KIWI KWIZ 2009

Question One: The ‘Ka Mate’ haka tells the story of..?
a) Hinemoa swimming to Mokoia Island to visit her secret love
b) Te Rauparaha hiding under a woman’s skirt to avoid a war party
c) Hone Heke cutting down the British flagpole at Russell
d) The All Blacks first series victory over the Springboks in 1956

Question Two: What smashed into a Russian satellite last week, producing 600 pieces of space junk?
a) An American satellite
b) A flock of seagulls
c) A comet that was on a collision course with Earth
d) A laser beam that appeared to come from Mars

Question Three: Which movie contains the line: “These are not the droids you’re looking for”?
a) Star Trek
b) Battlestar Galactica
c) War of the Worlds
d) Star Warss
Question Four: What caused a ‘strange orange glow’ in the sky over Queenstown last week?
a) An unexpected lunar eclipse
b) Smoke from the Australian bushfires
c) The arrival of the world’s largest jumbo jet
d) The Coast to Coast hot air balloon race

Question Five: The minimum hourly wage for adults has been lifted to $12.50, but what is the minimum wage for fifteen year-olds?
a) $12.50
b) $9.20
c) $6.25
d) There is no minimum wage for people under 16 years of age

Question Six: According to superstition, the only way vampires can enter your house is if..?
a) you commit a crime against humanity
b) you forget to lock the back door
c) you invite them in
d) you leave your bike out in the rain

Question Seven: The Tuatara’s only defence mechanism is to..?
a) spit poison
b) stand still
c) change colour
d) beg for mercy

Question Eight: What was found in China recently?
a) The world’s largest dinosaur fossil site
b) Chairman Mao’s secret diaries
c) Four hundred year-old plans to invade New Zealand
d) A spaceship containing messages from aliens

Question Nine: A comment that is ‘tongue in cheek’ is..?
a) not meant to be taken seriously
b) offensive to anyone who hears it
c) completely unexpected
d) a violent threat

Question Ten: What is ‘Galacidalacidesoxyribonucleicacid’?
a) The scientific name for water
b) An active ingredient in Pepsi Cola
c) A famous painting by Salvador Dali
d) A fish that lives at the bottom of the Indian Ocean