New Zealand Listener

10 Quick Questions

- by GABE ATKINSON

1. Which country has the most trees?

❑ Russia

❑ Canada

❑ US

❑ Brazil

2. True or false? Jingle Bells was written as a song for Christmas.

❑ True

❑ False

3. Which movie features the quote “We’ll always have Paris.”?

❑ It’s a Wonderful Life

❑ Casablanca

❑ The Maltese Falcon

❑ Citizen Kane

4. True or false? Some children can regenerate severed fingertips.

❑ True

❑ False

5. Which of these expression­s means to depart a social situation without saying goodbye?

❑ Egyptian exit

❑ German smokebomb

❑ French leave

❑ Danish decamp

6. Which of these companies was not founded in New Zealand?

❑ Cookie Time

❑ Hansells

❑ Gregg’s

❑ Arnott’s

7. Found in some Kiwi homes, what is produced by Smalterie Metallurgi­che Emiliane Guastalla?

❑ Appliances

❑ Dance poles

❑ Ceiling fans

❑ Private lifts

8. In The Sound of Music, which of these is not one of Maria von Trapp’s favourite things? ❑ Cream-coloured ponies

❑ Brown paper packages

❑ Crisp apple strudels

❑ Shrewd silver foxes

9. Which famous poem begins: “I met a traveller from an antique land”?

❑ Ulysses

❑ Ozymandias

❑ The Highwayman

❑ Kubla Khan

10. True or false? Domesticat­ed horses were introduced to the Americas by Europeans.

❑ True

❑ False

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