The daily quiz

1. The trans-Pacific liner Niagara was sunk by a German mine off Northland on this day in 1940 and the only casualty was the ship’s captain, cat or cook?

2. Which cartoon character first appeared on this day in 1978 — Garfield, Peanuts, Scooby-Doo?

3. Karl Ferguson is director of what at Auckland Council?

4. Nigel Latta told the Herald’s Canvas that most what could do a better job than Donald Trump — baristas, cab drivers, 10-year-olds?

5. Who did Bill English recently call “a clear thinker”?

6. The scorecard in which game uses the letter K in reverse — baseball, chess, cricket?

7. When it’s not a flower what’s a BlackEyed Susan?

8. Maudlandia is part of Africa, Antarctica, Australia?

9. Shakespeare and Company is a famous bookstore where?

10. Michael Hill started his jewellery business where?