10 Quick Questions

1. Which of these words means a grammatical mistake?

❑ Vicissitude

❑ Demiurge

❑ Maladroit

❑ Solecism

2. True or false? Ford’s Model T was only available in black.

❑ True

❑ False

3. True or false? Some dinosaur species had feathers rather than scales.

❑ True

❑ False

4. Who wrote the children’s novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car?

❑ Ian Fleming

❑ Ayn Rand

❑ Salman Rushdie

❑ Leo Tolstoy

5. Who played the iconic biker character Johnny Strabler in the 1953 film The Wild One?

❑ James Dean

❑ Elvis Presley

❑ Peter Fonda

❑ Marlon Brando

6. Which song by Cher popularised the use of the Auto-Tune effect in modern music?

❑ The Beat Goes On

❑ Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves

❑ If I Could Turn Back Time

❑ Believe

7. Russet burbank, shepody, and innovator – all grown in New Zealand – are varieties of what?

❑ Potato

❑ Kiwifruit

❑ Carrot

❑ Feijoa

8. Which of these characters was not a member of Marvel’s original Fantastic Four?

❑ Human Torch

❑ Plastic Man

❑ Invisible Woman

❑ Thing

9. Which of these is a type of olfactory hallucination?

❑ Seeing lights

❑ Hearing voices

❑ Unpleasant taste

❑ Phantom odour

10. In China, Baidu is the most popular … what?

❑ TV show

❑ Car brand

❑ Search engine

❑ Fizzy drink

1. Solecism.

2. False. In its early years of production, the Model T was available in a range of colours. 3. Fossil evidence suggests this is true. 4. Ian Fleming.

5. Marlon Brando.

6. Believe.

7. Potato.

8. Plastic Man.

9. Phantom odour.

10. Search engine.