10 Quick Questions

1. Which of these was invented first? ❑ Modern escalator ❑ Parking meter

❑ Jet aircraft

❑ Pop-up toaster

2. True or false? Sirloin steak was named when an English king knighted a tasty cut of beef.

❑ True

❑ False

3. The world’s busiest air route connects Jeju Island with which city?

❑ Tokyo

❑ Shanghai

❑ Manila

❑ Seoul

4. True or false? Some people are “supertasters”, with many more taste buds than average.

❑ True

❑ False

5. What is the “Barnes dance” system, first introduced to New Zealand in 1958? ❑ Exercise technique ❑ Traffic roundabout ❑ Pedestrian crossing ❑ Pop-culture fad

6. In 1940, which ship and its cargo of gold bars was sunk by a German mine off Whangarei’s Bream Head? ❑ RMS Niagara

❑ HMS Orpheus

❑ SS Victory

❑ HMS Buffalo

7. Which film includes the quote, “How do you like them apples?”

❑ The Godfather

❑ True Grit

❑ Good Will Hunting ❑ Home Alone 9. Who wrote the acclaimed gothic horror novel The Haunting of Hill House? ❑ Mary Shelley ❑ Shirley Jackson ❑ Patricia Highsmith ❑ Agatha Christie

10. Which music star floated a 9m statue of himself down the River Thames for publicity? ❑ Robbie Williams

❑ Elvis Presley

❑ Elton John

❑ Michael Jackson