Best of super quiz

According to the Elvis Presley classic, Heartbreak Hotel

is at the end of which street?

What, in the world of movies, is a ‘‘star vehicle’’?

How many teats are there usually on a cow’s udder?

Where in Otago is Te Rauone Beach?

Which New Zealand minister of finance’s policies became known as ‘‘Ruthanasia’’?

What is the oneword name of the noisereduction system commonly used to reduce tape hiss in cassette recorders?

The name of which Central American country is linked with a massive leaked release of sensitive papers leading to worldwide political scandals?

Which material is used to create encaustic art?

Which broad, barren plain stretches along much of the south coast of Western Australia?

What are the pavane, the mazurka and the pasodoble?

From which musical do the songs Everything’s Alright, Heaven on Their Minds and I

Don’t Know How to Love Him

come?

Which rock musician’s albums have included Nebraska, The River, and The Rising?

Which South Island town’s suburbs include Cobden and Blaketown?

In which year was Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation?

Did New Zealand’s population reach three million in 1973, 1977 or 1981?

Which of these is not one of the Queen’s given names: Louise, Alexandra or Mary?

What, in astronomy, is Charon?

With which country’s history is the name Eamon de Valera associated?

Which 17thcentury astronomer discovered the largest four moons of Jupiter?

Who wrote the Ballad of Reading Gaol in 1898?