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Fairfax Media Interns Quiz 2007
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Prospective interns preparing for the coming general knowledge test, might want to try your hand at the 2007 test below.
QUESTIONS
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
1. In which city was Russian exile Alexander Litvinenko murdered?
2. Angela Merkel is the leader of which country?
3. Which country controls the Golan Heights?
4. What office does Condoleezza Rice hold?
5. Which country is the home of the Taleban?
6. Who is Gordon Brown?
7. In which country does a separatist group known as the Tamil Tigers operate?
8. What was Ho Chi Minh City formerly known as?
9. The current Pope goes by what name?
10. Who is the leader of the Australian Liberal Party?
SPORT
1. In which city will the 2012 Olympic Games be held?
2. Which halfback was a surprise omission from the All Blacks’ World Cup squad?
3. Which New Zealander is a leading competitor on the US Indycar circuit?
4. What are the first names of the Evers-Swindell sisters, of rowing fame?
5. Why did 19 countries withdraw from the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal?
6. Where in New Zealand is Carisbrook Park?
7. What sport does Sonny Bill Williams play?
8. What is the name of the newly formed Wellington-based soccer team that competes in the trans-Tasman A-League?
9. Which sports team is coached by Ruth Aitken?
10. Which New Zealander won two gold medals at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964?
POLITICS
1. Which Cabinet Minister was accused of stuffing a tennis ball into a schoolboy’s mouth?
2. What official position is held by Alan Bollard?
3. Russel Norman is the co-leader of which political party?
4. Who is the Mayor of Auckland?
5. What post does the former Speaker of Parliament, Jonathan Hunt, now hold?
6. Which New Zealand MP sponsored a Bill to restrain physical punishment of children?
7. Which New Zealand party leader was recently made an honorary Samoan chief?
8. Who is the MP for the Auckland seat of Mt Albert?
9. Who was New Zealand’s prime minister from 1975 till 1984?
10. How many seats are there in the New Zealand Parliament – 60, 94 or 121?
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. On which North Island river would you find a series of hydro-electric power stations?
2. Who or what is Tane Mahuta?
3. Trelise Cooper and Karen Walker are leading figures in which field?
4. What controversial product was manufactured at Paritutu, New Plymouth, in the 1960s and ’70s?
5. What are Perendales, Southdowns and Texels?
6. Who is the husband of the Duchess of Cornwall?
7. Is the Maniototo district in the North or South Island?
8. Which New Zealand publication is edited by Ian Wishart?
9. Which country did the Soviet Union invade in 1956?
10. What does the NZSX index measure?
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
1. Who wrote the classic adventure story Kidnapped?
2. Which New Zealand-born singer is married to Nicole Kidman?
3. Who directed the film Whale Rider?
4. What musical instrument does Wynton Marsalis play?
5. Who wrote the music for the ballet Swan Lake?
6. Which Maori painter lives near Dunedin and is noted for his use of the colour black?
7. The song Bathe In the River was used in which New Zealand film?
8. The Australian poet A B Paterson was known by what nickname?
9. Which New Zealand TV series follows the fortunes of the West family?
10. Which author created the mythical land of Narnia?
ANSWERS
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
1. London
2. Germany
3. Israel
4. US Secretary of State
5. Afghanistan
6. Prime Minister of Britain
7. Sri Lanka
8. Saigon
9. Benedict
10. John Howard
SPORT
1. London
2. Piri Weepu
3. Scott Dixon
4. Caroline and Georgina
5. In protest at NZ sporting contact with South Africa (in protest at rugby tours also acceptable)
6. Dunedin
7. Rugby league
8. The Phoenix
9. The Silver Ferns
10. Peter Snell
POLITICS
1. David Benson-Pope
2. Governor of the Reserve Bank
3. The Greens
4. Dick Hubbard
5. New Zealand High Commissioner in London
6. Sue Bradford
7. Winston Peters
8. Helen Clark
9. Robert Muldoon
10. 121
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. The Waikato
2. A kauri tree in Northland
3. Fashion
4. 2,4,5,-T (dioxin also acceptable)
5. Breeds of sheep
6. Prince Charles (Prince of Wales also acceptable)
7. The South Island
8. Investigate magazine
9. Hungary
10. Share prices
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
1. Robert Louis Stevenson
2. Keith Urban
3. Niki Caro
4. Trumpet
5. Tchaikovsky
6. Ralph Hotere
7. No 2
8. Banjo
9. Outrageous Fortune
10. C S Lewis
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