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Current Events Term 2 Week 10 2024
Current Events Term 2 Week 10 2024
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1
A plane flying out of which NZ airport had a 'birdstrike' recently?
Invercargill
Wellington
Hamilton
Queenstown
2
Biden and Trump have held their first debate in the run up to this year's US presidential elections.
False
True
3
This NZ politician announced recently that she has breast cancer. Who is she?
Marama Davidson
Brooke Van Velden
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi Clark
Chlöe Swarbrick
4
Julian Assange pleaded guilty to conspiring to obtain classified U.S. national defence documents. He is finally free.
True
False
5
Over 1300 people have died from extreme heat during this event this year. What is it called?
Muharram
Ramadan
Eid al-Fitr
Hajj
6
What is the name of the ferry that failed to leave Picton Harbour recently?
Kaitaki
Aratika
Aratere
Kaiarahi
7
What dominated the headlines regarding P.M. Luxon's visit to Japan recently?
The protests over NZ's response to the Gaza Crisis
His plane broke down on the way
He mentioned Pearl Harbour
He accidentally referred to Japan as 'China'
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Which of these has NOT been a surname of this family?
Wales
Louis
Mountbatten-Windsor
Cambridge
9
He's Invercargill's mayor and has found himself in 'hot water'. There are calls for him to resign. What's his name?
Nobby Solano
Nobby Stiles
Nobby Clark
Nobby Grimsby
10
The Boston Celtics are the 2024 NBA Champions
False
True
11
Researchers from Groningen, Germany, have decided which of the following songs is the
perfect 'feel-good song
'?
ABBA, "Dancing Queen"
Katrina & the Waves, "Walking on Sunshine"
Beach Boys, "Good Vibrations"
Queen, "Don't Stop Me Now"