2014 Review Quiz 08 12 14 Question 1 What

2014 Review Quiz 08/12/14

Question 1 What was the best placing a Kiwi achieved at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics?

Question 2 What important event happened on September 20 th? a. The Queen celebrated her 90 th birthday b. the Sky Tower celebrated its 20 th anniversary with a $2 m fireworks display c. the election was held

Question 3 Which film won the 2014 Oscar for best picture? a. American Hustle b. Gravity c. 12 Years a Slave

Question 4 Name is this sports personality.

Question 5 Food drops were made earlier this year to help a man in his efforts to cross the Tasman Sea. How was he traveling from Australia to New Zealand? a. paddling a surfboard b. swimming c. kayaking d. rowing

Question 6 What was the name of the group responsible for the kidnapping of over 250 school girls in Nigeria? a. Al Qaeda b. The Taliban c. Boko Haram

Question 7 Why was Angus Pauley, the head boy at Marlborough Boys College, hailed as a hero earlier this year? a. he dragged a women from a burning house b. he donated a kidney to a fellow student c. he helped rescue a girl who was being swept down a swollen river

Question 8 In what country was this photo taken last term?

Question 9 Which country won football's 2014 World Cup?

Question 10 Who was blamed for the Malaysian Airlines MH 17 crash? a. the Taliban b. Russian-backed rebels c. the Ukrainian Army

Question 11 In which disputed territory did Israel launch a ground attack in July? a. The Golan Heights b. The West Bank c. The Gaza Strip

Question 12 In which city this photo taken early in the year?

Question 13 What was the name of the political party that Kim Dotcom founded? a. the Freedom Party b. the Internet Party c. the Dotcom Party

Question 14 What type of Coke will Coca Cola be launching in a green can next year? a. chocolate flavoured coke b. lime flavoured coke c. a naturally sweetened coke without sugar

Question 15 At which government agency did a tragic shooting take place in Ashburton this year? a. ACC b. IRD c. WINZ

Question 16 In which American state are locals facing this problem?

Question 17 What was blamed for a nasty epidemic of food poisoning that spread through New Zealand in September and November? a. infected apples b. infected smoked fish c. infected packaged carrots and lettuce

Question 18 New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Murray Mc. Cully headed New Zealand's successful campaign to win a seat on the UNSC. What does UNSC stand for? a. United Nations Scientific Council b. United Nations Security Council c. United Nations Sports Committee

Question 19 Which world leader did Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott say he would “shirtfront” at the G 20 summit which was held in Brisbane? a. John Key b. Vladamir Putin c. Barack Obama

Question 20 Name this NZ politician

Answers

Answer 1 What was the best placing a New Zealand athlete achieved at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics? 4 th - Jossi Wells was placed 4 th 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.

Answer 2 What important event happened on September 20 th? c. the election was held - Prime Minister John Key opted for a September election to leave time for a government to be formed before the G 20 summit in Brisbane in November. The National Party won the election convincingly despite a lot of scandal surrounding the election.

Answer 3 Which film won the 2014 Oscar for best picture? c. 12 Years a Slave - The director of the movie that also won the Best Picture category, dedicated his award to all the people who have endured slavery.

Answer 4 Name is this sports personality. Steve Hansen - All Blacks coach

Answer 5 Food drops were made earlier this year to help a man in his efforts to cross the Tasman Sea. How was he traveling from Australia to New Zealand? c. kayaking - Kiwi Scott Donaldson left Australia in April attempting to become the 1 st person to kayak solo across the Tasman. About 15 days out from reaching landfall, his food and water supplies ran dangerously low requiring a plane to drop extra supplies. Unfortunately he had to abandon his attempt after he was injured during a storm.

Answer 6 What was the name of the group responsible for the kidnapping of over 250 school girls in Nigeria? c. Boko Haram - The Nigerian Islamist militant group offered to trade more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls for prisoners. Some of the girls managed to escape but many still have not been released despite the Nigerian government claiming it knows where the girls are. The government has put in little effort lately to release the girls, saying that many have been married off already.

Answer 7 Why was Angus Pauley, the head boy at Marlborough Boys College, hailed as a hero earlier this year? c. he helped rescue a girl who was being swept down a swollen river - Angus Pauley, the head boy at Marlborough Boys' College, was running late to school when he spotted the primary student waist deep in the water. Angus, the girl and a multisport champion Jeremy Mc. Kenzie were all swept down the river during the rescue effort before making it to the riverbank.

Answer 8 In what country was this photo taken last term? Scotland - more people voted against independence so Scotland will remain part of the United Kingdom

Answer 9 Which country won football's 2014 World Cup? Germany - This is now the fourth time a German team has won the title.

Answer 10 Who was blamed for the Malaysian Airlines MH 17 crash? b. Russian-backed rebels - World leaders have put pressure on Russia to make sure a thorough investigation into the incident is allowed take place.

Answer 11 In which disputed territory did Israel launch a ground attack in July? c. The Gaza Strip - Outside governments pushed for a cease-fire between the Israelis and the Palestinians in the densely populated land between Israel and Egypt.

Answer 12 In which city this photo taken early in the year? Glasgow - The 2014 Commonwealth Games were one of the most successful for New Zealand

Answer 13 What was the name of the political party that Kim Dotcom founded? b. the Internet Party - Shortly after he launched his party Dotcom announced he was ruling out ever working with John Key in the wake of what Dotcom said was a smear campaign to make him look like a Nazi sympathizer. The Internet Party later joined with the Mana Party but failed to make threshold to enter parliament in the election.

Answer 14 What type of Coke will Coca Cola be launching in a green can next year? c. a naturally sweetened coke without sugar - The soft drink giant is targeting increasingly sugar-phobic consumers with Coca Cola Life which is partly sweetened with stevia, a plant native to South America which is lower in calories than sugar. Coca Cola Life contains 35 per cent less sugar and kilojoules than the regular version of Coke.

Answer 15 At which government agency did a tragic shooting take place in Ashburton this year? c. WINZ - A man was arrested for the attack and other WINZ offices experienced threats by other people after the incident.

Answer 16 In which American state are locals facing this problem? Hawaii - the slow moving lava from Mt Kilauea is traveling at around 80 metres a day towards the town of Pahoa

Answer 17 What was blamed for a nasty epidemic of food poisoning that spread through New Zealand in September and November? c. infected packaged carrots and lettuce Nationwide, more than 100 people were reported as suffering from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis which leads to symptoms mimicking appendicitis, fever, rash and joint pain.

Answer 18 New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Murray Mc. Cully headed New Zealand's successful campaign to win a seat on the UNSC. What does UNSC stand for? b. United Nations Security Council - New Zealand was competing with Spain and Turkey for the seat that we won. It has been more than 20 years since New Zealand was last on the council. The UNSC is charged with maintaining international peace and security.

Answer 19 Which world leader did Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott say he would “shirtfront” at the G 20 summit which was held in Brisbane? b. Vladamir Putin - Shirt-fronting is an illegal AFL act similar to a shoulder charge, where one player runs at the other head on. The Aussie PM wanted to confront Putin over Australians killed in July's MH 17 plane crash. All 238 passengers on board, including 38 Australians, were killed. It's believed Russian backed militants fired a missile at the plane.

Answer 20 Name this NZ politician Andrew Little - the new leader of the Labour Party