Otago Daily Times

Best of super quiz

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1.

Which 1980s television series made a cult star of actor Mr T and his character BA Baracus?

2.

What are the names of John Lennon’s two sons, both of whom followed him into the music industry?

3.

Which make of car’s models include the Camry, Previa and Prius?

4.

Which writer’s plays are thought by some people to have actually been written by Sir Francis Bacon?

5.

In which awardwinni­ng 1990 film was one of the leading characters called Stands With A Fist?

6.

With which famous Maori chieftain is the ‘‘Ka mate, ka mate’’ haka closely associated?

7.

What is the highest number on a roulette wheel?

8.

What is the name of the New Zealand naturalist, educator and broadcaste­r known as ‘‘The Bug Man’’?

9.

Who was the American president at the time of the Apollo XI moon landing?

10.

Of which Otago range is Summit Rock the highest point?

11.

Which major river forms much of the eastern part of the border between the United States and Canada?

12.

What is the distinctiv­e shape of the top of the chimney of Speight’s Brewery?

13.

Many streets in Milton are named for people who shared which occupation?

14.

Which sport would you be watching if you saw the Toronto Maple Leafs playing the Boston Bruins?

15.

Which musical instrument is played by the leader or concertmas­ter of a symphony orchestra?

16.

Which major film and camera company was founded by George Eastman?

17.

Where would the series of letters and numbers P, R, N, D, 1, 2, be most commonly found?

18.

What type of architectu­ral feature has forms called sash and dormer?

19.

Which wildhaired American sports promoter has been described as ‘‘the best and worst thing that’s ever happened to boxing’’?

20.

For which scientific discovery did James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins win the 1962 Nobel Prize for medicine?

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