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2012 newsthink photo quiz for schools
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Round 1
1. Why are these two men on a bike?
a. They are just setting off on a round-the-world-on-a-tandem fundraising trip for
charity.
b. They are part of the protest movement ‘Occupy the Pavement’ which believes
bankers should give up their expensive cars and pedal to work.
c. They are using a fixed bicycle to generate power so people in part of New
York without electricity following Hurricane Sandy can charge their phones.
Round 1
2. Hurricane Sandy struck the poorest country and the wealthiest country
in the region. What are they?
a. Haiti and the United States of America.
b. Liberia and Luxembourg.
c. Puerto Cheapo and Costa Packet.
Round 1
3. Argument
Imagine a disaster left you with no electricity, no water and no public transport.
Who would be most helpful to you - aid agencies, neighbours, or your own
friends and family? Why?
Round 2
1. The woman with an eye-patch, Marie Colvin, died this year. Who was she
and what happened?
a. She was an experienced war reporter who was killed by shelling in Syria.
b. She was a volunteer medical worker who contracted cholera in Haiti.
c. She was a needs assessor for an aid agency who died in severe flooding in
Nigeria.
Round 2
2. Which of the following groups are not specially protected by
international law during armed conflicts?
a. Prisoners of war, and injured or shipwrecked soldiers.
b. Celebrities, members of the royal family and special operations forces.
c. Civilians, medical teams and other non-combatants including journalists.
Round 2
3. Argument
How important is it that photographers and journalists provide accurate,
impartial reports from war zones? Say who might suffer, and how, if they did
not.
Round 3
1. What is happening in this picture?
a. A sprinter passes in front of a veteran athlete practising the new Olympic sport
of chairobics.
b. A double act perform in front of Her Majesty the Queen during the diamond
jubilee celebrations.
c. An athlete knocks over an official during the men's triple jump final at the
London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Round 3
2. This summer's Olympic and Paralympic games were regarded as safe
and successful. How was this achieved?
a. A lot of planning and co-ordination.
b. Hardly anybody turned up.
c. Only well-behaved people managed to get tickets.
Round 3
3. Argument
Bringing people together for massive sporting events is risky, disruptive and
expensive. Therefore it should only happen in venues far away from where
people live. Agree or disagree? Give reasons.
Round 4
1. What is happening at this football game?
a. The players and officials have just found someone refusing to wear a ‘Kick It
Out’ t-shirt.
b. Fabrice Muamba - Bolton Wanderers and England under-21 midfielder - has
just suffered a cardiac arrest.
c. A manager has swallowed his chewing gum.
Round 4
2. Whilst someone is calling 999, what can you do to help a person who is
unconscious and not breathing?
a. Push firmly on the person's chest to the beat of Staying Alive.
b. Wave the person's arm in the air to the beat of Gangnam Style.
c. Wobble the person's stomach to the beat of Good Vibrations.
Round 4
3. Argument
Why was Fabrice Muamba's collapse and recovery so deeply emotional for so
many people? Give as many reasons as you can think of.
Round 5
1. What does this picture show?
a. Exceptional flooding that deluged city parks and bombarded large buildings.
b. Sightseers from a memorial cruise viewing the wreck of the Titanic which sank
on its maiden voyage one hundred years ago.
c. Holidaymakers on a beach near the wreck of the cruise liner Costa Concordia
that ran aground off the Italian coast.
Round 5
2. There were more than 4,000 passengers on the stricken ship. The nearby island of
Giglio has just 700 inhabitants. How did those inhabitants respond as survivors
came ashore?
a. They put up ‘no vacancies’ signs in the hotels and politely suggested that people move
on to somewhere bigger.
b. They rang the 24-hour emergency travel agent service.
c. They stayed up all night, offering warm drinks and food, providing blankets, clothes and
shelter where they could.
Round 5
3. Argument
Improved safety measures introduced on cruises include safety evacuation
training for passengers. Do you think nervous passengers would be
reassured? Say why.
Round 6
1. What are these people doing?
a. Trying to find a sandwich that fell out of their picnic hamper.
b. Watching a flotilla of hundreds of boats sailing down the Thames as part of the
Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
c. Taking part in a scientific study to test whether hours and hours of continuous
rain actually does dampen anyone's spirit.
Round 6
2. Which of the following was a spectacle of the Diamond Jubilee
weekend?
a. Over four thousand corgis were given a free balloon ride from John o' Groats
to Land's End.
b. Over four thousand celebrity lookalikes of Her Majesty the Queen attended a
service at Westminster Abbey.
c. Over four thousand beacons were lit in the UK and around the world.
Round 6
3. Argument
What long-lasting, wider benefits are possible when communities come
together to celebrate in street parties or local events? Name something from
your own experience, or that you have heard from others.
Photo captions and credits
Photo 1: Ryan Nelsen (L) and Fields Harrington (R) ride a tandem bicycle to generate power as people wait for
their cell phones to recharge on Avenue C in the East Village November 1, 2012 in New York as the city recovers
from the effects of Hurricane Sandy. This neighborhood is in the area of Manhattan without any electrical power.
The power station is in front of The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, which has postponed their scheduled
opening this month due to the storm. © STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images
Photo 2: Marie Colvin, Sunday Times reporter (right), speaks to Shaema Mohammed, 35, in Doujima, Iraq on
Friday, 21 December 2007. Shaema fled nearby fighting with her several children. © Danfung Dennis/WpN
Photo 3: Brazil's Luciano dos Santos Pereira knocks over an official as he competes in the men's triple jump F11 final in the Olympic Stadium at the London 2012 Paralympic Games September 6, 2012. Santos Pereira was
competing against other athletes who were also visually impaired. © REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Photo 4: Bolton Wanderer's manager Owen Coyle (2nd R) stands beside Tottenham and Bolton players as
English midfielder Fabrice Muamba is treated by medical staff after collapsing during the English FA Cup quarterfinal football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Bolton Wanderers at White Hart Lane in north London,
England on March 17, 2012. © OLLY GREENWOOD/AFP/Getty Images
Photo 5: Vacationers stand in front of the wreckage of capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia near the harbour
of Giglio Porto June 20, 2012. © REUTERS/Max Rossi
Photo 6: Wet spectators watch from London Bridge as the flotilla of 1000 boats sails down the River Thames
towards Tower Bridge during the Diamond Jubilee Thames River Pageant on June 3, 2012 in London, England.
© Gareth Copley/Getty Images
Notes
Important legal note
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Picture agencies take violation of licences very seriously. Some charge punitive damages for
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This quiz was written by PJ White and produced in December 2012.
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