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03/09/12
Weekly Quiz
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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
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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
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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
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Question4
Name this team and the sport that they play.
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Question5
Hamish Bond and Eric Murray won the Supreme Halberg Award. What sport are
they involved in?
a. rugby b. cycling c. rowing
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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
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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
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Question8
This man has recently come out of hospital. What
country did he use to be the leader
of?
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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
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Question10
For which area of New Zealand did Education Minister Hekia Parata
announce the closure of seven schools?
a. Christchurch b. Auckland c. Northland
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Question11
What did economist Gareth Morgan say New Zealanders should get rid of earlier
this term?
a. public schools b. cats
c. facebook
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Question12
In what sort of place was this photo taken earlier in the term?
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Question13
At which beach did a fatal shark attack occur in March week?
a.Pihab.Bethell’sBeach
c.Murawai
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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
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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
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Question16
This large-scale funeral happened in South America last month. Who was it
for?
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Question17
The International Olympic Committee announced plans to drop which long-
running sport from the olympic programme?
a. hockey b. shooting c. wrestling
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Question18
A baby girl in the United States who was born with HIV has been cured. True or
false?
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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
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Question20
What is this athlete’s name?
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Answers
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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
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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.
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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.
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Answer4
Name this team and the sport that they play.
NZ Breakers - Basketball
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Answer8
This man has recently come out of hospital. What country did he use to
be the leader of?
South Africa (Nelson Mandela)
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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
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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.
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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".
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Answer16
This large-scale funeral happened in South America last month. Who was
it for?
Hugo Chavez
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Answer20
What is this athlete’s name?
Oscar Pistorius