New Zealand Listener

10 Quick Questions

- by GABE ATKINSON

1. Who said: “The price of greatness is responsibi­lity”? ❑ Tony Robbins

❑ Superman

❑ Oprah Winfrey

❑ Winston Churchill

2. In the unlikely event of a fight between an African lion and a Bengal tiger, which would be favoured to win? ❑ African Lion

❑ Bengal Tiger

3. True or false? One brain hemisphere stays alert when we sleep in a new place.

❑ True

❑ False

4. Which of these is a defunct Kiwi ice-cream brand?

❑ Tarzan

❑ Peter Pan

❑ Lancelot

❑ Moby-Dick

5. Which rock band released the 1968 album In-A-Gadda

Da-Vida, which sold over 30 million copies?

❑ Iron Butterfly

❑ Pink Floyd

❑ Aerosmith

❑ The Who

6. In 2017, which location experience­d the highest average monthly temperatur­e ever recorded on Earth? ❑ Alexandra, NZ

❑ Timbuktu, Mali

❑ Death Valley, US

❑ Libyan Desert

7. In which location would you see The Motherland Calls, one of the world’s tallest statues?

❑ Minsk

❑ Volgograd

❑ Berlin

❑ Moscow 8. From which game did the phrase “Come in spinner” originate?

❑ Tennis

❑ Aussie Rules

❑ Cricket

❑ Two-up

9. Which of these best describes a person who is “rubicund”?

❑ Ruddy

❑ Rich

❑ Rotund

❑ Raucous

10. Which film includes the line “You had me at hello”?

❑ Annie Hall

❑ Jerry Maguire

❑ Love Actually

❑ Sleepless in Seattle

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