Super quiz

BEGINNER (1 pt each)

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What type of profession is traditionally associated with the sign of a red and white helically striped pole?

➋

Which major North American city has districts called Greenwich Village and Tribeca?

➌

Who was American president immediately before Barack Obama?

INTERMEDIATE (2 pts each)

➍ Which New Zealand international cricketer celebrates each century he scores by sticking his tongue out? ➎ Which letter is represented in Morse code by a single dot?

➏

Were the Academy Awards first presented in 1925, 1929, or 1933? ➐ Which piece of classical music by Richard Strauss was used as the theme to the film 2001: A Space

Odyssey?

EXPERT (3 pts each)

➑

Who was named this year’s New Zealander of the Year?

➒

Which actor played the title role in the TV series Dexter?

➓

Which part of the human digestive system has a Latinderived name originally meaning ‘‘12 fingers in length’’?