Waikato Times

5 minute quiz

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1. Their first names were Peter and David and they hosted a popular cooking show on New Zealand television. What were their surnames?

2. A person with the letters FRSNZ after his or her name is a fellow of what?

3. What model of Morris car did Lord Nuffield, owner of the Morris company, describe as looking like a poached egg?

4. Which is bigger – Antarctica or Australia?

5. What was the common theme of the films Million Dollar Baby, When We Were Kings and Cinderella Man?

6. Which word best describes a hirsute person: hairy, aloof or unpredicta­ble?

7. What novel by Alan Duff, subsequent­ly adapted for the screen, was a sequel to Once Were Warriors?

8. A fadge is a sack for carrying what: potatoes, hides or wool?

9. What high-profile New Zealand mayor was recently criticised by the Taxpayers’ Union for driving an ‘‘extravagan­t’’ mayoral car?

10. What three-word French phrase means ‘‘immediatel­y’’ or ‘‘at once’’?

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