WQ 02: 15/02/16
1. The New Zealand Navy celebrated its birthday with three of its warships performing a series of drills on Auckland’s
Hauraki Gulf. How old is the New Zealand
Navy?
• a. fifty years-old
• b. seventy five years-old
• c. one hundred and fifty years-old
2. Why has millionaire Gareth Morgan been in the news?
• a. he offered to pay any shortfall in the
New Zealand public’s bid to buy a beach
• b. he has offered to subsidise all cat neutering in New Zealand
• c. he called John Key a ‘coward’ for not attending Waitangi
3. Which one of the following countries have threatened to pull its athletes out of the Rio
Olympics unless it gets assurances that they would not be exposed to the Zika virus?
• a. France b. Australia c. Kenya
4. How much did the Ministry of Education spend on a redesign of their new Wellington office building?
• a. $1.95 million
• b. $19.5 million
• c. $195 million
5. JK Rowling has collaborated in a new … ?
• a. Harry Potter play
• b. Harry Potter book
• c. Harry Potter film
6. Why was Hokitika’s Westland High School in the news last week?
• a. the school was closed while asbestos
(a toxic building material) was removed from a damaged building
• b. the school’s hall caught fire
• c. six students from the school won an international dance competition
7. What type of animal attacked several people at an Indian school last week?
• a. a cobra snake
• b. a tiger
• c. a leopard
8. What was special about a bottle of wine that was opened and sampled in the Wairarapa recently?
• a. it was believed to have been owned by
Captain James Cook
• b. it was the 10 millionth bottle of wine produced in New Zealand
• c. it was the oldest bottle of New Zealand wine
9. True or false, Lydia Ko will not be competing in golf at the Rio Olympics because women’s golf is not an Olympic sport?
10. What weird item was seized by Auckland
Airport staff from a visitor arriving from
Malaysia?
• a. a whole dried turtle
• b. a plastic bag containing live jellyfish
• c. commercially packaged animal dung
11. What happened at a Nitro Circus show in
Glasgow recently?
• a. one of the motorbikes exploded during a jump which injured the rider
• b. three volunteers from the audience were injured when the bike they were all on failed to reach the top of a ramp
• c. the roof of the building they were in collapsed
12. Which of the following lakes is NOT found in the South Island?
• a. Lake Wairarapa
• b. Lake Te Anau
• c. Lake Wakatipu
13. Northland MP Winston Peters claimed the government prevented him from … ?
• a. travelling on a school bus
• b. visiting a local school that is complaining of leaky building issues
• c. accessing government statistics on literacy rates for students Northland
14. Two major train crashes happened in the world last week. One crash occurred in
Egypt the other crash occurred in … ?
• a. Britain b. France c. Germany
15. Which New Zealand city has the fourth largest population?

WQ 02: 15/02/16
Near which city was this photo taken at the weekend?
a. Wellington b. Christchurch c. Napier
What type of car (on left) was involved in this ultra low-speed crash in Auckland last week?
a. Lamborghini b. Ferrari c. Lexus
At which New Zealand beach was this footage taken?
a. Hot Water Beach, Coromandel b. Bethells Beach, Auckland c. New Brighton Beach, Canterbury
Which country has this flag?
Of which country is this man the
Prime Minister?
a. Australia b. United Kingdom c. France