10 Quick Questions

1. True or false? Edelweiss, as performed in The Sound of

Music, is a traditional Austrian folk song.

❑ True

❑ False

2. Which of these is generally the thickest and oiliest? ❑ Lotion

❑ Cream

❑ Gel

❑ Ointment

3. True or false? Andromeda is the nearest galaxy to the Milky Way.

❑ True

❑ False

4. In which New Zealand region is the small town of Nightcaps?

❑ West Coast

❑ Hawke’s Bay

❑ Taranaki

❑ Southland 5. Which writer first found success with the short story

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County? ❑ Mark Twain ❑ Toni Morrison ❑ Harper Lee ❑ Ernest Hemingway

6. Which of these is the title of a monumental sculptural work by Auguste Rodin?

❑ The Gates of Hell

❑ Road to Perdition

❑ Path of Exile

❑ The Way to Calvary

7. What was invented in the 1940s by the Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr? ❑ Modern athletic shoe ❑ Windscreen wipers ❑ Torpedo guidance system ❑ Velcro 8. Which movie was promoted with the tagline “Love is in the hair”?

❑ Hairspray

❑ There’s Something About Mary

❑ Strictly Ballroom

❑ Barbershop

9. Which of these mammal species is the only close relative of the giraffe? ❑ Okapi

❑ Tapir

❑ Pronghorn

❑ Hyrax

10. Which of these Ancient Greeks is referred to as the “father of medicine”? ❑ Archimedes

❑ Hippocrates

❑ Euclid

❑ Herodotus

1. False. Edelweiss was written for The Sound of Music stage production. 2. Ointments are typically about 80% oil and 20% water. 3. False. A number of small galaxies are closer than Andromeda. 4. Southland. 5. Mark Twain. 6. The Gates of Hell. 7. Lamarr and composer George Antheil invented a guidance system for torpedoes. 8. There’s Something About Mary. 9. Okapis are known as “forest giraffes” and are native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 10. Hippocrates.