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Current Events Quiz 9 April 2018
Current Events Quiz 9 April 2018
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1
What major sporting event began last Wednesday?
FIFA World Cup Russia
The Gold Oldies World Games
World Series 2018 Baseball
The Commonwealth Games
2
Complete the sentence "Beneath the Arctic sea ice at night, bowhead whales most prefer to ...."
eat krill
hunt killer whales and seals
sing
synchronize swim
3
NASA has announced that it will explore the planet Mars with what?
Modern Daleks
Flying drones
All of the above
Robotic bees
4
Where is there a school with staff and only 1 student?
Auckland's North Shore
Masterton
Hawera
Temuka
5
A survey of US millennials (18-14 yr olds) found what % of them believe the earth is flat?
17%
5%
25%
33%
6
Where did intruders break into a zoo over the weekend?
Christchurch Orana Park
Hamilton
Auckland
Wellington
7
What US landmark caught fire in the weekend?
The Smithsonian Museum
The Statue of Liberty
The White House
Trump Tower
8
US President, Donald Trump, is now ranked #766 on the world's rich list. Who is number 1?
Warren Buffett
Bill Gates
Jeff Bezos
Mark Zuckerberg
9
Who is the new co-leader of the Green Party?
Metiria Turei
Marama Davidson
James Shaw
Julie Anne Genter
10
What did 8 year old Nikolai Hawkins get at Easter?
1000 Cadbury cream eggs
A visit from Ed Sheeran
A $23,000 tax bill from Inland Revenue
A return trip to Russia
11
The government announced new levies and taxes on fuel to help pay for what?
Road safety campaigns
The America's Cup defence
Cycle-ways and trails
Improved infrastructure in Auckland
12
Which planet in our solar system is most likely to have some form of life - say scientists?
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
Mercury
13
Where in NZ were 38 pilot whales stranded and euthanized recently?
Haast on the West Coast
Golden Bay
90 Mile Beach
Near Gisborne
14
A US company hopes to launch the "first luxury hotel in space". How much will a night cost?
$450,000
$780,000
$1,000,000
$500,000
15
The 50th anniversary of what disaster occurs this week?
Cave Creek disaster
Edgecumbe Earthquake and floods
The Inangahua Earthquake
The Wahine Sinking
16
Which of these are factors that are likely to cause obesity in NZ?
Being born into a single-parent family
All of the above
Having parents with larger body size
Born male