The Learning Cafe

1 “Mardy Fish pulled off a whale of an upset” is most likely to be from a story on
a) rugby league b) tennis c) golf.
2 Torquay beach, Jan Juc beach, and Port Phillip Bay are located in
a) Victoria b) Tasmania c) New South Wales.
3 The mozzarella cheese in Italian style neapolitan pizza comes from the milk of
a) goats b) buffaloes c) sheep.
4 The nickname of would-be US President, Barack Obama, is
a) Ballin b) Basset c) Barry.
5 Thimphu is the capital of
a) Vanuatu b) Madagascar c) Bhutan.
6 The Olympic torch that has begun its journey to Beijing, was lit in
a) Athens b) Crete c) Olympia.
7 The legalised annual slaughter in the Gulf of St Lawrence and around
Newfoundland has been set at 275,000 harp seals by the government of
a) Sweden b) the USA c) Canada.
8 Drones, or UAVs, which have been under development in the USA for
decades, are used
a) in the sky b) in the ocean c) on the land.
9 The NZ Olympic Committee’s decision to allow the women’s soccer team to
compete in Beijing could be seen as surprising because
a) the team has not yet been selected
b) the men’s team is not allowed to compete
c) the team did not meet the selection standards.
10 Carla Bruni is the wife of the
a) French President b) Italian Prime Minister c) Sultan of Brunei.

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