10 Quick Questions

1. Which event is associated with the phrase “Oh, the humanity”?

Tangiwai disaster

Kennedy assassination Hindenburg disaster

The Blitz

2. What is the city historically known as Canton now called?

Beijing

Shanghai

Hong Kong

Guangzhou

3. True or false? Flammable and inflammable have the same meaning.

True

False

4. Which of these is not a meaning of the word “league”?

Association Category Covenant Journey

5. Who is often misquoted as saying “You like me, you really like me!”?

Nancy Reagan

Farrah Fawcett

Sally Field

Margaret Thatcher

6. What characterises a munificent person? Generosity

Good taste Intelligence

A nut allergy

7. Who starred in the 1978 film Halloween?

Goldie Hawn

Raquel Welch

Faye Dunaway

Jamie Lee Curtis

8. Wellington’s Old Government Buildings was the first building in the world to have a …

Bomb shelter

Covered carpark Smoke-free policy Revolving door

9. What did Mary Isabel Fraser famously introduce to New Zealand in 1904? The Jitterbug

Kiwifruit

Possums

Typhoid

10. True or false? Humans co-existed with woolly mammoths and sabretoothed cats.

True

False