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Weekly Quiz Current Events August 26 th 2019. 06/03/17. 1. Who has bought the naming rights to Wellington Regional Stadium also known as The Cake Tin?. a. Dilmah (tea) b. Fonterra c. Sky TV. 2.

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06/03/17

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  1. Weekly QuizCurrent Events August 26th 2019 06/03/17

  2. 1 Who has bought the naming rights to Wellington Regional Stadium also known as The Cake Tin? • a. Dilmah (tea) • b. Fonterra • c. Sky TV

  3. 2 Middlemore Hospital has established a dedicated ward to deal with the influx of children suffering from which vaccine-preventable illness? • a. measles • b. asthma • c. polio

  4. 3 A petition has been launched to rename the street where Trump Tower sits. What does the petition want it changed to? • a. Trump Avenue • b. President Obama Avenue • c. Clinton Avenue

  5. With which sport is this famous Kiwi involved? a. Athletics b. Rugby c. Netball 4

  6. 5 A crowd gathered outside parliament last week in support of a single climate protester that has been protesting there for …? • a. 100 days • b. 200 days • c. 365 days

  7. 6 How many fires have there been in the Amazon this year? • a. 3,457 • b. 12,654 • c. 72,843

  8. 7 A new report released last week by the Commerce Commission, states that a lack of competition has resulted in Kiwis paying too much for …? • a. milk • b. petrol • c. avocados

  9. Which country is shown in this joke tweet from Donald Trump? 8

  10. 9 Why were the parents of a 15-year-old student fined $50 each by the Dunedin District Court? • a. the child borrowed shoes from the schools emergency stock and never returned them • b. the student had spilt water on one of the schools computers • c. the student hadn’t been turning up at school

  11. 10 Twitter has suspended more than 200,000 accounts that it believed were linked to which country’s government? • a. United States • b. North Korea • c. China

  12. 11 Which film franchise just announced the name of their 25th film “No Time To Die”? • a. Star Wars • b. James Bond • c. Pirates of the Caribbean

  13. What is the name of the large object shown in this image? 12

  14. 13 What has been banned in Nepal’s Everest region? • a. cigarettes • b. single use plastics • c. kerosene burners

  15. 14 Which critically endangered bird population has reached 200, the largest number in the last 70 years? • a. kākāpō • b. kōkako • c. takahē

  16. 15 Scientists are working to develop a vaccine for the deadly African swine fever that has hit Asia. What animal is affected by the virus? • a. birds • b. pigs • c. cows

  17. Which country has this flag? 16

  18. 17 A new technology called EnChroma glasses are now available in New Zealand. The glasses help people with what condition? • a. eye dryness • b. cataracts • c. colour blindness

  19. 18 What is the capital city of Brazil? • a. Brasilia • b. Rio De Janeiro • c. Sao Paulo

  20. 19 The new boss at Virgin Galactic has said that by the end of 2020 …? • a. a commercial plane that flies faster than the speed of sound will be up and running • b. people will be taken into space on commercial flights • c. the first commercial solar powered planes will be operating

  21. To which New Zealand city has this 'unsettling' sculpture moved? a. Wellington b. Christchurch c. Dunedin 20

  22. Answers

  23. 1 Who has bought the naming rights to Wellington Regional Stadium also known as The Cake Tin?a. Dilmah (tea)b. Fonterrac. Sky TV • c. Sky TV - Sky Stadium will become the venue's new name after Sky TV made a six-year agreement with the Wellington Regional Stadium Trust. The venue's current agreement with Westpac will come to a close at the end of the year.

  24. 2 Middlemore Hospital has established a dedicated ward to deal with the influx of children suffering from which vaccine-preventable illness?a. measlesb. asthmac. polio • a. measles - Wards at Middlemore and Auckland's children's hospitals have been overrun with babies and older kids who are struggling to fight off measles. Several babies and children have ended up in intensive care with the illness.

  25. 3 A petition has been launched to rename the street where Trump Tower sits. What does the petition want it changed to?a. Trump Avenueb. President Obama Avenuec. Clinton Avenue • b. President Obama Avenue - A petition to rename a New York street in front of Trump Tower after former US President Barack Obama has attracted more than 400,000 signatures. It is currently called Fifth Avenue.

  26. With which sport is this famous Kiwi involved? a. Athletics b. Rugby c. Netball 4 • c. Netball - Noeline Taurua is the World Cup winning coach of the Silver Ferns. Since taking on the job last August, Taurua has juggled the Ferns with her commitments in Australia's Super Netball with the two-time defending champion Sunshine Coast Lightning and being a mother to her five children.

  27. 5 A crowd gathered outside parliament last week in support of a single climate protester that has been protesting there for …?a. 100 daysb. 200 daysc. 365 days • a. 100 days - For 100 days straight, the man has stood on Parliament grounds pleading for politicians to declare a national climate emergency.

