Gordonton School Quiz Week 5 Term 3

What will the National Party ban from schools if they are elected in October?

• Cell phones

• School fees

• Unit standards

In which US state have at least 80 people lost their lives in recent wildfires?

• Arizona

• California

• Hawaii

A gathering of tens of thousands of teenagers from more than 100 countries, have been evacuated from South Korea due to an approaching typhoon. Why were they there?

• The Junior World Athletics Championships

• The Junior FIFA World Cup

• The World Scout Jamboree

Which country launched its first mission to the moon in almost 50 years last Friday?

• UK

• US

• Russia

Why was McDonald’s in the news last week?

• The McDonald’s app is offering some customers cheaper prices for the same items

• They are making some products smaller but charging the same price

• They ran out of tomato and lettuce last week

A COVID-19 variant that has been in the news has been nicknamed "Eris" after the Greek goddess of …?

• Time

• War

• Chaos

Why was the Interislander ferry Kaitaki, in the news last week?

• Passengers were forced to stay overnight due to a steering issue

• The boat almost ran aground when its navigation system went down

• The ferry was followed into Wellington by a pod of orca

The town of Korumburra in Australia, is mourning the loss of three well-known community members after they ate a meal containing poisonous …?

• Mushrooms

• Herbs

• Berries

What has been blamed for the deaths of 14 kiwi in Northland over the last three months?

• Feral cats

• Roaming dogs

• Ticks

Why have hundreds of punnets of Zespri organic green kiwifruit been recalled in the US?

• Chemical pesticides were found on the skin of the fruit

• Some of the fruit had been infected by the larvae of codling moth

• Samples taken from some of the fruit tested positive for listeria