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CURRENT EVENTS TERM 2 - WEEK 7
CURRENT EVENTS TERM 2 - WEEK 7
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1
What is the name of the campaign to keep the Dunedin Cadbury factory open?
Save our Mars Bar campaign
Save Our Jaffas campaign
Save Our Pineapple Lumps campaign
Save Our Peanut Slab campaign
2
Where was this world record created last week?
Apia, Samoa
Sydney, Australia
Auckland, New Zealand
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
3
Which country has the city of Buenos Aires as its capital?
Argentina
Mexico
Egypt
Brazil
4
Which country has this flag?
Argentina
Scotland
Ireland
Spain
5
In which of the following cities was this photo taken?
Christchurch
Palmerston North
Nelson
Hamilton
6
How many years ago did New Zealand become nuclear free?
10 years
50 years
70 years
30 years
7
At which event has this US-Kiwi combination just won a trophy?
Wimbledon
US Open
French Open
LGBT Open
8
The owner of New World and Pak'nSave supermarkets will remove from its shelves all …?
Pams products
non-recyclable plastic bags
any raw meat that is not obtained from SPCA approved farms
products containing microbeads
9
Who is the main sponsor of the team New Zealand in the Americas Cup?
Nespresso
Emirates
Fisher and Paykel
Red Bull
10
Michelle Obama was in the news last week because she said...?
Barack wore the same black tuxedo for his entire presidency
she doesn't know how to read properly
that she is considering running for President
she helped write a lot of Barack’s speeches
11
The Fantastic Beasts films are spin-offs from which film series?
Harry Potter
X Men
Lord of the Rings
Sherlock Holmes
12
United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt have cut diplomatic ties and flight links with…?
Israel
Turkey
Qatar
India
13
The swell of tourists to NZ has meant the government will spend more than $5 million on …?
theme parks
rubbish removal
traffic police
toilets
14
Who did Team New Zealand meet in the Louis Vuitton Cup challenger final?
Landrover BAR (Britain)
SoftBank Team Japan
Oracle (Team USA)
Artemis Racing (Sweden)
15
A Manawatu school has faced a backlash after the Green party criticised a photo of students...
paying bribes to teachers for better grades
holding guns during a visit by the army
participating in boxing during a PE lesson
smoking a fake cigarette during a school play
16
Which fishery is currently under threat by a parasite called Bonamia?
Coromandel green lipped mussels
Chatham Island pipi
Bluff oysters
Marlborough salmon
17
Which of the following was true about the recent election in the United Kingdom?
The result was close and resulted in a Hung Parliament
it was a landslide to the Labour Party
Theresa May's Conservative Party won
Donald Trump wanted to become President of the world
18
There 's been an almost 50% drop in the number of people charged with drink driving since 2009?
True
False
19
The country Myanmar was in the news last week, why?
massive riots are occurring in Myanmar’s capital city
it has the worlds largest gold nugget
there was a tragic plane crash in the country
it was struck by a tsunami
20
Which US official is in the centre of this photo?
Jeff Sessions - (US Attorney General)
James Comey (former FBI Director)
Steven Bannon (Trump political aide)
David Banner (Incredible Hulk)
