Super quiz

BEGINNER (1 pt each)

➊ What kind of building, in Germany, is a Schloss?

➋ Which major world city was previously called New Amsterdam?

➌ What is the meaning of the social media abbreviation ‘‘YOLO’’, often associated with reckless or risky activity?

INTERMEDIATE (2 pts each)

➍ What are the surnames of Harry’s best friends, Ron and Hermione, in the Harry Potter series of books and films?

➎ Which band's albums have included Sigh No More, Babel, Wilder Mind and Delta?

➏ Near which New Zealand city is motor racing venue Ruapuna Park?

➐ What was the surname (still widely known in Dunedin) of the early Otago businessman with the unusual first name of Bendix?

EXPERT (3 pts each)

➑ Of which country is Tayyip Erdogan the current president?

➒ What technological first occurred in a supermarket in Ohio in 1974 and involved a packet of Wrigley's chewing gum?

➓ Which actress has been married to actor Matthew Broderick since 1997?