A lot has been said recently about New Zealand’s high inflation rate. What is inflation?

• A general increase in the prices of goods and services

• A decline in the production of goods

• An increase in taxes

True or false, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta has reported its firstever financial loss?

• True

• False

Joelle King and Tom Walsh were New Zealand's flag bearers at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. Which sports do they compete in?

• Triathlon and high jump

• Swimming and cycling

• Squash and shotput

True or false, US President Joe Biden has been isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 for the second time in two weeks?

• True

• False

Why has Auckland’s Pukekohe Raceway been in the news?

• After September it will no longer hold motorsport activities

• It is getting a $10 million renovation

• It will be the site of a new motor museum

What has the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global emergency?

• The recent detection of polio in the United Kingdom

• The current monkeypox outbreak

• An outbreak of measles in the United States

Which MP has said she has been the target of “toxic trolling”, after several of her family members were appointed to Government positions?

• Chlöe Swarbrick

• Jacinda Ardern

• Nanaia Mahuta

A jacket worn on the first moon landing has just been auctioned off for $4.5 million. When was the first moon landing?

• 1950

• 1969

• 1975

What happened to a seven-year-old during a chess tournament held in Russia?

• The child won a game against the world’s top player

• The final game had to be declared a draw when the child fell asleep

• A robot crushed the child’s finger

Who did Pope Francis apologise to last week?

• Canada’s indigenous people

• The people of Ukraine

• China’s Uighur population