Kiwi Kids NewsCurrent Events Challenge

QUESTIONS 2011 Set 1

1. The 83rd Academy Awards

were held in what city?

a. New York

b. Los Angeles

c. Washington

d. Las Vegas

2. What is the name of the

Egyptian President who was over

thrown earlier this year?

a. Hosni Mubarak

b. Abasi Adom

c. Medhat Selah

d. Mostafa Kamel

3. Moammar Gadhafi is the leader of

what country?

a. Zimbabwe

b. Turkey

c. Sudan

d. Libya

4. Which Australian State was

devastated by floods in January?

a. Queensland

b. NSW

c. Sth Australia

d. Victoria

5. What Asian nation suffered a 8.9

magnitude earthquake?

a. Thailand

b. Korea

c. Japan

d. Laos

6. What was the name of the

cyclone which hit Brisbane earlier

this year?

a. William

b. Yasi

c. Katrina

d. Sunflower

7. Who is this person who celebrated

21 years of freedom on the 11th

February?

a. Michael Jordan

b. Barak Obama

c. Mike Moore

d. Nelson Mandela

8. Who is Prince William’s fiancé?

a. Ruth Ford

b. Kate Winslet

c. Kate Middleton

d. Rachel Smith

9. What movie won the ‘Best Film’

award at the Academy Awards?

a. Toy Story 3

b. The King’s Speech

c. Inception

d. True Grit

10. What is the name of Lady

Gaga’s recent single that has a

7minute video?

a. Starstruck

b. Poker Face

c. Bad Romance

d. Born this Way

11. Who won the New Zealand

Ironman Champs held in Taupo?

a. Cameron Brown

b. Hamish Carter

c. Terenzo Bozzone

12. How many teams are competing

in the 2011 Super Rugby

competition?

a. 15

b. 9

c. 12

d. 14

13. Which American NFL team won

the 2011 Super Bowl?

a. Giants

b. Packers

c. Steelers

d. Colts

14. Who did the Silver Ferns (New

Zealand Netball Team) play earlier

this year?

a. Australia

b. Fiji

c. England

d. Samoa

15. Who won the Wellington Rugby

Sevens Competition?

a. Fiji

b. Samoa

c. New Zealand

d. England

16. Who won the supreme award at

the Halberg’s Sport Awards?

a. All Whites

b. Ritchie McCaw

c. All Blacks

d. Mahy Drysdale

17. What is the nickname of the

Wellington based Football team

that plays in Australia?

a. Knights

b. Phoenix

c. United

d. Rangers

18. This lady won the Halberg

Sportswoman of the Year for the 5th

time in a row. What is her name?

a. Lindsay Vonn

b. Irene Van Dyke

c. Valarie Adams

d. Joanne Henry

19. Who is captaining the Black Caps

in the Cricket World Cup?

a. John Wright

b. Daniel Vetorri

c. Ross Taylor

d. Brendon McCullum

20. What was the name of the

former World Number 1 tennis star

who played in Auckland in the ASB

Classic?

a. Kim Clijsters

b. Milli Smith

c. Maria Sharapova

d. Kate Knight

21. Who is the MP who has been

expelled from the Maori Party?

a. Pita Sharples

b. Simon Bridges

c. Hone Harawira

d. Ruth Dyson

22. What complaint forced Sir Peter

Jackson into hospital?

a. Broken leg

b. Stomach upset

c. Shingles

d. Sunburn

23. What colour did Air New

Zealand paint one of their planes to

show their support for Rugby World

Cup 2011?

a. Black

b. Green

c. Yellow

d. Hot Pink

25. Because of the Christchurch

earthquake what national event

has been put on hold?

a. Election

b. Census

c. Red Nose Day

d. Easter

24. What was the magnitude of the

earthquake which hit Canterbury

on the 22nd February?

a. 6.3

b. 4.9

c. 7.9

d. 6.1

26. How many earthquakes has

Christchurch suffered since

September 2010 ?

a. 40

b. 400

c. 40,000

d. 4,000

27. What is the name of the process

where water rises through soil to

form murky soup?

a. Liquid mud

b. Liqification

c. Diversification

d. Distillation

28. Who is this person?

a. Simon Barnett

b. John Key

c. Gerry Brownlee

d. Bob Parker

29. How deep underground was the

Christchurch earthquake?

a. 15km

b. 5km

c. 50km

d. unknown

30. What day is celebrated on the

6th February each year in New

Zealand?

a. Waitangi Day

b. 1st Day of school

c. Beach Day

d. Red Nose Day

31. Ritchie McCaw has had an

operation on which body part?

a. Finger

b. Toe

c. Nose

d. Arm

32. Labour leader Phil Goff started

the year with a new look. What had

he done?

a. Dyed his hair

b. Wore a new suit

c. Applied fake tan

d. Grown a moustache

33. What has the British Prime

Minister bought and put into his

house?

