10 Quick Questions

1. What is believed to be the longest-living species of vertebrate?

Tuatara

Giant tortoise

Blue-headed macaw Greenland shark

Which of these was invented first?

Candle

Oil lamp

Whose motto was “Speak softly, and carry a big stick.” Genghis Khan

Theodore Roosevelt Margaret Thatcher

Fidel Castro

True or false? Viagra, when dissolved in water, can perk up wilting flowers.

True

False

Which of these comic strips was the basis for a nowdefunct theme park in West Auckland?

Footrot Flats

Garfield

Peanuts

Calvin and Hobbes

Which TV sketch comedy show launched the careers of Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Lopez?

Mad TV

Saturday Night Live In Living Colour

The Tracey Ullman Show

Which of these best describes the historical occupation of “gong farmer”? Waste management

Market gardener

Instrument maker

Prison warden 7. Which movie begins with the words: “Maycomb was a tired old town, even in 1932 when I first knew it.”

Paper Moon

To Kill a Mockingbird

Bonnie and Clyde

The Grapes of Wrath

9. In which city is the Uffizi Gallery, one of the world’s most-visited art museums? Bologna

Naples

Venice

Florence

10. The dish called scouse, strongly associated with Liverpool, consists of what? Meat stew

Blood sausage

Fish chowder

Bread pudding