1. Weekly Quiz
2016 Review
05/12/16

2. Question 1
Which Pacific island nation was battered by Cyclone Winston in February?  
a. Samoa   
b. Solomon Islands
c. Fiji

3. Which country introduced a tax on high-sugar drinks last term?
Question 2
Which country introduced a tax on high-sugar drinks last term? 
a. United Kingdom
b. Canada     
c. France

4. Who won the New Zealander of the Year award?
Question 3
Who won the New Zealander of the Year award? 
a. Lydia Ko 
b. Richie McCaw 
c. Lisa Carrington

5. 4
This bird won the 2016 Bird of the Year Competition. What type of bird is it?
a. Kaka b. Huia c. Kokako

6. Question 5
A successful public bid to buy a $2 million private beach was launched in January on the Givealittle website. In which New Zealand national park is the beach located? 
a. Rakiura National Park 
b. Abel Tasman National Park 
c. Tongariro National Park

7. What was the controversy at this year's Oscar Awards?
Question 6
What was the controversy at this year's Oscar Awards? 
a. the awards were labelled as racist because of a lack of cultural diversity amongst award nominees 
b. terrorist threats were aimed at the award ceremony 
c. some female nominees refused to attend the awards as a protest against unfair pay in the film industry

8. Question 7
A large petition was presented to the government in March, asking for public funding of the drug Keytruda. What illness does Keytruda treat?
a. diabetes
b. melanoma skin cancer 
c. Hepatitis B 

9. What is the name of the building in the background?8
What is the name of the building in the background?

10. Question 9
What is the name of the Canadian city that was devastated by wild fires in May?  
a. Fort McMurdo  
b. Fort McDonald 
c. Fort McMurray

11. Question 10
Teina Pora will receive a payout of around $2.1 million after being wrongly convicted of murder. How long did Teina Pora spend in prison as a result of the wrongful conviction?
a. 5 years   
b. 10 years   
c. 21 years

12. Why was South Auckland's Te Puea Marae in the news during Term 2?
Question 11
Why was South Auckland's Te Puea Marae in the news during Term 2?
a. The Japanese Prime Minister stayed the night there during his official tour of New Zealand  
b. it opened its doors to provide accommodation for homeless people 
c. it received a controversial $16 million upgrade

13. In which city was this photo taken in August?12
In which city was this photo taken in August?

14. Question 13
The term 'Brexit' has been in the news a lot. What does the word refer to?  
a. England being knocked out of the Euro 2016 football tournament  
b. United Kingdom's move to leave the European Union  
c. The large numbers of British citizens leaving the country

15. Question 14
Which animal was removed from the endangered species list in September? 
a. the Sumatran tiger 
b. the giant panda 
c. the black rhinoceros

16. Question 15
How many gold medals did olympic swimmer Michael Phelps have by the end of the Rio Olympic Games ? 
a. 23  
b. 25     
c. 29

17. 16
Which team does this man coach? a. The Kangaroos b. The Wallabies c. The Boomers

18. Question 17
Which US political party does the President elect, Donald Trump represent?
a. Democratic Party
b. Republican Party
c. Libertarian Party

19. Question 18
Steven Adams signed a four year contract with the OKC Thunder in November. What will his salary be for the four years?
a. $4.2 million
b. $42 million
c. $142 million

20. What was the magnitude of the Kaikoura earthquake?
Question 19
What was the magnitude of the Kaikoura earthquake? 
a. magnitude 7.2 
b. magnitude 7.4 
c. magnitude 7.8

21. 20
This long-serving world leader passed away last week. Of which country was he a former President? a. Cuba b. Chile c. Chad

22. Answers

23. Which Pacific island nation was battered by Cyclone Winston1
Which Pacific island nation was battered by Cyclone Winston
c. Fiji - A nationwide curfew and a state of natural disaster was issued for the country as the category 5 tropical cyclone - the strongest on record in the Southern Hemisphere - moved in.

24. Which country introduced a tax on high-sugar drinks last term? 2
Which country introduced a tax on high-sugar drinks last term? 
a. United Kingdom - British Chancellor George Osborne announced a tax on sugary drinks as part of his Budget in a bid to reduce childhood obesity.

25. Who won the New Zealander of the Year award? 3
Who won the New Zealander of the Year award? 
b. Richie McCaw - Richie was nominated along with environmental and business leader Rob Fenwick and victims' rights advocate Louise Nicholas. Lydia Ko won Young New Zealander of the Year.

26. 4
This bird won the 2016 Bird of the Year Competition. What type of bird is it?
a. Kaka b. Huia c. Kokako
c. Kokako - The slate-grey native bird, easily recognised by its black mask and blue wattles, edged out the kea and fantail to be named Forest and Bird's Bird of the Year for 2016.

