week 9 homework

kiwi qiuz

2009

Question One: Which of the following events was not an April Fools’ Day joke?
b) In 1999, a town in Taranaki elected a goat as its President

Question Two: What did people around the world do last Saturday night about climate change?
b) Turned their lights off for one hour

Question Three: In Shakespeare’s era, who acted the parts of women in his plays?
a) Boys

Question Four: Why do New Zealanders get an extra hour of sleep this Sunday?
c) Daylight saving ends

Question Five: What is the ‘Golden Rule’?
d) Do to others what you want them to do to you

Question Six: In netball, a ‘wing attack’ cannot..?
a) score goals

Question Seven: What is Helen Clark’s new job?
b) Head of the United Nations Development Program

Question Eight: Why does the army refer to three o’clock in the afternoon as ‘1500 hours’?
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

Question Ten: What does the Japanese word ‘Karaoke’ mean in English?
a) Happy Singing Box