NEWS QUIZ Well, we gave you a bit of time off over the summer break! We didn’t make you read our CD reviews, answer our quizzes or enter any freebee comps – BUT I hope you’ve been keeping up with the world’s current events between BBQs and swims!
JONO PERKINS puts your news nous to the test
1. Haiti is a country of extreme poverty and is currently experiencing a situation that a lot of us will never be able to imagine. The loss of life is comparable to a decent sized NZ city and the number of people with no homes to go to is beyond belief. A nation that already had ‘nothing’ now has even less. What natural disaster caused this? a) Tsunami b) Hurricane c) Earthquake 2. When a seven-year-old boy from England heard about the Haitian tragedy, he told his mother he wanted to complete an eight km bike ride, get sponsors online and donate the money to Unicef to aid their work in Haiti. He was hoping for around $NZ1000. Take a guess at how much he ended up with… a) About $20 b) About $200 c) About $200,000 3. A recent flight put one wannabe terrorist in the hot-seat when his underwear bomb didn’t explode but only burnt away at his manhood. Epic fail. What day was this on? a) No one cares b) Christmas Day c) Boxing Day 4. No one’s really sure who to blame for the collision between a whaling vessel and an anti-whaling vessel last month. All that we know is the anti-whaling vessel is now on the bottom of the deep blue and the whales are still being harpooned! What does/did the Ady Gil (anti-whaling boat) most resemble? a) A whale b) New Zealand c) The Batboat 5. Depp’s dead?! Na bo. He’s still kicking. What was the alleged internet rumour over Johnny’s death? a) That he died in France in an alcohol-related car crash b) He dressed up in his Jack Sparrow outfit, tripped over and landed on his sword c) He went crazy from method acting as the Mad Hatter, a friend was late for dinner at the Depp’s house and he jumped of the cliff near his Beverly Hills home! 10 Tearaway FEBRUARY 2010
6. Sixteen-year-old Jessica Watson is now more than halfway through her journey around the world alone! If she makes it, she will be the youngest person to ever ____ the globe alone. a) Sail b) Row c) Swim 7. An Italian father and son were playing FIFA 2009 on PlayStation last month when the father offered the son some advice on how to improve his game. What happened next? a) The son took the advice, cleaned up in the next round and went on to be the world #1 at FIFA 2009. He has now been invited to attend the World Cup this year and will be playing for Italy! b) The father’s advice was useless, it didn’t help him at all c) He went to the kitchen, picked up a knife and stabbed his father in the throat 8. Home and Away’s Todd Lasance, who we (secret H&A fans) all know as Aden Jefferies, was arrested at the show’s Christmas party in December, for what? a) Punching over Alf Stewart b) Being in possession of cocaine c) Being found guilty in the case of the missing puppies 9. Power was cut to around 50,000 Auckland homes last month. This seems to happen all the time! But why couldn’t Transpower fix the fault this time around? a) They had NO idea what was wrong and didn’t know where to start, so they had a candlelit game of Cranium b) An angry farmer in the Waikato wouldn’t let the maintenance guys onto his farm to fix it c) An Auckland man was so over the humidity and heat that he went to Bunnings, purchased over 100 cooling fans and overloaded the power sockets by plugging them all in at once. This, of course, blew the whole city’s supply 10. An entire mountain has been renamed ‘Avatar Hallelujah Mountain’ because it inspired the animation and scenery in the film Avatar. In what country was this? a) New Zealand b) USA c) China Answers on page 31
I was a peripheral visionary. I could see the future, but only way off to the side – Steven Wright