Nelson Mail

Quick quiz:

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1. Complete the last five words of this Groucho Marx quote ‘‘I refuse to join any club that would _____’’?

2. Who voiced Bugs Bunny from 1940 to 1989?

3. Alex Lidenbrock is the teenage narrator of what adventure fiction story written by Jules Verne in 1864?

4. In 2012, from Weta Studios, Tamati Coffey presented part of the weather forecast using which fictional language?

5. What is the English translatio­n of the Latin phrase Cogito, ergo sum?

6. The thalamus, cerebellum and hippocampu­s are found in what organ of the human body?

7. Central Pulse, Southern Steel and Northern Stars are premier NZ teams that play what sport?

8. Which NZ TV show pitted towns against each other with teams competing in a range of outdoor obstacles and tasks? (Kawerau was champion two years running!)

9. Which Norse God was the father of Thor?

10. Appointed by Grant Robertson, what position is held by Adrian Orr?

Answers: 1. Have me as a member, 2. Mel Blanc, 3. A Journey to the Center of the Earth, 4. Elvish, 5. I think, therefore I am, 6. The brain,

7. Netball, 8. L&P Top Town,

9. Odin, 10. Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

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