03/09/12

Weekly Quiz

Question1

All the passengers miraculously survived when a plane ditched into the water near

a Bali airport on the weekend. What country is Bali an island of?

a. Japan b. Thailand c. Indonesia

Question2

What is the name of the State Owned Enterprise that over 100,000 New

Zealanders have registered interest in buying shares in?

a. Mighty River Power b. Contact Energy

c. Landcorp

Question3

Why was John Key’s welcome onto Te Tii Marae delayed on Waitangi Day?

a. security had to escort protestors off the grounds

b. there were arguments over who would escort Mr Key onto the marae

c. John Key wasn’t feeling well

Question4

Name this team and the sport that they play.

Question5

Hamish Bond and Eric Murray won the Supreme Halberg Award. What sport are

they involved in?

a. rugby b. cycling c. rowing

Question6

Dennis Tito, an American multi-millionaire recently announced plans to do what...?

a. create an alternative Olympic Games just for Americans

b. Create his own country on one of Hawaii’s islands c. Send two people on a spaceship mission around Mars

Question7

Which of the following categories did Kimbra NOT receive a Grammy award

for?

a. Best New Female Artist b. Record of the Year

c. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Question8

This man has recently come out of hospital. What

country did he use to be the leader

of?

Question9

What New Zealand water adventure activity was ranked as the best water

adventure in the world by Lonely Planet?

a. black water rafting in the Waitomo caves b. river sledging down the Kawerau River in

Queenstown c. white water rafting the Kaituna River in Rotorua

Question10

For which area of New Zealand did Education Minister Hekia Parata

announce the closure of seven schools?

a. Christchurch b. Auckland c. Northland

Question11

What did economist Gareth Morgan say New Zealanders should get rid of earlier

this term?

a. public schools b. cats

c. facebook

Question12

In what sort of place was this photo taken earlier in the term?

Question13

At which beach did a fatal shark attack occur in March week?

a.Pihab.Bethell’sBeach

c.Murawai

Question14

Which New Zealand glacier did a women have to be rescued from after falling

down a crevasse?

a. Fox Glacier b. Franz Joseph Glacier

c. Tasman

Question15

A new Pope was elected last month. What was special about this Pope?

a. he is the oldest Pope ever elected b. he is the first African Pope

c. he is the first Latin American Pope

Question16

This large-scale funeral happened in South America last month. Who was it

for?

Question17

The International Olympic Committee announced plans to drop which long-

running sport from the olympic programme?

a. hockey b. shooting c. wrestling

Question18

A baby girl in the United States who was born with HIV has been cured. True or

false?

Question19

In which country did a tragic bus accident occur involving New Zealanders in a

Bethlehem College tour group?

a. China b. Kenya c. Australia

Question20

What is this athlete’s name?

Answers

Answer1

All the passengers miraculously survived when a plane ditched into the water near a Bali airport on the weekend. What country is Bali an island of?

c. Indonesia - A Lion Air jet carrying more than 100 passengers and crew crashed into the ocean while attempting to land on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. The passengers swam with lifejackets back to shore

Answer2

What is the name of the State Owned Enterprise that over 100,000 New Zealanders have registered

interest in buying shares in?

a. Mighty River Power - Around 100,000 New Zealanders have pre-registered their interest in buying shares. The last pre-registration campaign, for Contact Energy shares in 1999, which took ten days to reach the 100,000 mark.

Answer3

Why was John Key’s welcome onto Te Tii Marae delayed on Waitangi Day?

b. there were arguments over who would escort Key onto the marae - Key's welcome onto Waitangi's Te Tii Marae was delayed by 40 minutes as Titewhai Harawira and Ani Taurua argued over who would escort him. Both refused to back down and marae officials called in a church minister to help ease the situation. Titewhai held his arm and Ani Taurua stood behind him.

Answer4

Name this team and the sport that they play.

