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KIWI KWIZ 2009
WEEK 9

Question One: Which of the following events was not an April Fools’ Day joke?
a) In 1998, Burger King introduced the Left Handed Whopper
b) In 1999, a town in Taranaki elected a goat as its President
c) In 1972, zoologists found the body of the Loch Ness Monster
d) In 2008, the BBC filmed penguins flying over Antarctica

Question Two: What did people around the world do last Saturday night about climate change?
a) Flushed their toilets every ten minutes
b) Turned their lights off for one hour
c) Threw their televisions in the dump
d) Closed their airports and power stations

Question Three: In Shakespeare’s era, who acted the parts of women in his plays?
a) Boys
b) Girls
c) Shakespeare himself
d) Shakespeare didn’t write any parts for women

Question Four: Why do New Zealanders get an extra hour of sleep this Sunday?
a) The Government is introducing the nine-day working fortnight
b) The school holidays begin
c) Daylight saving ends
d) Sunday is International Sleep Day

Question Five: What is the ‘Golden Rule’?
a) Always look on the bright side of life
b) Keep a stiff upper lip at all times
c) If you don’t take an opportunity, someone else will
d) Do to others what you want them to do to you

Question Six: In netball, a ‘wing attack’ cannot..?
a) score goals
b) captain the team
c) intercept the ball
d) step in the centre third of the court

Question Seven: What is Helen Clark’s new job?
a) Leader of the Opposition
b) Head of the United Nations Development Program
c) Chief financial advisor to Barack Obama
d) Guest Judge on New Zealand’s Next Top Model

Question Eight: Why does the army refer to three o’clock in the afternoon as ‘1500 hours’?
a) So the enemy won’t know the time of the attack
b) So civilians will be impressed
c) So soldiers know when to have afternoon tea
d) So 3:00pm is not confused with 3:00am

Question Nine: Which controversial farming practise is set to resume in New Zealand?
a) Live sheep exports to Saudi Arabia
b) Battery-farmed kiwis
c) Genetically modified pigs
d) Catching horses for human consumption

Question Ten: What does the Japanese word ‘Karaoke’ mean in English?
a) Happy Singing Box
b) Empty Orchestra
c) No Shame
d) One Thousand Voices