Wednesday, March 4, 2009

KIWI KWIZ 2009

Question One: Why did New Zealand invade Samoa in 1914?
a) Samoa refused to become part of the Realm of New Zealand
b) New Zealand was at war with Germany
c) Samoan chiefs insulted Prime Minister Massey
d) New Zealand accused Samoa of sinking three fishing ships

Question Two: In the movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, why do the police interrogate the hero?
a) They think he robbed the Central Bank of Mumbai
b) They think he cheated on a game show
c) They think he’s blackmailing a Bollywood star
d) They think he’s working for the Bandit Queen

Question Three: The city of Auckland was built on the site of..?
a) 50 dormant volcanoes
b) the first Maori settlement in New Zealand
c) one of the largest gold deposits in the Southern Hemisphere
d) the original pink and white terraces

Question Four: In television programmes, which technique is often used to get suspects to
confess to a crime?
a) Tickle me Elmo
b) Sticks and Stones
c) Good Cop, Bad Cop
d) Smoke and Mirrors

Question Five: What is the Government planning to do with 40 young people who continually break the law?
a) Send them to Australia
b) Send them to a military-style boot camp
c) Make them climb Mount Cook
d) Make them listen to classical music for ten hours a day

Question Six: If Adam is an optimist and Eve is a pessimist, then..?
a) Adam cries at sad movies and Eve laughs at romantic comedies
b) Adam thinks bad things happen to good people and Eve disagrees
c) Adam thinks the glass is half full and Eve thinks the glass is half empty
d) Adam is a middle child and Eve is the youngest in her family

Question Seven: What happened the second time the shepherd boy cried ‘wolf’?
a) The villagers ran to his rescue
b) The villagers ignored him
c) The wolf ate six sheep
d) The wolf warned the boy to stay awake

Question Eight: In Victorian England, a 'Tosher' was a person who..?
a) knew how to read and write
b) swept chimneys for ten hours each day
c) waded through sewage looking for coins
d) pretended to be a member of the Royal family

Question Nine: Which of the following events didn’t happen in the last fortnight?
a) A British nuclear submarine collided with a French nuclear submarine
b) A cruise ship from the Bahamas ran aground in Antarctica
c) A Russian tanker spilled 1,000 tonnes of oil off the Irish coast
d) The Rainbow Warrior was sunk by French agents in New Zealand waters

Question Ten: Why did the New Zealand Government expel Fiji’s High Commissioner late last year?
a) Fiji beat New Zealand at the Wellington Rugby Sevens
b) Fiji banned New Zealand tourists from staying at five-star hotels
c) Fiji expelled New Zealand’s High Commissioner
d) Fiji supported the dumping of nuclear waste in the South Pacific

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