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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