Otago Daily Times

Best of super quiz

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1.

Which of these cities is furthest east: Whanganui, Palmerston North, or Wellington?

2.

Which NZ prime minister was regularly mimicked by comedian David McPhail on vintage television shows A Week of It and McPhail and Gadsby?

3.

What kind of animal was the title character of the film Free Willy?

4.

Which chemical element has the symbol Fe?

5.

In which month is St Valentine’s Day celebrated?

6.

Which classic television western dealt with the Cartwright family of the Ponderosa Ranch,

Nevada?

7.

Of which American pop group are Adam Levine and James Valentine members?

8.

Which Shakespear­ean play’s characters include Puck, Bottom, Oberon and Titania?

9.

What was the flight number of the airliner which mysterious­ly disappeare­d on March 8, 2014, on a flight between Malaysia and China?

10.

From which country did Kiwi shoe polish first come?

11.

Is the Serengeti National Park in Zambia, South Africa or Tanzania?

12.

What is the name of Dunedin’s sister city in Japan?

13.

Which classic 1988 comedyfant­asy movie starred Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin, and Winona Ryder

14.

Of which country is Khmer the official language?

15.

How many streets can be built on in a standard edition game of Monopoly?

16.

Who originally lived in the buildings in the restored settlement in Bush Creek

Reserve, immediatel­y northwest of Arrowtown?

17.

How many funnels did the RMS Titanic have?

18.

What is the common name of Australia’s extinct thylacine, which died out about 80 years ago?

19.

Who was executed in Melbourne on November 11, 1880?

20.

Iceland’s national parliament is the oldest in the world. Is it called the Senatstor, the Stathus, or the Althing?

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