Gordonton School Quiz Week 4 Term 1

Wairoa is an area badly affected by excyclone Gabrielle. Where is Wairoa?

• Northland

• Hawkes Bay

• Auckland

The Government declared a state of emergency during the cyclone - only the third in New Zealand's history. Which two events led to the previous state of emergency declarations?

• Cyclone Bola and the 2011 Christchurch earthquake

• 1931 Napier earthquake and Cyclone Bola

• 2011 Christchurch earthquake and the COVID-19 pandemic

Two firefighters were trapped in a landslide during the cyclone. In which area did the landslide occur?

• Muriwai, Auckland

• Whitianga, Coromandel

• Taradale, Hawkes Bay

What is the name of the river that broke its bank, leading to the evacuation of the Napier suburb of Taradale?

• Waimakariri River

• Clutha River

• Tutaekuri River

HMNZS Te Mana carried out a search and rescue mission for a person in an adrift yacht during the cyclone. The search was carried out north of the …

• Dog and Cat Islands

• Horse and Hound Islands

• Hen and Chicken Islands

Who sent a team of disaster experts to New Zealand to assist in the post-cyclone recovery effort?

• Australia

• UK

• Japan

True or false, the giant oil and gas company Shell has reported its largest annual loss in its 115-year history?

• True

• False

Who won the supreme award at the Halberg Awards last week?

• Zoi Sadowski-Synnott

• Lisa Carrington

• Sarah Hirini

A man was arrested in the UK after causing a pre-Easter panic. What did the man do?

• He dressed up as the Easter bunny and threw carrots at pedestrians

• He stole 200,000 Cadbury Cream Eggs

• He released 100 farmed rabbits into a local park

What do Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia have in common?

• They don’t want Russians to compete in the 2024 Olympic Games

• They have all banned national flights to reduce carbon emissions

• They all have Prime Ministers under the age of 30