Best of super quiz
1.
Which of the solar system’s planets is closest to the sun?
2.
The classic World War 2 drama film Das Boot was set on board what type of vessel?
3.
Which large area of the South Island is named for a sheep rustler?
4.
Which former New Zealand broadcaster had the catchphrase ‘‘By hokey’’?
5.
How, according to legend, did Egyptian queen Cleopatra die in 30BC?
6.
Which British comedienne was married for 26 years to comedian Lenny Henry?
7.
Which Australian band had hits in the 1980s with the songs Do You See What I See?
and Throw Your Arms Around Me?
8.
The tiny French territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon lies off the coast of which much larger country?
9.
Who wrote the unusual musical composition Four Minutes 33 Seconds, during which no musical instrument is played?
10.
What type of creative activity is the Japanese art form ikebana?
11.
What was the name of John Inman’s effeminate shop assistant character in classic television series Are You Being Served??
12.
Which British rock group had hits in the 1970s with the songs Give A Little Bit and Breakfast in America?
13.
Which fictional character was the business partner of the late Jacob Marley?
14.
The name of which Dunedinborn doctor is associated with an international foundation combating blindness in the developing world?
15.
Which of these board games is not a variant on the old Indian game Pachisi: Ludo, Sorry or Stratego?
16.
Which contains the least carbon: pig iron, wrought iron or cast iron?
17.
In or near which part of the human body are the crests of ilia: the hips, the wrists or the jaws?
18.
The name of which type of sandwich is though to have originated in World War 1 from the similarity between the sandwich’s shape and that of a naval vessel?
19.
Which comic actor, star of such films as Airplane! and The Naked Gun, was the brother of a former Canadian deputy prime minister?
20.
From which country does Blue Mountain coffee traditionally come?