  28. 6 How many fires have there been in the Amazon this year?a. 3,457b. 12,654 c. 72,843 • c. 72,843 - Brazil’s space research recorded 72,843 fires in the Amazon this year alone, marking an 83 percent surge compared to the same period in 2018. Heavy smoke from a recent fire caused a daytime blackout more than 1,700 miles away in Brazil’s largest city São Paulo.

  29. 7 A new report released last week by the Commerce Commission, states that a lack of competition has resulted in Kiwis paying too much for …?a. milkb. petrolc. avocados • b. petrol - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the Government's "instinct" prior to the report was that New Zealanders were paying too much at the pump. "Now we have the Commerce Commission essentially confirming that is what is happening in New Zealand," Ms Ardern said.

  30. Which country is shown in this joke tweet from Donald Trump? 8 • Greenland - Donald Trump posted a light-hearted tweet likely to further inflame sensitivities over his comments about buying Greenland, photo-shopping a picture of his glitzy Las Vegas hotel towering over a small town in the territory.

  31. 9 Why were the parents of a 15-year-old student fined $50 each by the Dunedin District Court?a. the child borrowed shoes from the schools emergency stock and never returned themb. the student had spilt water on one of the schools computersc. the student hadn’t been turning up at school • c. the student hadn’t been turning up at school - The parents said they couldn’t get him up in the morning. Parents or guardians are legally responsible for ensuring that their children are enrolled at school and attending from ages six to 16.

  32. 10 Twitter has suspended more than 200,000 accounts that it believed were linked to which country’s government?a. United Statesb. North Korea c. China • c. China - Twitter says it believes the accounts were linked to the Chinese government and a disinformation campaign targeting the protests in Hong Kong. The company also says it will ban ‘propaganda’ type ads from government-backed media companies.

  33. 11 Which film franchise just announced the name of their 25th film “No Time To Die”?a. Star Warsb. James Bondc. Pirates of the Caribbean • b. James Bond - The film will star Daniel Craig with Oscar-winner Rami Malek to play the villain. Seven people have played the iconic role of spy James Bond 007.

  34. What is the name of the large object shown in this image? 12 • Titanic - The RMS Titanic was visited by divers for the first time in 14 years, and the ship that was once a picture of luxury was found in the process of being swallowed up by the ocean floor and ravaged by metal-eating bacteria. The Titanic was a large cruiseliner that sank on its maiden voyage in 1912.

  35. 13 What has been banned in Nepal’s Everest region?a. cigarettesb. single use plasticsc. kerosene burners • b. single use plastics - Plastic drinking bottles and plastics of less than 30 microns in width will be banned in the Khumbu Pasang Lhamu province from January 2020, to try to reduce waste left by climbers.

  36. 14 Which critically endangered bird population has reached 200, the largest number in the last 70 years?a. kākāpōb. kōkakoc. takahē • a. kākāpō - At the start of the year, the kākāpō population was just 147. Conservationists were made all the more nervous when fungal disease aspergillosis swept through the flock, killing seven birds.

  37. 15 Scientists are working to develop a vaccine for the deadly African swine fever that has hit Asia. What animal is affected by the virus?a. birdsb. pigsc. cows • b. pigs - The virus hadn't been considered a high priority for researchers until it turned up in China, home to half the world's pig population. Since then, it has spread to other Asian countries including Vietnam, killing millions of pigs along the way.

  38. Which country has this flag? 16 • Turkey

  39. 17 A new technology called EnChroma glasses are now available in New Zealand. The glasses help people with what condition?a. eye drynessb. cataractsc. colour blindness • c. colour blindness - EnChroma glasses enable people with colour blindness to see colours more vibrantly and distinctly. Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders have colour blindness. The starting price for a pair of glasses is around $520.

  40. 18 What is the capital city of Brazil?a. Brasilia b. Rio De Janeiro c. Sao Paulo • a. Brasilia - The Brazialian government relocated the capital from Rio to the planned city of Brasilia in the 1960s in an effort to promote development in Brazil's interior heartland.

  41. 19 The new boss at Virgin Galactic has said that by the end of 2020 …?a. a commercial plane that flies faster than the speed of sound will be up and runningb. people will be taken into space on commercial flightsc. the first commercial solar powered planes will be operating • b. people will be taken into space on commercial flights - The tickets don't come cheap, however, with one ticket costing NZ$379,504 for a 90-minute flight. Six hundred people have already signed up.

  42. To which New Zealand city has this 'unsettling' sculpture moved? a. Wellington b. Christchurch c. Dunedin 20 • a. Wellington - 'Quasi', the giant human-inside-a-hand, was airlifted into place on top of the City Gallery and instantly received ruthless criticism. The five-metre tall hand was called "nightmarish," "hideous" "frightening" by social media users. He has been living in Christchurch until recently, and is scheduled to be stationed in Wellington for the next three to four years.

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