Current Events Quiz

Which Indonesian island celebrated Saka New Year on March 11, according to its Hindu calendar, with a “Day of Silence”?

• Borneo

• Sumatra

• Sulawesi

• Bali

Indonesia continues to work to build its new capital on which of its five main islands?

• Sumatra

• Sulawesi

• Borneo

• Irian Jaya

What is the main reason that Indonesia is moving its capital away from Jakarta?

• Jakarta is overpopulated

• 40% of Jakarta is sinking below sea level

• Jakarta is becoming heavily polluted

• Jakarta’s infrastructure is rapidly decaying

Taiwan and China have co-operated to rescue the crew of a capsized fishing boat in which strait that separates Taiwan from the Chinese mainland?

• Taiwan Strait

• Strait of Hormuz

• Bass Strait

• Magellan Strait

Scientists have revealed that a warming of seas off the NSW coast is enough to contribute to the formation of what weather events?

• Tropical storms
• Tornados

• Warm fronts

• Heatwaves

The warming of the seas has what immediate effect on the water cycle?

• Increasing rates of evaporation

• Decreasing rates of evaporation

• Increasing rates of condensation

• Decreasing rates of condensation

The Eyre Highway and Trans Australian Railway connecting WA to South Australia were cut by what natural hazard event last week?

• Tropical cyclone

• Floods

• Bushfires

• Earthquake

The construction of the SKA-Low, the world’s largest radio telescope, has begun with the installation of antennas in the Murchison region of which state or territory?

• Northern Territory

• South Australia

• Western Australia

• Queensland

Heavy rains and rising rivers have submerged nine districts and cities in which most northerly of Indonesia’s main islands?

• Borneo

• Sulawesi

• Java

• Sumatra

The heavy rains at this time of the year in Indonesia are caused by what weather systems?

• Monsoons
• Tropical cyclones

• La Nina

• Warm fronts