Current Events

Current Events Week 4

1. Sanitarium is trying to stop a small retailer importing a breakfast cereal that has a name similar to Weet-Bix. What is the cereal’s name?

• a. WeetaBix

• b. Sweet-Bix

• c. Weet-Bricks

2. What 100-year-old perfectly preserved food item has been found in an Antarctic hut by members of the Antarctic Heritage Trust?

• a. a bar of chocolate

• b. a fruit cake

• c. a salami

3. True or false, Green co-leader Metiria Turei resigned last week? TRUE

4. The Auckland Council has issued a warning that the Waitakere Ranges are facing the extinction of all …?

• a. kiwi

b. kauri trees

c. tuatara

5. Which entertainment company is pulling out of U.S Netflix to start its own movie streaming service?

• a. Disney

• b. Paramount

• c. Warner Bros.

6. Which area of the country has been in the news due to a controversial decision to allow iron sands to be mined on the sea floor?

• a. Taranaki

• b. West Coast of the South Island

• c. Northland

7. Who has been claiming that they are being spied on by private investigators? • a. members of the New Zealand First Party

• b. members of the All Blacks

• c. New Zealand Greenpeace activists

8. Which Australian team has been dropped from the Super Rugby Competition and will not participate from 2018 onwards?

• a. Western Force

• b. Melbourne Rebels

• c. Queensland Reds

9. Which South American country has been in the news for the past four months due to often violent protests against their government?

• a. Peru

• b. Chile

• c. Venezuela

10.A drink made by a kiwi founded drink company will soon be sold at celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s British restaurants. What type of drink is it?

• a. a cola

• b. a feijoa juice

• c. a kiwi and apple juice