10 Quick Questions

1. Which pharmaceutical giant had beginnings in Bunnythorpe, near Palmerston North?

❑ Pfizer

❑ Johnson & Johnson

❑ Merck & Company ❑ GlaxoSmithKline

2. Which Friends actor notably appeared in the 1984 music video for Bruce Springsteen’s

Dancing in the Dark? ❑ Jennifer Aniston ❑ Courteney Cox ❑ Lisa Kudrow ❑ David Schwimmer

3. What kind of event in

1973 prompted the term “Stockholm syndrome” to be created?

❑ Bank robbery

❑ Virus outbreak

❑ Aeroplane hijacking

❑ Prison riot

4. What is a quango? ❑ Vehicle

❑ Marsupial ❑ Organisation ❑ Vegetable

5. In which region is the Paparoa Track, a new Great Walk due to open in 2019? ❑ Hawke’s Bay

❑ West Coast

❑ Wellington

❑ Northland

6. Which variety of pasta is shaped to resemble sea shells? ❑ Farfalle

❑ Rotelle

❑ Bucatini

❑ Conchiglie

7. True or false? The Queen continues to breed and own corgis.

❑ True

❑ False

8. What is the name of the elusive pet cat in the 1979 film sci-fi film Alien?

❑ Mr Jinx

❑ Jones

❑ Sir Snugglesworth

❑ Church

9. Which Lewis Carroll character spoke “of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings”?

❑ Alice

❑ The Hatter

❑ Cheshire Cat

❑ The Walrus

10. True or false? The phrase “scot-free” is a reference to Scotland.

❑ True

❑ False