10 Quick Questions

1. Who wrote the acclaimed novels Portnoy’s Complaint, The Human Stain, and American Pastoral?

Karen Russell John Updike Annie Proulx Philip Roth

2. Which footballer scored the so-called “Hand of God” goal?

Lionel Messi

Bobby Charlton

Diego Maradona

George Best

3. The song The Power of Love by Huey Lewis and the News was written for which 80s movie?

Back to the Future

The Karate Kid

Dirty Dancing

The Terminator

4. People in which occupation first coined the phrase “a blast from the past”?

Fashion design

Bomb disposal

Astronomy

Radio DJ

5. Which of these can grow the most rapidly?

Giant kelp

Bamboo

Kudzu

Giant Sequoia

6. True or false? Saying “Achoo!” when you sneeze is a learnt behaviour.

True

False 7. True or false? Trousers are called pairs because they used to consist of two separated legs. True

False

8. Which of these cities lies on the banks of the Danube river?

Moscow

Budapest

Rome

Berlin

9. In which battle did

Kiwis Charles Upham and Alfred Hulme both win the Victoria Cross?

Verdun

Crete

Somme

Britain

10. In 1893, Onehunga’s Elizabeth Yates became the first woman in the British Empire to hold what position?

Mayor

Vice-chancellor

Chief Justice

Surgeon General

1. Philip Roth. 2. Maradona, against England during the 1986 World Cup. 3. Back to the Future. 4. The phrase was first used by US radio DJs in the mid-20th century. 5. Giant kelp can grow 60cm in a day. 6. True. People may say different things when they sneeze depending on their culture. 7. True, according to costume historians. 8. Budapest. 9. The Battle of Crete. 10. Mayor.