Five-minute quiz

1. Fred and Myrtle attached more than 1000 of these items to the walls inside their home in Bluff. They welcomed more than 1 million visitors, and that home is now situated in Canterbury Museum. What was attached to the walls?

2. The World’s Fastest Indian, was a film based on what New Zealand speed bike racer?

3. Which member of the royal family was said to have been nicknamed ‘‘Cabbage’’ by their spouse?

4. Possibly deriving from the landscape surrounding Dulwich College, cow corner became a term for an area of the field in which sport?

5. Which European country used the currency with the symbol ƒ or fl. before being replaced by the Euro in 2002?

6. ‘‘Mousetrap’’ is a British colloquialism used for what foodstuff of inferior quality?

7. Aegean Airlines is the flag carrier of which country?

8. What are the four US States that start with the letter W?

9. What sweet treat is commonly flavoured with rosewater and dusted with icing sugar?

10. Approximately how long does it take for light to travel from the Sun to Earth? (a) 8.2 seconds (b) 82 seconds (c) 8 minutes 20 seconds?