New Zealand Listener

10 Quick Questions

- by GABE ATKINSON

1. Which of these 80s films is not considered to be in the “buddy cop” genre?

❑ Lethal Weapon

❑ Sudden Impact

❑ 48 Hrs

❑ Beverly Hills Cop 2. Which band released a hit version of the song California Dreamin’ in 1965?

❑ The Monkees

❑ The Moody Blues

❑ Jefferson Airplane

❑ The Mamas and the Papas

3. True or false? It’s possible for plant seeds to germinate inside the human body.

❑ True

❑ False

4. True or false? The word “didgeridoo” is of Aboriginal Australian origin.

❑ True

❑ False 5. Who was fond of eating a sandwich consisting of a jar of peanut butter, a jar of jam and a pound of bacon?

❑ Queen Victoria

❑ Elvis Presley

❑ Orson Welles

❑ Charles Darwin

6. In which US national park would you find the El Capitan and Half Dome rock formations?

❑ Yosemite

❑ Death Valley

❑ Grand Canyon

❑ Joshua Tree

7. Which of these is the title of a controvers­ial novel for young adults by Robert Cormier?

❑ Bridge to Terabithia

❑ Flowers for Algernon

❑ Less Than Zero

❑ The Chocolate War 8. In 2013, who earnestly said: “No one, however smart, however welleducat­ed, however experience­d … is the suppositor­y of all wisdom”?

❑ Donald Trump

❑ Tony Abbott

❑ Gordon Brown

❑ Kevin Rudd

9. Which cartoon character popularise­d the phrase “heavens to Murgatroyd”?

❑ Porky Pig

❑ Sylvester the Cat

❑ Snagglepus­s

❑ Popeye the Sailor

10. Which of these fish is also known as the blue hake, whiptail or blue grenadier?

❑ Hoki

❑ John dory

❑ Blue warehou

❑ Kahawai

1. Sudden Impact, the fourth film in the Dirty Harry series.

2. The Mamas and the Papas.

3. True – this has happened on very rare occasions. In 2010, a sprouting pea plant was discovered inside a man’s lung.

4. False – the word is not of Aboriginal Australian origin and is thought to be onomatopoe­ic.

5. Elvis Presley. The sandwich is known as the Fool’s Gold Loaf.

6. Yosemite National Park.

7. The Chocolate War.

8. Tony Abbott, while criticisin­g Kevin Rudd.

9. Snagglepus­s, perhaps best known for his appearance­s on The Yogi Bear Show.

10. Hoki.

 ??  ??

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from New Zealand