Otago Daily Times

Best of super quiz

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1.

Which New Zealand city is often known as the garden city?

2.

Is starboard the left or right side of a ship?

3.

Of which African country was Muammar Gaddafi leader from 1969 until 2011?

4.

How many cards is each player dealt in a standard hand of bridge?

5.

What is the usual colour of kaka beak flowers?

6.

How many millimetre­s are there in a kilometre?

7.

Did former British Lions rugby captain Sam Warburton play for England, Scotland or Wales?

8.

What is the goddess Venus depicted as standing on in Botticelli’s famous painting The Birth of Venus?

9.

Which is bigger, Great Britain or the United Kingdom?

10.

Which notable rock outcrop lies close to State Highway 6,

5km east of Gibbston?

11.

Which 1970s television comedy series featured police officers called Fish, Wojciehowi­cz and Dietrich?

12.

Which legendary twins are traditiona­lly said to be the founders of Rome?

13.

Which British spy writer’s novels included Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Spy Who Came in From the Cold?

14.

In which year was the Wahine disaster?

15.

What, in the game of darts, is the spider?

16.

Which former New Zealand television personalit­y was Miss Universe New Zealand in 1988?

17.

Which ancient Roman festival involving merrymakin­g and feasting was annually held in mid to late December?

18.

In the lyrics of classic hippy anthem San Francisco by Scott McKenzie, what should you be sure to wear?

19.

In which German town is the Passion Play performed every 10 years?

20.

Which form of exercise was popularise­d and promoted by author Jim Fixx during the 1970s?

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