Current Event Week Eight

What is the Government doing to encourage people to use electric vehicles?

• They are offering free parking to people using electric vehicles

• They will allow people driving electric vehicles to use the current bus lanes

• . They will provide a financial grant to people buying electric vehicles

True or false, the Government announced last week that quarantine travel to Melbourne will likely resume from June 22?

• True

• False

How much did a bidder pay for a seat on a spaceflight with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos?

• $280,000

• $2.8 million

• $28 million

Fieldays 2021 was held last week after being cancelled last year due to COVID-19. Where are the Fieldays held?

• Waikato

• Canterbury

• Hawkes Bay

Which country has struck the first major post-Brexit trade agreement with the UK?

• New Zealand

• Australia

• China

Why has the well-known home furnishings company Ikea, been in the news?

• They have been found guilty of spying on people

• They have been found guilty of copying furniture designs from other companies

• The Swedish founded company is being bought by a US company

Bookings for New Zealand’s Great Walks 2021/2022 season, opened last week. How many official Great Walks are there in New Zealand?

• 5

• 10

• 30

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) wealthy nations have pledged to provide poor nations with more than 1 billion …?

• Dollars in aid

• COVID-19 vaccinations

• Oxygen tanks

What did Team New Zealand announce last week?

• The next America’s Cup will be held in New Zealand

• The teams newest sponsor is The Warehouse

• They have declined an offer from the Government and Auckland Council to host the cup in Auckland

One of the world's largest-ever diamonds was discovered in Botswana recently. In which part of the world is Botswana?

• Eastern Europe

• Western Asia

• Southern Africa