WorksheetsTerm 3 Review - Weekly Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
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
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
The company is failing and about to go bankrupt
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?
Coromandel
Thames
Ōpōtiki
Whangarei
Which bird is no longer considered endangered?
Kea
Hoiho (yellow eyed penguin)
moa
North Island brown kiwi
In August, what was recorded in Greenland’s icecap for the first time ever?
snow
earthquakes
a volcano eruption
rain
Which country has this flag?
(a)
What is the first name of this outstanding Kiwi athlete?
(a)
From which city did special flights like these take off last month?
Kabul
Karachi
Khartoum
Kenya
On which island were these amazing photos taken during a lava flow?
La Palma, Canary Islands
Java, Indonesia
Honshu, Japan
Rangitoto, New Zealand
What is this woman's name?
Doctor Who
Doctor Siouxsie Wiles
Doctor Ingrid Visser
Professor Wendy Alison
