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= Week 5 Questions:  = //Please note, Year 5's will only need to answer 5 of the 10 questions this week.// (Years 6-8 please continue to answer all ten questions). Question One: In the early 1900s, who was a ‘Maorilander’? • a) A Maori • b) A New Zealand European • c) An inhabitant of Rarotonga • d) An illegal alien living in the North Island

Question Two: What has the space shuttle //Discovery// dropped off at the International Space Station? • a) A playstation and a bathtub • b) A telescope and a colour television • c) A lab and a toilet pump • d) A mystery virus and a mobile phone Question Three: Why did a French mob destroy a room full of sewing machines in 1831?

<span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• a) They thought the machines were made by the devil <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• b) They thought the machines were made in England <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• c) They thought the machines would take their jobs <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• d) They thought they were destroying time machines

Question Four: In 2008, an Australian primary school has banned the game of marbles because..? <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• a) marbles are not recyclable <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• b) teachers could trip over the marbles <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• c) games can lead to arguments <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• d) students were having marble eating competitions Question Five: What is Michelangelo’s statue of David wearing? <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• a) A loin cloth <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• b) A fig leaf <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• c) A kilt <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• d) Nothing Question Six: Who were Calico Jack, Anne Bonney and Edward Teach? <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• a) Real life pirates of the Caribbean <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• b) The original three musketeers <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• c) Knights of the Round Table <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• d) The first three Governor-Generals of New Zealand Question Seven: In 1987, why did the USA downgrade New Zealand from ‘an ally’ to ‘a friend’? <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• a) New Zealand sold powered milk to communist Cuba <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• b) New Zealand refused to sent troops to the Middle East <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• c) New Zealand expelled the American ambassador <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• d) New Zealand wouldn’t let nuclear-armed ships into the country

Question Eight: What did the ancient Romans leave in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings? <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• a) Graffiti <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• b) The Da Vinci Code <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• c) 100 tons of rubbish <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• d) The body of Julius Caesar

Question Nine: Wetas survive winter in the Southern Alps because they..? <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• a) start fires <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• b) cuddle up to other wetas <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• c) have anti-freeze in their blood <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• d) live underground for three months

Question Ten: Which ‘wonder of the natural world’ was destroyed by the eruption of Mt Tarawera? <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• a) The Waitomo Glow Worm Caves <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• b) The Pink and White Terraces <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• c) The Pancake Rocks <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• d) The Pohutu Geyser