The Southland Times

5-minute quiz

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1. The 1995 memoir Boy Wonder: My Life In Tights recalled actor Burt Ward’s years playing which character on American television?

2. Who’s older: Novak Djokovic or Rafael Nadal?

3. What beach north of Auckland has a Ma¯ori name with the same spelling as a city in the American state of Nebraska?

4. What nom-de-plume was used by the New Zealand writer Nene Janet Clutha?

5. What term is used for an ornate style of handwritin­g resembling one that was once used in engravings?

6. In chemistry, what does the H in pH stand for?

7. What surname was shared by an aviator with the first name Amy, a heavyweigh­t boxer with the first name Jack and a New Zealand poet with the first name Louis?

8. What fruit juice is used to make the cocktail known as a pina colada?

9. What is the term for a semicylind­rical hut made from corrugated iron and once used in military camps?

10. What is the English name of the tree known in Ma¯ori as t¯ı ko¯uka?

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