QUIZ
Week Beginning 27 February 2017
1) What did a plane crash into in
Melbourne last week?
a)
b)
c)
d)
A movie theatre
A playground
A hospital
A shopping mall
2) It was the 6th anniversary of the
Christchurch Earthquake last week.
How many people died in the earthquake?
a)
b)
c)
d)
6) Who won New Zealander of the Year
last week?
a)
b)
c)
d)
7) How many planets have NASA
recently discovered that could
potentially contain life?
90
120
185
235
3) The reserve goalie for Sutton United
made headlines last week for eating
what during half time?
a)
b)
c)
d)
A hotdog
A pie
An ice cream
A pottle of chips
Lorde
Eliza McCartney
Taika Waititi
John Key
a)
b)
c)
d)
4
7
11
18
8) Bruce Springsteen is currently
touring Australia and New Zealand.
What was the name of his hit album
in 1984?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Born in the U.S.A.
Born to Run
Born to be Wild
Born to be Free
4) Scientists recently announced that New
Zealand is in fact part of a continent
called…
a)
b)
c)
d)
Australasia
Pacifica
Zealandia
Utopia
5) An outbreak of a disease is threatening
the extinction of monkeys in the Atlantic
Rainforest. What is the disease?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Yellow Fever
Bird Flu
Zika Virus
Foot and Mouth
9) Which animal are scientists hoping to
bring back from extinction?
a) The Moa
b) The Woolly Mammoth
c) The Sabre-toothed tiger
d) The Dodo
10) Construction is underway in China to
create a life-sized replica of…
a)
b)
c)
d)
The Berlin Wall
The Apollo 13
The Taj Mahal
The Titanic
QUIZ FOLLOW-UP
A) READ THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS AND DECIDE
IF THEY ARE TRUE OR FALSE:
1) Scientists have announced that they are close to bringing Sabre-
TRUE/FALSE
Toothed Tigers back from extinction.
2) The 2011 Canterbury Earthquake claimed 185 lives.
TRUE/FALSE
3) Robbie Williams’ hit 1984 album was ‘Born in the U.S.A.’
TRUE/FALSE
4) Monkeys are endangered in the Atlantic Rainforest due to the Zika Virus.
TRUE/FALSE
5) Scientists have discovered 7 ‘earth-like’ exoplanets around a single star.
TRUE/FALSE
6) A replica of the Titanic is currently being constructed in China.
TRUE/FALSE
7) New Zealander of the Year, Taika Waititi, is known for directing
‘The Hobbit’.
TRUE/FALSE
8) Scientists believe New Zealand is part of the continent, ‘Zealandia’.
TRUE/FALSE
9) Sutton United’s reserve goalie was captured on T.V. eating a hot dog
TRUE/FALSE
at half time.
10) A plane tragically crashed into a shopping mall in Melbourne last week,
TRUE/FALSE
killing all those on board.
B) ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
1) What percentage of Zealandia is under the sea? ________________________________
2) What was the name of Bruce Springsteen’s band? ________________________________
3) What are 2 features of the newly developed Woolly Mammoth? _____________________
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