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JOUR717 Week 3 News Quiz!

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Canadian billionaire Jim Grenon is trying to replace the board of which major NZ media organisation?

a)

Stuff

b)

NZME

c)

TVNZ

d)

Allied Press

2.

Pope Francis has been in hospital with pneumonia. Where is he from

a)

Italy

b)

France

c)

Argentina

d)

Portugal

3.

'The Scale of Our War’ exhibition has been extended for another seven years and will now end in 2032. Where is it being shown?

a)

Auckland War Memorial Museum

b)

Te Papa

c)

Canterbury Museum

d)

Dunedin Public Art Gallery

4.

A ban is being considered in NZ on engineered stone because workers using it to make benchtops etc are at serious risk of ...

a)

cancer

b)

bronchitis

c)

emphysema

d)

silicosis

5.

What would be the price of a $15.50 pair of sunglasses once GST has been added to it? (Round to the nearest cent.)

a)

$16.90

b)

$17.55

c)

$17.83

d)

$19.12

6.

The reo Māori word for sport is ...

a)

raranga

b)

hākinakina

c)

mahi toi

d)

kaipakihi

7.

An OIA request does NOT have to be written down.

(a)  

8.

New Zealand’s hottest teenage sporting prospect, Sam Ruthe, was tied for which race with Kiwi running sensation Sam Tanner at the weekend ...

a)

200m sprint

b)

400m

c)

800m

d)

1500m

9.

Top fashion models face being hauled into court over a risqué fashion show in the mountains of …

a)

Kashmir

b)

Nepal

c)

Turkey

d)

Chile

10.

Hundreds of people in Northland took to Te Ākau Bream Bay’s water and beaches on Sunday to protest against a fast-tracked propsal for ...

a)

coal mining

b)

gold mining

c)

sand mining

d)

opal mining