Manawatu Standard

5 minute quiz

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1. What was the common theme of the movies Full Metal Jacket, The Deer Hunter and Born on the Fourth of July?

2. What native bird won Forest and Bird’s 2018 Bird of the Year contest?

3. What singer and songwriter dueted with the Spanish tenor Placido Domingo on the 1982 hit song Perhaps Love?

4. What country had a powerful class of landed nobility known as Junkers?

5. What tree comes in multiple species including blue, ghost, red and snow?

6. What word preceded Sister, Darlin’, Children and Lies in the titles of hit songs?

7. The Siege of Yorktown was the final conflict in what 18th century war?

8. What surname was shared by two American presidents, a champion heavyweigh­t boxer and an 18th century English lexicograp­her?

9. Kevin Braswell coaches what New Zealand sports team?

10. What day of the week did American actress Susan Ker Weld adopt as her profession­al name?

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