KIWI KWIZ 2009
QUIZ 34
Question One: New Zealand is technically..?
a) three times the size of France
b) at war with Germany
c) a state of Australia
d) part of Micronesia
Question Two: What is the busiest night of the year for firefighters across the country?
a) Christmas Eve
b) Guy Fawkes
c) Halloween
d) Chinese New Year
Question Three: From 2011, the Police will be allowed to..?
a) shoot first and ask questions later
b) inject suspects with a truth serum
c) take DNA samples from anyone they intend to charge with an offence
d) pay witnesses two million dollars to testify against gang members
Question Four: According to the saying, ‘People who have supper with the devil should..?
a) laugh at his jokes’
b) leave before dessert’
c) tip the waiter’
d) use a long spoon’
Question Five: Which of the following carnival acts is not an illusion?
a) Swallowing a sword
b) Sawing a woman in half
c) Catching a moving bullet in the mouth
d) Making an assistant float in the air
Question Six: To avoid offending their hosts, what did the All Blacks do in Japan last week?
a) They shaved their beards
b) They did a Japanese version of the haka
c) They covered up their tattoos
d) They left their wives and girlfriends back at the hotel
Question Seven: In New Zealand, which flavour of ice cream is more popular than Hokey Pokey?
a) Hokey Hokey Pokey Pokey
b) Vanilla
c) Cookies and Cream
d) French Vanilla
Question Eight: If you throw a coin twice and it comes up heads both times, what are the odds of it coming up tails on the third throw?
a) One in ten
b) Fifty-fifty
c) Two-out-of-three
d) Zero
Question Nine: Why did New Zealand send a frigate to Mururoa Atoll in 1973?
a) To deliver plutonium to the French Navy
b) To protest against French nuclear testing in the Pacific
c) To rescue French sailors who were caught in the fallout from a nuclear test
d) To invade French Polynesia and stop the nuclear tests
Question Ten: What is the ‘race that stops two nations’?
a) The Melbourne Cup
b) The Tour de France
c) The Coast-to-Coast
d) The Hamilton 400
QUIZ 34
Question One: New Zealand is technically..?
a) three times the size of France
b) at war with Germany
c) a state of Australia
d) part of Micronesia
Question Two: What is the busiest night of the year for firefighters across the country?
a) Christmas Eve
b) Guy Fawkes
c) Halloween
d) Chinese New Year
Question Three: From 2011, the Police will be allowed to..?
a) shoot first and ask questions later
b) inject suspects with a truth serum
c) take DNA samples from anyone they intend to charge with an offence
d) pay witnesses two million dollars to testify against gang members
Question Four: According to the saying, ‘People who have supper with the devil should..?
a) laugh at his jokes’
b) leave before dessert’
c) tip the waiter’
d) use a long spoon’
Question Five: Which of the following carnival acts is not an illusion?
a) Swallowing a sword
b) Sawing a woman in half
c) Catching a moving bullet in the mouth
d) Making an assistant float in the air
Question Six: To avoid offending their hosts, what did the All Blacks do in Japan last week?
a) They shaved their beards
b) They did a Japanese version of the haka
c) They covered up their tattoos
d) They left their wives and girlfriends back at the hotel
Question Seven: In New Zealand, which flavour of ice cream is more popular than Hokey Pokey?
a) Hokey Hokey Pokey Pokey
b) Vanilla
c) Cookies and Cream
d) French Vanilla
Question Eight: If you throw a coin twice and it comes up heads both times, what are the odds of it coming up tails on the third throw?
a) One in ten
b) Fifty-fifty
c) Two-out-of-three
d) Zero
Question Nine: Why did New Zealand send a frigate to Mururoa Atoll in 1973?
a) To deliver plutonium to the French Navy
b) To protest against French nuclear testing in the Pacific
c) To rescue French sailors who were caught in the fallout from a nuclear test
d) To invade French Polynesia and stop the nuclear tests
Question Ten: What is the ‘race that stops two nations’?
a) The Melbourne Cup
b) The Tour de France
c) The Coast-to-Coast
d) The Hamilton 400
