10 Quick Questions

1. Where on some people would you find Darwin’s tubercle?

❑ Ear

❑ Foot

❑ Nose

❑ Hand

2. The old-time expression “duck soup” refers to something that is … what?

❑ Unusual

❑ Easy

❑ Delicious

❑ Misleading

3. Which of these is not a variety of potato?

❑ Red Rascal

❑ Desiree

❑ Hayward

❑ Moonlight

4. True or false? Qantas is the only major airline never to have had a fatal jet accident.

❑ True

❑ False

5. What exactly was the famous Carrington Event of 1859?

❑ Stock market crash

❑ Solar storm

❑ Failed coup

❑ Meteorite impact

6. Who wrote the acclaimed 1962 novel Pale Fire?

❑ Kurt Vonnegut

❑ Richard Yates

❑ Ursula Le Guin

❑ Vladimir Nabokov

7. True or false? The word “coma” is an abbreviation of “cessation of motor activity”.

❑ True

❑ False

8. Which of these terms refers to a part of the internet that’s inaccessible with standard web browsers?

❑ Dark web

❑ Hidden web

❑ Strange web

❑ Under web

9. What is the typical flavour of French silk pie?

❑ Chocolate

❑ Vanilla

❑ Coconut

❑ Custard

10. Which of these is not one of the Canary Islands?

❑ Madeira

❑ Lanzarote

❑ Tenerife

❑ Gran Canaria