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WorksheetsGordonton School Quiz Week 10 Term 3 (Revision)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
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
What is the name of the group that has taken over control of Afghanistan?
ISIS
Al-Qaeda
Taliban
Which international organisation celebrated its 50th birthday recently?
Red Cross
United Nations
Greenpeace
From which country did New Zealand's Black Caps pull out of a cricket tour due to security fears?
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
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
What was the name of the baby orca that died in July after being cared for over two weeks in Porirua?
Toa
Tāne
Tiki
Children in China will be limited to just 40 minutes per day of...?
homework
television
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
The 100
Lord of the Rings
Who competed at the Tokyo Olympics as ROC?
Russia
Romania
Republic of Korea
Why did Toyota cut its global production of vehicles by 40 per cent?
COVID-19 has lowered demand for new cars
There is a global computer chip shortage
Shipping problems are impacting car exports
Which small North Island town was visited by a man who was later diagnosed with New Zealand’s first community case of the Delta variant of COVID-19?
Thames
Coromandel
Ōpōtiki
Which bird is no longer considered endangered?
Kea
North Island brown kiwi
Hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin)
In August, what was recorded in Greenland’s icecap for the first time ever?
Snow
Earthquakes
Rain
What is the first name of this outstanding Kiwi athlete?
(a)
From which city did special flights like these take off last month?
Karachi
Kabul
Khartoum
On which island were these amazing photos taken during a lava flow?
La Palma, Canary Islands
Honshu, Japan
Java, Indonesia
Which country has this flag?
(a)
What is this woman's name?
Doctor Siouxsie Wiles
Doctor Ingrid Visser
Professor Wendy Alison
