Manawatu Standard

Five-minute quiz

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■ That’s it for recycling, all new rules starting mid May. Back to the landfill. Recycling centres won’t take either. Ohhh well. Perhaps some academic will figure the next move. Izzy

■ Yes agree Wed text to Editor, what is Labour doing? Separate boards Ma¯ori / Pa¯keha¯, it’s getting worse, no more voting Labour for me. Go Judith Collins!

■ Logical and right decision by Manawatu D/C to not establish amaori ward. Hope PN city councillor­s take heed, fingers crossed.

■ Manawatu¯ District Council, please deal with the roads and street congestion in Feilding. Surely this is a far more important issue than a lot of the other things you are dealing with.

■ Tama, Friday. Fair enough, but I’ma white boy. I’m of Aotearoa & I’mnot one of Queen Victoria’s subjects. I’maotearoa & Aotearoa is me. Malcolm

■ Manawatu¯ District Council, well done, you had the guts to vote want the majority of your people wanted. Shame on our council for not listening to its people Heyj

■ Aussie owned Westpac, BNZ and ANZ, all report massive profit gains. In the meantime they are closing branches, making employees redundant and reducing services. The Government needs to hold them to account.

■ Food HQ report ‘‘Emerging Proteins’’ (i.e. not meat) launched when a fun play on same topic is playing in Palmy. The Bicycle and the Butcher’s Daughter worth seeing and report worth reading. Ralph

1. What type of marine creature was the subject of a Netflix film that won the 2021 Academy Award for best documentar­y?

2. What are brown windsor, cocka-leekie and laksa?

3. Queen’s, St Hilda’s and Columba are girls’ secondary schools in which New Zealand city?

4. What common commodity is measured by the cord?

5. What popular TV drama series revolved around a family that owned a Los Angeles funeral home?

6. In Greek mythology, howmany labours, or tasks, did Hercules undertake?

7. What three-word French term is used for amilitary officer who serves as assistant to amonarch or high political dignitary?

8. Complete the title of a 2018 movie: Crazy Rich ...

9. What New Zealand parliament­ary establishm­ent took its name from an 18th century deputy housekeepe­r in Britain’s House of Commons?

10. In which Australian state would you drive on the Great Ocean Road?

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