My First Quiz!!

Today I was doing some quizzes. There were 15 quizzes. It was very tricky because I didn't if that was the right answer. After getting through all of them, I checked my answers. I was very proud of myself because I nearly got all of them right. I only and six wrong and 9 correct. I am really really proud of myself.....

1. What is the name of the political party that

Kim Dotcom has founded?

• a. the Freedom Party ✖

• b. the Internet Party ✔

• c. the Dotcom Party

2. What were the names of the two tropical

cyclones that caused a lot of property

damage in many areas of New Zealand

last term?

• a. Lucy and Ivy

• b. Lusi and Ita ✔

• c. Luna and Mira

3. Why did authorities issue a warning about

eating apples or peaches in early March?

• a. they may have been sprayed with a toxic

chemical

• b. they may have contained a type of asian

wasp ✖

• c. they could have been infected with

Hepatitis A ✔

4. What important event will happen on

September 20th?

•a. Barack Obama will begin a tour of NZ ✖

•b. the Sky Tower will celebrate its 20th

anniversary with a $2m fireworks display

•c. the election will be held ✔

5. The International Court of Justice has

ordered Japan to stop whaling in which

area?

• a. the Southern Ocean ✔

• b. the South China Sea

• c. the Arctic Ocean ✖

6. True or false, polls taken last term showed

that 72% of New Zealanders wanted a

change of their flag?  

True ✖

False ✔        

7. Which state owned company has the

Government partially sold recently?

• a. Genesis Energy ✔

• b. Solid Energy

• c. Kiwibank

8. What was the best placing a New Zealand

athlete achieved at the 2014 Sochi Winter

Olympics? 4th - Jossi Wells was placed 4th in the men’s ski

halfpipe event. It is the best result for NZ since

Anneliese Coburger claimed a silver in the 1992

women’s slalom. Janina Kuzma managed a fifth

placing in the women’s ski halfpipe. ✔

9. What type of insect was found in

Whangarei causing major concern for the

horticultural industry?

• a. a wasp

• b. a poisonous spider

• c. a fruit fly ✔

10.Which province in Ukraine voted to

become part of Russia in March?

• a. Odessa b. Crimea ✔ c. Moldova

11.In which ocean have authorities been

searching as part of their efforts to find the

missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370?

• a. Pacific

• b. Atlantic

• c. Indian ✔

12.Which film won the 2014 Oscar for best

picture?

• a. American Hustle

• b. Gravity

• c. 12 Years a Slave ✔

13.In which state of America did a huge

landslide destroy the village of Steelhead

Haven last term?

• a. Colorado

• b. Washington ✔

• c. West Virginia

14.Last term, a 37 year old man from Mexico

was found after being adrift in the Pacific

Ocean for a long time. How long does he

claim to have been lost at sea?

• a. 6 months ✖

• b. 13 months ✔

• c. 28 months

15.ANZAC Day was originally established to

commemorate the efforts of Australian and

New Zealand soldiers at the Battle of

Gallipoli. What country is Gallipoli in?

Turkey ✔