Question time
How good is your recall of current affairs and political general knowledge? Test it every weekend in Question Time and see if you can answer all 10 correctly.
According to Rebecca Kitteridge’s report, how many individuals may have been illegally spied on by the GCSB on behalf of the SIS? a. 55 b. 85 c. 88 When does Prime Minister John Key say he was made aware of a ‘‘ potential issue’’ with the GCSB’s assistance to the SIS? a. May b. July c. September What did John Key say he could imagine having with Chinese President Xi Jinping?
a. Comprehensive bilateral talks on closer economic and diplomatic relations b. A feed of muttonbird c. A beer Up to how old could meals be before they are served to patients according to a leaked document about plans to outsource hospital food? a. A day b. Four days c. A week Who this week said a review of government agencies’ handling of private data was ‘‘ a good idea’’ following a string of state sector privacy breaches?
a. Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff
b. State Services Commissioner Iain Rennie c. John Key Under changes announced last week, food producers have how long before they have to provide scientific evidence for any health claims on their labels? a. 6 months b. 1 year c. 3 years Labour MPs expressed concern this week that a bill to regulate synthetic drugs would ban the sale of what? a. Coffee b. Kava c. Absinthe What did Maori MP Te Ururoa Flavell recommend to help stamp out problem gambling this week?
a. Facial recognition technology on pokie machines
b. Lifetime bans for problem gamblers from gaming rooms
c. Limits on jackpots on pokie machines Customs Minister Maurice Williamson has warned computer printers may soon be used to print off what? a. Pornography b. Sheets of ecstasy tablets c. Hansard What caused the latest problem with NovoPay overpayments for teachers?
a. A patch intended to fix a previous bug b. Data entry errors c. A change in KiwiSaver contributions Answers: 1. b, 2. b, 3. c, 4. c, 5. a, 6. c, 7. b, 8. a, 9. b, 10. a