Manawatu Standard

5-minute quiz

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1. In which country would you find the AngkorWat temple?

2. Lindy Hop refers to whom, or what?

3. What long buried city was excavated in the 18th century in the Campania region of Italy?

4. In Britain, this place would sell buttons, ribbons, and zips; in the United States it would sell menswear. What is the name for this type of retailer?

5. What is the English translatio­n of the vegetable known in French as pomme de terre?

6. The Generation Game was a British game show originally hosted by whom?

7. Which Greek god played the flute, and had the hindquarte­rs, legs, and horns of a goat?

8. Per Ardua Ad Astra is the motto written on the coat of arms of which branch of the New Zealand Defence Force?

9. Which currency was used by Malta before it adopted the Euro?

10. What is the first and last name of the fictional character who ‘‘won’’ a chocolate factory?

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