. His father once pinned Phil under a railway sleeper to teach him a lesson. His father explained the birds and the bees by exposing himself to Phil. His father used to pelt golf balls at him and call it a game.

8. While Phil is waiting to hear if he has reached the next round of selection for Australian of the Year, he rambles nervously. What does he tell us is the good thing about his name? It fits neatly in a headline. It's a name people remember. You can say it really quickly. It's easy to spell.

9. Although Phil has been told that his quest to be Australian of the Year is over, he drags his family all the way to Canberra for the ceremony announcing the finalists for each state. When they are refused entry without an invitation, which of the following is NOT a tactic he employs to try to get them in? claiming a phone call from Rosalyn gave him a verbal invitation offering a bribe of $1000 stealing an invitation from someone else's bag threatening that he has connections in the Canberra police force

10. When we last see Phil he has been forced to abandon his work as a motivational speaker and return to his job as a policeman. What lesson does Phil say he has learned? "Hold on to the dream." "Life is not always correct." "Grab onto the jumping castle in your life." "Fame comes with the territory."