Gordonton School Quiz Week 8 Term 3

A NASA project hopes to bring back supersonic flights. What was the name of the last commercially flown supersonic aircraft?

• Concorde

• Tomahawk

• Zephyr

What did Japan’s Prime Minister do to convince the public that treated water being released into the ocean from Fukushima is safe?

• He drank a glass of the water

• He swam in the area where the water is being released

• He ate fish caught in the area where the water is being released

Christchurch Airport has unveiled more detail for its controversial proposal to …?

• Expand the current airport

• Buy the Queenstown Airport

• Build a new airport in Central Otago

The Barbie movie has become Warner Bros' highest-grossing film of all time. Which film previously held the title?

• Jurassic World

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II

• Aquaman

A crowd of 92,003 for a University sports match in the US has set a world record for women’s sport. Which sport was being played?

• Ice hockey

• Football

• Volleyball

Who has stepped in to end controversial plans to develop Shelly Bay in Wellington?

• Former prime minister Sir John Key

• Filmmakers Sir Peter Jackson and Dame Fran Walsh

• Steven Adams

What was successfully removed from a women’s brain in Australia last week?

• A plant root that had sprouted from a pea stuck up the women’s nose

• A live 8cm python parasite

• 35 human teeth that had grown in the wrong place

The central and lower North Island has halved the daily catch limit of …?

• Snapper

• Crayfish

• Pāua

Which of the following will be translated into a te reo Māori version?

• Edmond’s My First Cookbook

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

• The Luminaries

Which of the following celebrated their 50th birthday last week?

• Auckland’s Sky Tower

• Mt Hutt ski field

• The Ohakune carrot