Term 3 Review - Weekly Quiz

US Olympic athlete Simone Biles pulled out of the team competition in the Tokyo Olympics for mental health reasons. Which sport is she involved in?

• Gymnastics

• Swimming

• Tennis

• Skateboarding

What is the name of the group that has taken over control of Afghanistan?

• Navy Seals

• Al-Qaeda

• ISIS

• Taliban

Which international organisation celebrated its 50th birthday recently?

• Red Cross

• Greenpeace

• United Nations

• International Space Station

From which country did New Zealand's Black Caps pull out of a cricket tour due to security fears?

• Australia

• Bangladesh

• Zimbabwe

• Pakistan

Why was the Caribbean nation of Haiti in the news last month?

• They were hit by a devastating category 4 hurricane

• Fierce fires forced half the population to flee their homes

• They were hit by a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake

• Forest fires spread throughout the whole island

RSV was talked about a lot in the news around July. What is RSV?

• A virus that can affect breathing

• A computer virus

• A new government department to ensure residents in retirement homes are receiving quality care

• A variant of COVID 19

What was the name of the baby orca that died in July after being cared for over two weeks in Porirua?

• Tāne

• Tiki

• Toa

Children in China will be limited to just 40 minutes per day of...?

• homework

• television

• roblox

• tiktok

True or false, NZ had its biggest ever Olympic medal haul in Tokyo?

• True

• False

In August, Amazon announced plans to stop filming future episodes of which television series in New Zealand?

• The Crown

• Lord of the Rings

• The 100

• Jack Ryan