10 Quick Questions

1. Historically, which of these tasks were dalmatians often used for in firefighting?

❑ Finding trapped people

❑ Pulling water wagons

❑ Guarding horses

❑ Retrieving things from fires

2. Who first recorded a song that begins: “The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar”?

❑ Elvis Presley

❑ Johnny Cash

❑ Paul Simon

❑ Dolly Parton

3. Which of these is the title of a New Zealand-made professional wrestling TV show of the 70s and 80s?

❑ Half Nelson

❑ Canned Heat

❑ On the Mat

❑ Clothesline Chaos

4. Which of these has a similar meaning to the word “hootenanny”?

❑ Burlesque show

❑ Folk music gathering

❑ Bar room brawl

❑ Illicit liquor venue

5. True or false – some insect species can return to life after being frozen?

❑ True

❑ False

6. What is the name for the leader of a herd of elephants?

❑ Matriarch

❑ Sovereign

❑ Bull

❑ Monarch

7. Which of these films does not include a performance by Brad Pitt?

❑ Ocean’s Eleven

❑ Thelma & Louise

❑ The Departed

❑ A River Runs Through It

8. Franz Liszt was known throughout Europe as a virtuoso of which instrument?

❑ Piano

❑ Cello

❑ Violin

❑ Harp

9. Which of these best describes a structure called a lazaretto?

❑ National archive

❑ Quarantine station

❑ Amphitheatre

❑ Underground tomb

10. What was New Zealand’s primary domestic airline from 1947 to 1978?

❑ Tasman Empire Airways

❑ National Airways Corporation

❑ Union Airways of NZ

❑ Kiwi Regional Airlines