Best of Super quiz

1. What would you do with a fedora — eat it, wear it, or ride in it?

2. The Church of the Good Shepherd is a notable landmark on the shore of which South Island lake?

3. Which legendary woman had, according to playwright Christopher Marlowe, ‘‘the face that launched a thousand ships’’?

4. About which infamous sporting event did New Zealand prime minister Robert Muldoon say it was appropriate that the opposition were wearing yellow?

5. Where in New Zealand is Kaipara Harbour?

6. Which of these Pacific Island groups is not an independent nation: Tuvalu, Vanuatu or the Marquesas?

7. What are the three different types of weapon used in Olympic fencing?

8. Television series Mork and Mindy and Laverne and Shirley were both spinoffs from which popular series from the 1970s and ’80s?

9. In which US state is there a city called Dunedin?

10. What was the main musical instrument of jazz band leader Benny Goodman?

11. Which major suburban arterial road in Dunedin has junctions with Macandrew Rd, Fenton Cres and Allandale Rd?

12. Which rap musician had a worldwide hit in 1990 with the song U Can’t Touch This?

13. A wellknown series of cartoon books by Martin Handford all pose which question in their title?

14. In which European country is the region of Asturias?

15. Which film classic faced a major attempt to stop its distribution owing to its perceived attack on news magnate William Randolph Hearst?

16. Karelia is the name of a region along the border between Russia and which other country?

17. What was unusual about the beaks of the extinct New Zealand huia?

18. Australian artist Sir Sidney Nolan’s most famous paintings feature which wellknown Australian historical figure?

19. What does it mean if an animal is crepuscular?

20. What is the Maori name for the star Rigel, often closely linked with the Matariki festival?