New Zealand Listener

10 Quick Questions

- by GABE ATKINSON

1. True or false? New Zealand’s brushtail possums and American opossums are the same species.

True

False

2. What is the name of the RNZAF’s aerobatics team, formerly the Red Checkers?

Green Parrots

Black Falcons

Mottled Seagulls

Blue Blazers

3. On what kind of vehicle might you find “ape hangers”?

Helicopter

Motorcycle

Hang glider

Bicycle

4. What famous landmark would you see at Avebury, England?

Stone circle

Roman baths

Basalt columns

Ancient cathedral

5. True or false? The global human fertility rate is declining.

True

False

6. What exactly are South Korea’s chaebols? Conglomera­tes Volcanoes

Delicacies

Night markets

7. Was Johnny Appleseed a real or fictional person? Real

Fictional 8. Which of these words can not be considered an old-fashioned insult? Blackguard!

Poltroon!

Mountebank!

Bellibone!

9. Which singer was nicknamed the Lizard King?

Bob Marley

Jim Morrison

David Bowie

Jimi Hendrix

10. Which conspiracy thriller featured the iconic phrase “Back and to the left”?

The Insider

Capricorn One

The Da Vinci Code

JFK

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