10 Quick Questions

1. True or false? There is an optical phenomenon called a “green flash” that appears above the sun.

❑ True

❑ False

2. New Zealand-born Sir Harold Gillies is often considered to be the father of what?

❑ Quantum physics

❑ Plastic surgery

❑ Animal cloning

❑ Nuclear power

3. True or false? Some people still live in a so-called iron lung. ❑ True

❑ False

4. Which of these countries does not share a land border with China?

❑ Pakistan ❑ Vietnam ❑ Bangladesh ❑ Burma

5. Which of these has a similar meaning to “imprimatur”? ❑ Approval

❑ Auditor

❑ Auxiliary

❑ Architect

6. Which saint lived for 37 years on top of a pillar? ❑ Philomena

❑ Agatha of Sicily ❑ Sebastian

❑ Simeon Stylites

7. Historically, what did the job of a knocker-up involve?

❑ Waking

❑ Impregnating ❑ Assassinating ❑ Delivering

8. Which of these words derives from an Inuit language?

❑ Jerkin

❑ Tuxedo

❑ Anorak

❑ Jacket

9. In which film did Sean Connery play James Bond for the seventh and final time?

❑ Never Say Never Again ❑ Diamonds are Forever ❑ From Russia with Love ❑ You Only Live Twice

10. Which musical features the show tune Getting to

Know You? ❑ West Side Story

❑ The King and I ❑ My Fair Lady

❑ The Sound of Music