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Quiz

- Compiled by Mark Fryer;

1 The Handmaid’s Tale TV series is based on the book of the same name. Who wrote it?

2 In 1886, John Pemberton invented a supposed cure for drug addiction, headaches and impotence. What was it?

3 What number is the State Highway running through Waterview tunnel?

4 How many players are there in a beach volleyball team?

5 “Bird” was the nickname of which famous jazz musician?

6 Way back in 1851, what was the name of the first yacht to win the event now called the America’s Cup?

7 Zaphod Beeblebrox is a character in which radio show/novel/comic book?

8 What is the Maori name for the Pleiades?

9 Wheat, rice, barley, rye. Which one is gluten-free?

10 What word links Juliette Binoche; You Sexy Thing; Roald Dahl; Mars?

1 Margaret Atwood 2 Coca-Cola 3 SH20 4 Just two 5 Charlie Parker 6 The America 7 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 8 Matariki 9 Rice 10 Chocolate (starred in Chocolat; song by Hot Chocolate; wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; chocolate bar). Quiz is on page 3.

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