NZ Breakers - Basketball

Answer5

Hamish Bond and Eric Murray won the Supreme Halberg Award. What sport are they involved in?

c. rowing - Rowers won every category they were in the running for, Olympic champion Mahe Drysdale was also named sportsman of the year and national team boss Dick Tonks coach of the year.

Answer6

Dennis Tito, an American multi-millionaire recently announced plans to do what...?

c. Send two people on a spaceship mission around Mars - The 2018 mission is expected to cost upwards of $973 million, that would be privately financed by donations and sponsorships. Dennis Tito is a US engineer and became the first space tourist in 2001.

Answer7

Which of the following categories did Kimbra NOT receive a Grammy award for?

a. Best New Female Artist - The Kiwi songstress and Melbourne-based Gotye won the awards for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for their 2011 hit at the 55th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

Answer8

This man has recently come out of hospital. What country did he use to

be the leader of?

South Africa (Nelson Mandela)

Answer9

What New Zealand water adventure activity was ranked as the best water adventure in the world by

Lonely Planet?

b. river sledging down the Kawerau River in Queenstown

Answer10

For which area of New Zealand did Education Minister Hekia Parata announce the closure of

seven schools?

a. Christchurch - Education Minister Hekia Parata announced that Manning Intermediate, Glenmoor, Kendal, Greenpark, Linwood Intermediate, Richmond and Branston Intermediate will close. Also, 12 schools will be merged into six sites, effectively meaning six other schools will be closing.

Answer11

What did economist Gareth Morgan say New Zealanders should get rid of earlier this term?

b. cats - Gareth Morgan who’s main interest used to be the economy and who’s son was the founder of Trade Me wants cat owners not to replace their cats when they die, and to keep their pets indoors 24 hours a day in order to protect native bird species. He is also calling on councils to ensure all domestic cats are registered and chipped, and all stray and feral cats humanely caught and euthanised. He said a New Zealand without cats would be "a New Zealand teeming with native wildlife".

Answer12

In what sort of place was this photo taken earlier in the term?

On a cruise ship (The Carnival cruise ship lost power and took several days to get back to shore)

Answer13

At which beach did a fatal shark attack occur in March week?

c. Murawai - A man was attacked a shark while swimming alone from Maori Bay to Muriwai Beach, several hundred metres from shore. The shark was believed to be a great white. The last confirmed fatal shark attack was back in 1976.

Answer14

Which New Zealand glacier did a women have to be rescued from after falling down a crevasse?

a. Fox Glacier - An injured German woman who fell into a crevasse above Fox Glacier had to stay in the freezing conditions overnight. Rescuers say the woman was climbing on Glacier Peak when she fell between 10 and 20m, severely injuring her arm and leg.

Answer15

A new Pope was elected last month. What was special about this Pope?

c. he is the first Latin American Pope - Latin America is a term used for the countries south of the United States that mainly speak Spanish or Portugese (i.e. Central and South America). Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a 76 yr-old Jesuit from Buenos Aires, Argentina was elected as Pope.

Answer16

This large-scale funeral happened in South America last month. Who was

it for?

Hugo Chavez

Answer17

The International Olympic Committee announced plans to drop which long-running sport from the

olympic programme?

c. wrestling - Contested in the first modern Olympics in 1896 and part of the ancient Games in Olympia, wrestling will now join seven other candidate sports battling for one spot in a revamped 2020 programme.

Answer18

A baby girl in the United States who was born with HIV has been cured. True or false?

True - A baby girl in Mississippi who was born with HIV has been cured after very early treatment with standard drug therapy, US researchers reported, in a potentially ground-breaking case that could offer insights on how to eradicate HIV infection in its youngest victims.

Answer19

In which country did a tragic bus accident occur involving New Zealanders in a Bethlehem College

tour group?

b. Kenya - A group of 12 students from Bethlehem College, accompanied by seven adults were participating in a four-week volunteer project in Kenya.

Answer20

What is this athlete’s name?

Oscar Pistorius