Zoned In 2009 Round 1 - Read All About It! Score Team Name _____________________________________ 20 NATIONAL 1 Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt and media personality Gary McCormick saved two teenagers from a car crash. 2 A referendum was held regarding the spelling of Wanganui in May. 3 Clothing company Line 7 – known for supplying Team New Zealand apparel - closed down and was recently purchased by an Australian company. 4 Cadbury bowed to consumer pressure and stopped using palm oil in its dairy milk chocolate. 5 Police Minister Judith Collins has proposed tougher laws to combat boy racers, including the crushing of cars. INTERNATIONAL 1 International donors have pledged to help the Palestinian economy and re-build Gaza. 2 Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe’s opposition leader became the Prime Minister. 3 US Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy died in August, aged 78. 4 The Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp in Cuba will close in 2010. 5 Apple paid hush money to a family in the U.K. because their iPod exploded. SPORT 1 Christiano Ronaldo won the Fifa World Player of the Year. 2 New Zealand golfer Danny Lee turned pro and signed a $17.55 million deal with IMG. 3 Daniel Vettori became the eighth cricketer to take 300 wickets and score 3000 test runs. 4 Nenad Vucinic is the coach of the New Zealand Basketball (Tall Blacks) team. 5 Mils Muliaina captained the All Blacks in their first match of 2009. ENTERTAINMENT 1 Kiwi actress Anna Paquin won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Drama. 2 Farrah Fawcett of popular 70’s TV show Charlie’s Angels died the same day as Michael Jackson. 3 Disney character Donald Duck turned 75. 4 Guillermo del Toro is currently living in Wellington while working on the movie The Hobbit. 5 Actress Sarah Jessica Parker had a surrogate give birth to her twin girls. (1 point each) Zoned In 2009 Round 2 - Pictures Tell Stories Score Team Name _____________________________________ CARTOON 10 1 What is Bill English’s role in the Government? Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance. (Also accept Minister of Infrastructure). (1 point) 2 Why does he have to ‘tighten his belt’? In response to public outrage that he was claiming large amounts of money to live in his own Wellington home. (1 point) 3 This story drew comparisons to another part of the world where MPs were reported to be misusing the expense system for personal gain. Where was this? U.K./Britain. (2 points) Zoned In 2009 Round 2 - Pictures Tell Stories cont… Team Name _____________________________________ INFOGRAPHIC 1 1 The influenza virus infects the epithelial cells of which part of the body? The respiratory tract. (1 point) 2 How many different antigenic types of HA gene do not infect humans? 10. (1 point) 3 What does the NP gene do? Encodes the nucleoprotein. (1 point) Zoned In 2009 Round 2 - Pictures Tell Stories cont… Team Name _____________________________________ INFOGRAPHIC 2 1 How old did revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara live to be? 39. (1 point) 2 In which Cuban province does the United States have a naval base? Guantanamo. (1 point) 3 According to this infographic, in what year did the Cubans cease fighting in Angola? 1990. (1 point) Score Zoned In 2009 Round 3 - Whiz Around the World Team Name _____________________________________ 20 Use the clues to help you find these places on the map. Write the matching question numbers and the places in the correct boxes. NATIONAL 1 The winners of Big Wednesday’s biggest ever jackpot came from this town. Masterton 2 A disgruntled Westpac customer from this town withdrew all his money in $20 notes. Nelson 3 This city has a model of James Cook’s Endeavour in the main street. Gisborne 4 ‘Buckethead’ rugby supporters are most likely to be found in this town. Palmerston North 5 Popular American band Fleetwood Mac will be playing a concert in this town in December. New Plymouth INTERNATIONAL 1 Typhoon Morakot caused hundreds of people to be buried by mudslides on this island. Taiwan 2 Islamic group Al Shabaab allegedly planned to attack a military base in this Australian City. Sydney 3 A woman journalist was convicted of public indecency for wearing trousers in this country. Sudan 4 Pirates ambushed cruise ships off the coast of this country. Somalia 5 The tallest man-made structure ever built will soon be completed in this Emirate. Dubai (2 points each) Zoned In 2009 Round 4 - People in the News Score Team Name _____________________________________ 20 Match the numbers in List A and the letters in List B and write them under the right faces. 9k 5g 1f 2e 4a 10h 6c 7i 8b 3d List A List B 1 Frank Bainimarama a Controversial President of Iran 2 Hilary Clinton b Prime Minister of Australia 3 Sue Bradford c Kiwi shot-put champion 4 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad d Green Party MP - championed anti-smacking bill 5 Danny Lee e U.S. Secretary of State 6 Valerie Vili f Controversial Prime Minister of Fiji 7 Sonia Sotomayor g New Zealand golfer - recently turned professional 8 Kevin Rudd h Outspoken host of TVNZ’s Breakfast 9 Chris Brown i New Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 10 Paul Henry k American recording artist – guilty of assault (2 points each) Zoned In 2009 Round 5 - Scavenger Hunt Team Name _____________________________________ Score 10 1. What is the latest scientific theory offered to explain the failure of the Large Hadron Collider? It may be sabotaging itself from the future 2. What does the Education (Freedom of Association) Bill seek to do? Change the law so students no longer have to join a student union. 3. Who has replaced Steve Hansen as the All Blacks forwards coach? Graham Henry 4. According to the public notice, why is JB Hi-Fi going to be closed on Tuesday 20th October? For a stocktake 5. How long after the sun sets in Napier will it set in Masterton? 8 minutes 6. What has professor Gary Small found could potentially slow age-related declines in elderly people? Performing internet searches 7. What percentage fall did Postie Plus have on the sharemarket last week? -5.00% 8. What was the score in the Pacific Cup Rugby League match between Samoa and The Cook Islands in Cairns yesterday? Cook Islands 22 Samoa 20. 9. Who are the two co-leaders of the Maori Party? Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia. 10. New Zealand Football are hoping to increase the capacity of Westpac Stadium for the All Whites v Bahrain game to what? 37,500. (1 point each) TIE-BREAKERS OR BETWEEN ROUNDS Score Who/What/Where am I? Team Name _____________________________________ 20 These questions will be asked between quiz rounds and will five teams a chance to secure bonus points. For each question up to four clues will be given and points will be allocated as follows: After clue 1 = 5 points After clue 2 = 3 points After clue 3 = 2 points After clue 4 = 1 point Between round 1 & 2 WHAT AM I? 1 I opened in 1793. 2 My displays were initially confiscated church and royal property. 3 I house what is perhaps the most famous painting in the world. 4 I am the most visited museum in the world. ANSWER: I am the Louvre Museum. Between round 2 & 3 WHERE AM I? 1 I am located in Africa. 2 More than 43 million people live here. 3 I contain several national wildlife parks including the Serengeti National Park. 4 Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, is located here. ANSWER: I am Tanzania. Between round 3 & 4 WHAT AM I? 1 I am a significant tourist attraction. 2 I form part of a national park. 3 I am flat-topped mountain. 4 I am situated in Cape Town. ANSWER: I am Table Mountain. Between round 4 & 5 WHO AM I? 1 I am the first non-white person to be appointed in this role. 2 I had success coaching my country’s under-19 and under-21 teams. 3 I am the coach of arguably the best rugby team in the world. 4 I recently caused controversy by speaking negatively about a New Zealand city. ANSWER: I am Peter de Villiers. .