New Zealand Listener

10 Quick Questions

- by GABE ATKINSON

1. Who wrote, “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am”?

JD Salinger

Mary Shelley

Sylvia Plath

Bram Stoker

The Blue House is the official office and residence of the head of which state?

India

Japan

China

South Korea

Vaduz is the capital of which microstate?

Monaco

Liechtenst­ein

Malta

Nauru

4. What is the title of the 12th and final studio album by the Beatles?

Abbey Road

Let It Be

Yellow Submarine

Rubber Soul

Which of these films features the quote “You’re tearing me apart!”?

All About Eve

Rebel Without a Cause A Streetcar Named Desire Singin’ in the Rain

Which country inspired the phrase “banana republic”? Cuba

Honduras

Jamaica

Cameroon

7. What was an auto-da-fé? Miraculous cure Assassinat­ion

Public penance

Anti-car protest

True or false? Spicy food can cause stomach ulcers.

True

False

9. Orthorexia nervosa refers to an obsession with eating what? A healthy diet

Inorganic material

Nothing but fruit

Junk food

10. True or false? Orcas sometimes hunt moose. True

False

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