27. 5
A successful public bid to buy a $2 million private beach was launched in January on the Givealittle website. In which New Zealand national park is the beach located? 
b. Abel Tasman National Park - Conservation Minister Maggie Barry confirmed that the seven hectare beach belongs to the public and will be managed by the Department of Conservation.

28. What was the controversy at this year's Oscar Awards? 6
What was the controversy at this year's Oscar Awards? 
a. the awards were labelled as racist because of a lack of cultural diversity amongst award nominees - All the Oscar award nominees this year were caucasian, causing a stir in the industry. Some celebrities such as Will Smith did not attend.

29. 7
A large petition was presented to the government in March, asking for public funding of the drug Keytruda. What illness does Keytruda treat?
b. melanoma skin cancer - before the funding of Keytruda, if melanoma became inoperable there were no effective treatments available in this country despite New Zealand having the highest rate of melanoma in the world.

30. What is the name of the building in the background?8
What is the name of the building in the background?
The Taj Mahal - The royal couple posed for photos in front of the marble mausoleum during the Indian tour earlier this year, evoking memories of Princess Diana's visit there in 1992

31. 9
What is the name of the Canadian city that was devastated by wild fires in May?  
c. Fort McMurray - The raging wildfire pushed more than 88,000 people out of their homes in Canada's oil sands capital. The fire destroyed an estimated 3,000 structures.

32. 10
Teina Pora will receive a payout of around $2.1 million after being wrongly convicted of murder. How long did Teina Pora spend in prison as a result of the wrongful conviction?
c. 21 years - Since his conviction it has been proven that Mr Pora suffers from foetal alcohol syndrome and as a result he has the intellectual age of a ten year old. His convictions were quashed in 2015 after concerns were raised about way in which his confession was obtained.

33. Why was South Auckland's Te Puea Marae in the news during Term 2?11
Why was South Auckland's Te Puea Marae in the news during Term 2?
b. it opened its doors to provide accommodation for homeless people - Mangere's Te Puea Marae had to turn people away because it became too full. A Givealittle page was set up to help the marae.

34. In which city was this photo taken in August?12
In which city was this photo taken in August?
Rio - The diving pool had to be emptied and refilled after it had turned green overnight during the Olympics. Testing revealed that the colour change occurred after the wrong chemicals had been added to the water.

35. 13
The term 'Brexit' has been in the news a lot. What does the word refer to?  
b. United Kingdom's move to leave the European Union - The UK held a referendum to decide whether the country should leave the European Union. The referendum results indicated that the majority wanted to leave the EU. Prime Minister David Cameron resigned following the vote.

36. 14
Which animal was removed from the endangered species list in September? 
b. the giant panda - The giant panda is no longer an endangered species, following decades of work by conservationists to save it. The official status of the giant panda has been changed from endangered to vulnerable.

37. 15
How many gold medals did olympic swimmer Michael Phelps have by the end of the Rio Olympic Games ? 
a Michael Phelps won gold in Men's 200m butterfly, Men's 4x100m medley relay, Men's 4x100m freestyle relay, Men's 200m individual medley and Men's 100m butterfly, during his time in Rio.

38. 16
Which team does this man coach? a. The Kangaroos b. The Wallabies c. The Boomers
b. The Wallabies - Michael Cheika showed his frustration with media following the Wallabies loss to the All Blacks in the Bledisloe Cup series.

39. 17
Which US political party does the President elect, Donald Trump represent?
b. Republican Party - Republican candidate Donald John Trump was elected on November 8, 2016, and his presidential transition is underway towards a scheduled inauguration on January 20, The election was arguably the most controversial in US history.

40. 18
Steven Adams signed a four year contract with the OKC Thunder in November. What will his salary be for the four years?
c. $142 million - When asked what his first purchase was after signing the deal he admitted he bought a new phone as he had recently dropped his in a spa.

41. What was the magnitude of the Kaikoura earthquake? 19
What was the magnitude of the Kaikoura earthquake? 
c. magnitude Rather than a single event the 7.8- magnitude Kaikoura earthquake is believed to be a multiple rupture involving four faults, with the event actually comprising of a reverse fault thrust near Culverden, and a series of strike slip thrusts near Kaikoura heading northward towards Wellington. 

42. 20
This long-serving world leader passed away last week. Of which country was he a former President? a. Cuba b. Chile c. Chad
a. Cuba - Fidel Castro seized power of the country through an armed revolution. He steered Cuba along a path of Communism, making him a polarising figure in world politics.