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Current Events Quiz 15 October 2018
Current Events Quiz 15 October 2018
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# Current Events
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1
Iwi the Kiwi was 'stolen' recently. What is Iwi?
A hot air balloon
A mascot for an Auckland Primary Schools football team
NZ Post's new logo
A rare kiwi bird from Otorohanga Kiwi House.
2
What, according to Driven magazine, is the most efficient 'e' or plug-in hybrid vehicle in NZ?
Hyundai Ioniq PHEV Elite
Toyota Prius Prime
BMW i3 REx
Audi A3 e-tron
3
A film about women in the NZ shearing industry has premiered. It is called...
Wolf Whistle
Golden Girls
She Shears
Sheilah be right
4
What TV show announced its ending at the end of it's current season?
Game of Thrones
Lucifer
Country Calendar
Jono & Ben
5
What is the name of the hurricane that hit Florida over the weekend?
Mavis
Matthew
Manuel
Michael
6
Eleven year old Billy Wildgoose, of Napier, is NZ champion in what sport?
Street Fighter V
Blastacars
Mountain Biking
Tenpin Bowling
7
Tiger Woods had his first win in 5 years recently. How many PGA tournaments has he won to date?
70
85
65
80
8
The government announced measures to curb businesses charging high interest - called what?
Swindlers
Shylocks
Loan sharks
All of the above
9
What happened to an artwork by the street artist Banksy at an auction last week?
It turned all red
It shredded itself
It burst into flames
It doubled in value
10
According to a report published last week, NZ passports are rated number what in the world?
7th
8th
6th
5th
11
The US Supreme Court gained a new member over the holiday break. The member is...
Melania Trump
Mitch McConnell
Michael Cavendish
Brett Kavanaugh
12
Who visited the White House on last week to have a chat with President Trump?
Dennis Rodman
Kanye West
Ye
Jay-Z
13
Where in NZ was a shopper in a wheelchair told to get out of a retail outlet?
Hamilton
Wellington
Dunedin
Auckland
14
Where in NZ is the Phar Lap racecourse - deemed for closure in a recent report?
Riverton
Levin
Timaru
Blenheim
15
An idiot broke a $300,000 sculpture in Wellington last week. Who made the sculpture?
Brendan Banks
Ken Kingston
Simon "Smithy" Smith
Len Lye
16
Why were NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos' Alexei Ovchinin in the news last week?
They praised US and Russian cooperation
Their rocket failed to go into space
They had fight on the International Space Station
They sang the Baby Shark song from space