Manawatu Standard

Five-minute quiz

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1. In politics, the Address in Reply debate follows what event?

2. Which Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe is set in gold rush-era California?

3. Canterbury University sociologis­t Gilbert Jarrod is an expert on what subject?

4. What satirical magazine featured the escapades of a fictional Fleet St journalist named Lunchtime O’booze?

5. In sport, what is an AC75?

6. Borgwarner is amajor internatio­nal player in which industry: computers, mining or vehicle components?

7. Which New Zealand city has a suburb named Scarboroug­h?

8. What historic aviation feat was achieved by the American naval officer Richard Byrd in 1929?

9. What was the surname of a British novelist with the first names James Graham?

 ??  ?? 10. The dwarf planet Pluto was named after Mickey Mouse’s pet dog – true or false?
10. The dwarf planet Pluto was named after Mickey Mouse’s pet dog – true or false?

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