a. New carpet

b. A Cat

c. 42cm Plasma TV

d. A Sauna

34. How did Lady Gaga make her

entrance at the Grammy Awards?

a. On a bike

b. In a car

c. In a fake egg

d. She ran in

35. Where did 3 astronauts

complete a mock 500 day space trip

to Mars?

a. India

b. England

c. USA

d. Russia

36. In

America, Philadelphia, Bakersfield

and Fresno have been announced

as the most..

a. Toxic

b. Beautiful

c. Spacious

d. Las Vegas

37. Who forgot the words to the

USA National Anthem at the Super

Bowl?

a. Madonna

b. Britney Spears

c. Christina Aguilera

d. Bono

38. What kind of comic sold for

$1.1m at an auction in America?

a. Spiderman

b. Batman

c. The Hulk

d. Charlie Brown

39. How many couples got married

at the Empire State Building on

Valentine’s Day?

a. 14

b. 4

c. 300

d. 87

40. A rock that fell through a house

during the Christchurch Earthquake

sold for how much on Trade Me?

a. $500

b. $60,000

c. $2,000

d. $10,000

Kiwi Kids NewsCurrent Events Challenge

ANSWERS 2011 Set 1

1. The 83rd Academy Awards

were held in what city?

b. Los Angeles

2. What is the name of the

Egyptian President who was over

thrown earlier this year?

a. Hosni Mubarak

3. Moammar Gadhafi is the leader

of what country?

d. Libya

4. Which Australian State was

devastated by floods in January?

a. Queensland

5. What Asian nation suffered a 8.9

magnitude earthquake?

c. Japan

6. What was the name of the

cyclone which hit Brisbane earlier

this year?

b. Yasi

7. Who is this person who celebrated

21 years of freedom on the 11th

February?

d. Nelson Mandela

8. Who is Prince William’s fiancé?

c. Kate Middleton

9. What movie won the ‘Best Film’

award at the Academy Awards?

b. The King’s Speech

10. What is the name of Lady

Gaga’s recent single that has a

7minute video?

d. Born this Way

11. Who won the New Zealand

Ironman Champs held in Taupo?

a. Cameron Brown

12. How many teams are competing

in the 2011 Super Rugby

competition?

a. 15

13. Which American NFL team won

the 2011 Super Bowl?

b. Packers

14. Who did the Silver Ferns (New

Zealand Netball Team) play earlier

this year?

c. England

15. Who won the Wellington Rugby

Sevens Competition?

c. New Zealand

16. Who won the supreme award at

the Halberg’s Sport Awards?

a. All Whites

17. What is the nickname of the

Wellington based Football team

that plays in Australia?

b. Phoenix

18. This lady won the Halberg

Sportswoman of the Year for the 5th

time in a row. What is her name?

c. Valarie Adams

19. Who is captaining the Black Caps

in the Cricket World Cup?

b. Daniel Vetorri

20. What was the name of the

former World Number 1 tennis star

who played in Auckland in the ASB

Classic?

c. Maria Sharapova

21. Who is the MP who has been

expelled from the Maori Party?

c. Hone Harawira

22. What complaint forced Sir Peter

Jackson into hospital?

b. Stomach upset

23. What colour did Air New

Zealand paint one of their planes to

show their support for Rugby World

Cup 2011?

a. Black

24. What was the magnitude of the

earthquake which hit Canterbury

on the 22nd February?

a. 6.3

25. Because of the Christchurch

earthquake what national event

has been put on hold?

b. Census

26. How many earthquakes has

Christchurch suffered since

September 2010 ?

d. 4,000

27. What is the name of the process

where water rises through soil to

form murky soup?

b. Liqification

28. Who is this person?

d. Bob Parker

29. How deep underground was the

Christchurch earthquake?

b. 5km

30. What day is celebrated on the

6th February each year in New

Zealand?

a. Waitangi Day

31. Ritchie McCaw has had an

operation on which body part?

b. Toe

32. Labour leader Phil Goff started

the year with a new look. What had

he done?

a. Dyed his hair

33. What has the British Prime

Minister bought and put into his

house?

b. A Cat

34. How did Lady Gaga make her

entrance at the Grammy Awards?

c. In a fake egg

35. Where did 3 astronauts

complete a mock 500 day space trip

to Mars?

d. Russia

36. In

America, Philadelphia, Bakersfield

and Fresno have been announced

as the most..

a. Toxic

37. Who forgot the words to the

USA National Anthem at the Super

Bowl?

c. Christina Aguilera

38. What kind of comic sold for

$1.1m at an auction in America?

a. Spiderman

39. How many couples got married

at the Empire State Building on

Valentine’s Day?

a. 14

40. A rock that fell through a house

during the Christchurch Earthquake

sold for how much on Trade Me?

b. $60,000