10 Quick Questions

1. What kind of plant produces vanilla pods? Palm

Laurel

Water lilly

Orchid

2. What was the alcoholic component of grog, as originally served in the Royal Navy?

Whisky

Mead

Beer

Rum

3. Which item has parts called fourchettes, quirks, points and tranks?

Glove

Ballet shoe

Watch

Umbrella

4. Who played the object of Travis Bickle’s (Robert De Niro’s) obsession in the 1976 film Taxi Driver?

Cybill Shepherd

Diane Keaton

Jodie Foster

Faye Dunaway

5. True or false? Diamonds can be produced from human ashes.

True

False

6. Which of these is not a character in the comic strip

Peanuts? Violet Gray Marcie Franklin Madison

7. Complete this quote from the novel Oliver Twist:

“Please, sir, ... ”

“can I have some more?” “I want some more.” 8. Which of these is an extinct New Zealand bird? Passenger pigeon Laughing owl

Great auk

Elephant bird

9. Where is Mt Tambora – the site of a massive, climate-changing volcanic eruption in 1815?

Indonesia

Vanuatu

Philippines

East Timor

10. What is the world’s largest company, by revenue?

Walmart

Toyota

Apple

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